Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number) by country
Total number of students who have crossed a national or territorial border for the purpose of education and are now enrolled in tertiary institutions outside their country of origin.
Countries reporting
125
Highest
987,314 number
United States
Lowest
0 number
Palestine
Median
7,564 number
Years covered
23
1997–2019
Data points
2,593
What the numbers show
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number) is currently reported for 125 countries. The highest value is 987,314 number in United States; the lowest is 0 number in Palestine.
The median across all reporting countries is 7,564 number, and the mean is 43,630 number.
Over the past decade 99 countries rose and 20 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 3,626.8%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 62.3%).
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 987,314 number | 2018 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 2 | United Kingdom | 452,079 number | 2018 | up 32.3% | rising |
| 3 | Australia | 444,514 number | 2018 | up 92.7% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 311,738 number | 2018 | up 58.5% | rising |
| 5 | Russia | 262,416 number | 2018 | up 91.8% | volatile |
| 6 | France | 229,623 number | 2018 | down 5.7% | rising |
| 7 | Canada | 224,548 number | 2018 | up 140.2% | volatile |
| 8 | China | 201,177 number | 2019 | up 228.7% | rising |
| 9 | Japan | 182,748 number | 2018 | up 44.4% | rising |
| 10 | Turkey | 125,138 number | 2018 | up 518.9% | volatile |
| 11 | Italy | 106,611 number | 2018 | up 56.1% | rising |
| 12 | Netherlands | 104,015 number | 2018 | up 246.1% | volatile |
| 13 | South Korea | 84,749 number | 2018 | up 110.2% | volatile |
| 14 | Malaysia | 81,953 number | 2019 | up 41.7% | volatile |
| 15 | United Arab Emirates | 77,463 number | 2016 | up 59.2% | rising |
| 16 | Austria | 75,259 number | 2018 | up 40.9% | rising |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 73,216 number | 2019 | up 267.8% | volatile |
| 18 | Spain | 70,912 number | 2018 | up 88.0% | rising |
| 19 | Ukraine | 55,333 number | 2019 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 20 | Poland | 54,354 number | 2018 | up 263.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Switzerland | 54,279 number | 2018 | up 71.2% | rising |
| 22 | Belgium | 53,896 number | 2018 | up 80.6% | rising |
| 23 | New Zealand | 52,702 number | 2018 | up 67.0% | rising |
| 24 | Singapore | 51,756 number | 2018 | up 28.1% | rising |
| 25 | Egypt | 51,162 number | 2016 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 26 | India | 47,424 number | 2019 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Jordan | 44,802 number | 2018 | up 68.2% | rising |
| 28 | Czechia | 44,767 number | 2018 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 29 | Hong Kong | 42,641 number | 2019 | up 361.2% | volatile |
| 30 | South Africa | 42,267 number | 2018 | down 33.9% | rising |
| 31 | Denmark | 33,288 number | 2018 | up 421.0% | rising |
| 32 | Hungary | 32,332 number | 2018 | up 109.1% | rising |
| 33 | Thailand | 31,571 number | 2016 | up 463.7% | volatile |
| 34 | Sweden | 30,912 number | 2018 | up 36.5% | rising |
| 35 | Romania | 29,112 number | 2018 | up 110.1% | rising |
| 36 | Portugal | 28,122 number | 2018 | up 247.1% | rising |
| 37 | Greece | 26,325 number | 2018 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 38 | Finland | 23,714 number | 2018 | up 109.8% | volatile |
| 39 | Lebanon | 23,264 number | 2019 | down 23.6% | rising |
| 40 | Cuba | 22,754 number | 2012 | up 94.5% | rising |
| 41 | Kazakhstan | 22,728 number | 2019 | up 117.3% | rising |
| 42 | Ireland | 22,283 number | 2018 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 43 | Morocco | 22,096 number | 2019 | up 179.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Brazil | 21,181 number | 2018 | up 29.8% | volatile |
| 45 | Iran | 20,580 number | 2018 | up 1,569.1% | volatile |
| 46 | Kyrgyzstan | 19,626 number | 2019 | down 3.0% | falling |
| 47 | Macao | 17,992 number | 2019 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 48 | Belarus | 16,886 number | 2018 | up 185.8% | volatile |
| 49 | Bulgaria | 15,155 number | 2018 | up 63.5% | rising |
| 50 | Senegal | 14,829 number | 2019 | up 73.1% | rising |
| 51 | Qatar | 12,332 number | 2019 | up 157.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Georgia | 12,267 number | 2019 | up 2,358.3% | volatile |
| 53 | Norway | 12,216 number | 2018 | down 24.1% | rising |
| 54 | Slovakia | 11,597 number | 2018 | up 123.1% | volatile |
| 55 | Serbia | 11,505 number | 2019 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 56 | Cyprus | 11,273 number | 2018 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 57 | Israel | 10,471 number | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 58 | Dominican Republic | 9,607 number | 2017 | down 38.2% | falling |
| 59 | Cameroon | 9,308 number | 2018 | up 556.9% | volatile |
| 60 | Algeria | 8,503 number | 2018 | up 48.9% | rising |
| 61 | Grenada | 7,893 number | 2018 | up 86.4% | rising |
| 62 | Indonesia | 7,677 number | 2018 | up 42.5% | rising |
| 63 | Latvia | 7,564 number | 2018 | up 412.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Vietnam | 7,250 number | 2019 | up 72.3% | volatile |
| 65 | Mexico | 7,223 number | 2018 | down 9.9% | volatile |
| 66 | Ghana | 6,905 number | 2019 | up 150.7% | volatile |
| 67 | Bahrain | 6,678 number | 2019 | up 893.8% | volatile |
| 68 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,334 number | 2019 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 69 | Lithuania | 6,300 number | 2018 | up 113.2% | volatile |
| 70 | Tunisia | 6,035 number | 2018 | up 143.3% | volatile |
| 71 | Benin | 5,965 number | 2018 | up 46.0% | rising |
