Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number) was 47,458 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) recorded 47,458 for total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in 2023.
That represents a change of up 22.4% on the previous year and down 3.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 76,475 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 19,715, in 1997.
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 183rd of 214 groups on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 19,715 | — |
| 1998 | 19,715 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 38,991 | +97.8% |
| 2000 | 49,366 | +26.6% |
| 2001 | 43,536 | -11.8% |
| 2002 | 50,259 | +15.4% |
| 2003 | 53,428 | +6.3% |
| 2004 | 54,354 | +1.7% |
| 2005 | 53,355 | -1.8% |
| 2006 | 56,349 | +5.6% |
| 2007 | 62,984 | +11.8% |
| 2008 | 68,847 | +9.3% |
| 2009 | 66,248 | -3.8% |
| 2010 | 71,994 | +8.7% |
| 2011 | 76,475 | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 48,575 | -36.5% |
| 2013 | 49,114 | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 51,097 | +4.0% |
| 2015 | 51,652 | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 53,693 | +4.0% |
| 2017 | 53,533 | -0.3% |
| 2018 | 50,260 | -6.1% |
| 2019 | 49,165 | -2.2% |
| 2020 | 43,870 | -10.8% |
| 2021 | 41,957 | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 38,764 | -7.6% |
| 2023 | 47,458 | +22.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +97.8% | 19,715 | 38,991 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 26,140 | 19,715 | 38,991 | 3 |
| 2000s | 55,872 | 43,536 | 68,847 | 10 |
| 2010s | 55,556 | 48,575 | 76,475 | 10 |
| 2020s | 43,012 | 38,764 | 47,458 | 4 |
More education data for ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 2.08 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, female (number), gaps filled 545,537 (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 0.2683 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in tertiary education, all programmes, both sexes (number) 2.24 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual 2.46 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 5.01 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 1.9 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 7.14 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 14.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 1.99 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 47,458 in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 76,475 in 2011.
- What is the lowest total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 19,715 in 1997.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 183rd out of 214 groups with data for 2023.
- Is total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release