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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
127
Highest
987,314 number
United States
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
7,250 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 127 countries. The highest value is 987,314 number in United States; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 7,250 number, and the mean is 42,943 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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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 Russian Federation 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 Turkiye 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 Korea, Rep. 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, Arab Rep. 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, Islamic Rep. 20,580 number 2018 up 1,569.1% volatile
46 Kyrgyz Republic 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 Slovak Republic 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 Viet Nam 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 St. 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 Lao PDR 468 number 2019 down 31.2% volatile
111 St. Lucia 435 number 2019 up 111.2% volatile
112 Guinea 395 number 2017 down 56.1% flat
113 Brunei Darussalam 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 Cabo 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 Djibouti 0 number 2011 — flat
124 West Bank and Gaza 0 number 2019 — volatile
124 Seychelles 0 number 2019 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Total inbound internationally mobile students, both sexes (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
171 places, 2,593 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

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.