| 72 | Chile | 5,682 number | 2018 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 73 | Armenia | 5,081 number | 2019 | up 2.4% | rising |
| 74 | Croatia | 5,014 number | 2018 | up 6.0% | volatile |
| 75 | Azerbaijan | 4,862 number | 2019 | down 23.0% | falling |
| 76 | Colombia | 4,764 number | 2018 | — | rising |
| 77 | Cote d'Ivoire | 4,736 number | 2017 | down 43.5% | volatile |
| 78 | Moldova | 4,544 number | 2019 | up 211.0% | rising |
| 79 | Estonia | 4,391 number | 2018 | up 325.5% | volatile |
| 80 | Niger | 4,348 number | 2019 | up 323.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Namibia | 3,422 number | 2017 | up 1,710.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Slovenia | 3,420 number | 2018 | up 151.3% | rising |
| 83 | Oman | 3,384 number | 2019 | up 135.3% | volatile |
| 84 | Luxembourg | 3,362 number | 2018 | up 154.9% | rising |
| 85 | North Macedonia | 3,096 number | 2018 | up 131.4% | volatile |
| 86 | Burkina Faso | 3,021 number | 2019 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 87 | Philippines | 2,665 number | 2008 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 88 | Rwanda | 2,624 number | 2019 | up 379.7% | volatile |
| 89 | Honduras | 2,516 number | 2018 | up 103.2% | rising |
| 90 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2,498 number | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 91 | Albania | 2,244 number | 2019 | up 51.6% | volatile |
| 92 | Tajikistan | 2,238 number | 2017 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 93 | Mauritius | 2,087 number | 2017 | up 3,626.8% | volatile |
| 94 | Madagascar | 2,044 number | 2018 | up 91.7% | rising |
| 95 | Burundi | 1,996 number | 2018 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 96 | Barbados | 1,714 number | 2011 | up 191.0% | rising |
| 97 | Mongolia | 1,636 number | 2018 | up 35.5% | rising |
| 98 | Bangladesh | 1,589 number | 2009 | up 348.9% | rising |
| 99 | Sri Lanka | 1,529 number | 2019 | up 251.5% | rising |
| 100 | Malta | 1,515 number | 2018 | up 246.7% | volatile |
| 101 | Iceland | 1,430 number | 2018 | up 98.6% | rising |
| 102 | Botswana | 1,149 number | 2019 | up 75.7% | rising |
| 103 | El Salvador | 980 number | 2018 | up 12.6% | rising |
| 104 | Trinidad and Tobago | 969 number | 2004 | down 3.5% | falling |
| 105 | Mozambique | 769 number | 2018 | up 94.2% | rising |
| 106 | Liechtenstein | 751 number | 2018 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 107 | Mali | 712 number | 2015 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 108 | Uzbekistan | 700 number | 2018 | up 124.4% | rising |
| 109 | Zimbabwe | 633 number | 2015 | down 28.8% | falling |
| 110 | Laos | 468 number | 2019 | down 31.2% | volatile |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 435 number | 2019 | up 111.2% | volatile |
| 112 | Guinea | 395 number | 2017 | down 56.1% | flat |
| 113 | Brunei | 377 number | 2019 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 114 | Aruba | 329 number | 2016 | up 94.7% | volatile |
| 115 | Mauritania | 279 number | 2017 | up 55.0% | falling |
| 116 | Andorra | 260 number | 2019 | up 154.9% | volatile |
| 117 | Cape Verde | 168 number | 2018 | up 5.7% | falling |
| 118 | Samoa | 90 number | 2018 | — | falling |
| 119 | Lesotho | 76 number | 2018 | up 43.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Bermuda | 69 number | 2018 | down 1.4% | rising |
| 121 | Cambodia | 68 number | 2006 | up 240.0% | rising |
| 122 | Eswatini | 46 number | 2015 | down 62.3% | falling |
| 123 | Guyana | 34 number | 2012 | down 20.9% | flat |
| 124 | Comoros | 0 number | 2014 | — | volatile |
| 124 | Palestine | 0 number | 2019 | — | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 5.57 million number
- High income 4.14 million number
- OECD members 3.93 million number
- Post-demographic dividend 3.90 million number
- Europe & Central Asia 2.40 million number
- European Union 1.80 million number
- IDA & IBRD total 1.51 million number
- Low & middle income 1.43 million number
- Middle income 1.38 million number
- IBRD only 1.37 million number
- North America 1.21 million number
- East Asia & Pacific 1.20 million number
- Upper middle income 1.10 million number
- Euro area 1.10 million number
- Late-demographic dividend 979,542 number
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 638,871 number
- Early-demographic dividend 603,360 number
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 550,391 number
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 380,188 number
- Arab World 347,901 number
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 328,315 number
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 327,846 number
- Lower middle income 275,064 number
- Central Europe and the Baltics 214,006 number
- Latin America & Caribbean 190,423 number
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 187,960 number
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 187,960 number
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 178,460 number
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 165,070 number
- IDA total 139,443 number
- Sub-Saharan Africa 138,370 number
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 138,370 number
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 136,282 number
- IDA only 108,599 number
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 85,877 number
- Pre-demographic dividend 73,290 number
- Least developed countries 71,338 number
- Small states 66,740 number
- South Asia 49,484 number
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 49,484 number
About this data
Total number of students who have crossed a national or territorial border for the purpose of education and are now enrolled in tertiary institutions outside their country of origin.