Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025)
WB: High Income (july 2025): Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes was 5.63 million in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
WB: High Income (july 2025) recorded 5.63 million for total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in 2023. That is the highest value across all 27 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.4% on the previous year and up 65.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025) peaked at 5.63 million in 2023 and was at its lowest, 1.62 million, in 1997.
That places WB: High Income (july 2025) 6th out of 214 groups with data for 2023, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 27 years of available data.
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 1.62 million | — |
| 1998 | 1.62 million | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.68 million | +3.9% |
| 2000 | 1.73 million | +2.8% |
| 2001 | 1.88 million | +8.4% |
| 2002 | 2.06 million | +9.7% |
| 2003 | 2.22 million | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 2.23 million | +0.4% |
| 2005 | 2.33 million | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 2.37 million | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 2.52 million | +6.0% |
| 2008 | 2.67 million | +6.2% |
| 2009 | 2.83 million | +6.1% |
| 2010 | 3.02 million | +6.7% |
| 2011 | 3.21 million | +6.2% |
| 2012 | 3.29 million | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 3.40 million | +3.6% |
| 2014 | 3.61 million | +6.2% |
| 2015 | 3.83 million | +6.1% |
| 2016 | 4.09 million | +6.7% |
| 2017 | 4.31 million | +5.3% |
| 2018 | 4.55 million | +5.6% |
| 2019 | 4.79 million | +5.3% |
| 2020 | 5.13 million | +7.1% |
| 2021 | 4.89 million | -4.7% |
| 2022 | 5.20 million | +6.2% |
| 2023 | 5.63 million | +8.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.64 million | 1.62 million | 1.68 million | 3 |
| 2000s | 2.28 million | 1.73 million | 2.83 million | 10 |
| 2010s | 3.81 million | 3.02 million | 4.79 million | 10 |
| 2020s | 5.21 million | 4.89 million | 5.63 million | 4 |
Countries ranked near WB: High Income (july 2025)
More education data for WB: High Income (july 2025)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), gaps filled 51.82 million (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 36.99 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), annual growth rate 0.13 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, male (number), gaps filled 54.70 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, female (number), annual growth rate 0.0898 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 6.16 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), gaps filled 106.52 million (2024)
- Enrolment in secondary education, both sexes (number), annual growth 0.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Enrolment in pre-primary education, both sexes (number), annual -1.11 % change on previous year (2024)
- Teachers in primary education, both sexes (number), annual growth rate 0.1159 % change on previous year (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes in WB: High Income (july 2025) was 5.63 million in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes recorded in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- The highest recorded value was 5.63 million in 2023.
- What is the lowest total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes recorded in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.62 million in 1997.
- How does WB: High Income (july 2025) rank for total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes?
- WB: High Income (july 2025) ranks 6th out of 214 groups with data for 2023.
- Is total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes rising or falling in WB: High Income (july 2025)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 65.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this WB: High Income (july 2025) 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.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 27 observations, free to reuse under CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics).
About this data
February 2026 Data Release