Total inbound internationally mobile students, female (number) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104): Total inbound internationally mobile students, female (number) was 23,256 in 2023. ▲ Rising
Total inbound internationally mobile students, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), 1997–2023
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
The most recent figure for total inbound internationally mobile students, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) is 23,256, measured in 2023.
That represents a change of up 27.4% on the previous year and up 8.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, total inbound internationally mobile students, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) peaked at 35,359 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 8,991, in 1997.
ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 176th of 204 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, female (number) in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 8,991 | — |
| 1998 | 8,993 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 18,417 | +104.8% |
| 2000 | 24,085 | +30.8% |
| 2001 | 21,861 | -9.2% |
| 2002 | 26,035 | +19.1% |
| 2003 | 28,504 | +9.5% |
| 2004 | 25,028 | -12.2% |
| 2005 | 24,991 | -0.1% |
| 2006 | 26,849 | +7.4% |
| 2007 | 30,147 | +12.3% |
| 2008 | 32,740 | +8.6% |
| 2009 | 31,278 | -4.5% |
| 2010 | 33,683 | +7.7% |
| 2011 | 35,359 | +5.0% |
| 2012 | 21,043 | -40.5% |
| 2013 | 21,462 | +2.0% |
| 2014 | 22,494 | +4.8% |
| 2015 | 22,718 | +1.0% |
| 2016 | 23,518 | +3.5% |
| 2017 | 24,018 | +2.1% |
| 2018 | 22,355 | -6.9% |
| 2019 | 22,641 | +1.3% |
| 2020 | 20,222 | -10.7% |
| 2021 | 19,432 | -3.9% |
| 2022 | 18,256 | -6.1% |
| 2023 | 23,256 | +27.4% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Total inbound internationally mobile students, female (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 | +104.8% | 8,993 | 18,417 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,134 | 8,991 | 18,417 | 3 |
| 2000s | 27,152 | 21,861 | 32,740 | 10 |
| 2010s | 24,929 | 21,043 | 35,359 | 10 |
| 2020s | 20,291 | 18,256 | 23,256 | 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, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Total inbound internationally mobile students, female in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) was 23,256 in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest total inbound internationally mobile students, female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The highest recorded value was 35,359 in 2011.
- What is the lowest total inbound internationally mobile students, female recorded in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- The lowest recorded value was 8,991 in 1997.
- How does ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) rank for total inbound internationally mobile students, female?
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) ranks 176th out of 204 groups with data for 2023.
- Is total inbound internationally mobile students, female rising or falling in ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.4%. 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, female (number). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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February 2026 Data Release