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Total inbound internationally mobile students, female (number) by country

Total number of female 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
101
Highest
434,612 number
United States
Lowest
0 number
Seychelles
Median
4,246 number
Years covered
23
1997–2019
Data points
1,990

What the numbers show

Total inbound internationally mobile students, female (number) is currently reported for 101 countries. The highest value is 434,612 number in United States; the lowest is 0 number in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 4,246 number, and the mean is 22,958 number.

Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 2,946.9%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 54.2%).

Total inbound internationally mobile students, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 United States 434,612 number 2017 up 70.0% rising
2 United Kingdom 244,383 number 2018 up 49.8% rising
3 Australia 209,673 number 2018 up 94.3% rising
4 Germany 146,092 number 2018 up 48.4% rising
5 France 116,020 number 2018 down 5.8% rising
6 Canada 103,585 number 2018 up 148.8% volatile
7 China 91,182 number 2019 up 229.7% rising
8 Japan 82,108 number 2018 up 33.0% rising
9 Italy 60,411 number 2018 up 69.5% rising
10 Netherlands 56,129 number 2018 up 222.3% volatile
11 South Korea 48,073 number 2018 up 144.0% volatile
12 Turkey 43,355 number 2018 up 548.4% volatile
13 Austria 40,148 number 2018 up 40.7% rising
14 United Arab Emirates 38,488 number 2016 up 59.8% rising
15 Spain 36,516 number 2018 up 75.5% rising
16 Saudi Arabia 32,735 number 2019 up 323.3% volatile
17 Belgium 31,546 number 2018 up 80.7% rising
18 Poland 27,146 number 2018 up 264.1% volatile
19 Switzerland 27,025 number 2018 up 76.0% rising
20 New Zealand 25,997 number 2018 up 71.5% rising
23 Malaysia 24,800 number 2019 up 24.6% rising
24 Czechia 23,933 number 2018 up 66.6% volatile
25 South Africa 18,540 number 2018 down 34.9% flat
26 Denmark 17,288 number 2018 up 397.4% rising
27 Thailand 17,224 number 2016 up 647.9% volatile
28 Jordan 16,027 number 2018 up 83.8% rising
29 Hungary 15,977 number 2018 up 108.2% rising
30 Sweden 15,238 number 2018 up 64.3% rising
31 India 15,029 number 2019 up 208.9% rising
32 Lebanon 14,731 number 2012 up 191.0% rising
33 Portugal 14,508 number 2018 up 227.7% rising
34 Egypt 13,904 number 2016 up 70.4% rising
35 Romania 13,173 number 2018 up 112.2% rising
36 Greece 13,131 number 2018 down 4.4% rising
37 Ireland 11,902 number 2018 up 29.5% rising
38 Finland 10,701 number 2018 up 119.5% volatile
39 Macao 10,541 number 2019 up 77.9% rising
40 Brazil 9,299 number 2018 up 13.4% rising
41 Iran 9,272 number 2018 up 1,686.5% volatile
42 Qatar 7,525 number 2019 up 169.9% volatile
43 Morocco 7,424 number 2019 up 230.4% volatile
44 Kyrgyzstan 7,357 number 2019 down 34.7% volatile
45 Bulgaria 6,594 number 2018 up 81.9% rising
46 Slovakia 6,481 number 2018 up 188.3% volatile
47 Norway 6,262 number 2018 down 32.3% rising
48 Belarus 6,169 number 2018 — rising
49 Israel 6,130 number 2014 — volatile
50 Serbia 5,930 number 2019 up 30.2% rising
51 Dominican Republic 4,872 number 2017 down 38.4% falling
52 Senegal 4,806 number 2019 up 46.7% falling
53 Georgia 4,246 number 2019 — volatile
54 Bahrain 3,585 number 2019 up 993.0% volatile
55 Cyprus 3,509 number 2018 up 110.6% rising
56 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3,244 number 2019 up 21.4% rising
57 Ghana 3,062 number 2019 up 211.2% rising
58 Chile 3,000 number 2018 down 50.6% volatile
59 Lithuania 2,800 number 2018 up 78.0% volatile
60 Vietnam 2,787 number 2019 up 122.1% volatile
61 Latvia 2,744 number 2018 up 242.1% rising
62 Croatia 2,732 number 2018 up 51.7% volatile
63 Colombia 2,368 number 2018 — rising
64 Armenia 2,357 number 2019 up 7.8% rising
65 Benin 2,199 number 2018 up 36.9% rising
66 Azerbaijan 2,028 number 2019 up 64.5% rising
67 Slovenia 1,902 number 2018 up 138.0% volatile
68 Estonia 1,878 number 2018 up 239.0% volatile
69 Moldova 1,870 number 2019 up 402.7% volatile
70 Cote d'Ivoire 1,851 number 2017 down 17.7% volatile
71 Namibia 1,815 number 2017 up 21.4% rising
72 Luxembourg 1,744 number 2018 up 53.8% rising
73 Oman 1,599 number 2019 up 211.1% rising
74 Niger 1,400 number 2019 up 1,527.9% volatile
75 North Macedonia 1,248 number 2018 up 145.2% volatile
76 Honduras 1,174 number 2018 up 160.3% rising
77 Rwanda 1,019 number 2019 up 215.5% volatile
78 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1,007 number 2014 — volatile
79 Mauritius 975 number 2017 up 2,946.9% volatile
80 Burkina Faso 873 number 2019 down 5.9% rising
81 Iceland 861 number 2018 up 94.4% rising
82 Mongolia 860 number 2018 up 58.4% rising
83 Malta 765 number 2018 up 208.5% volatile
84 Madagascar 688 number 2018 up 151.1% rising
85 Tajikistan 663 number 2017 down 49.5% volatile
86 Sri Lanka 537 number 2019 up 179.7% rising
86 Trinidad and Tobago 537 number 2004 up 16.7% falling
88 Albania 468 number 2019 down 4.7% volatile
89 El Salvador 379 number 2018 down 11.0% rising
90 Mozambique 337 number 2018 up 161.2% rising
91 Liechtenstein 284 number 2018 up 27.9% rising
92 Burundi 280 number 2018 down 54.2% falling
93 Aruba 220 number 2016 up 122.2% volatile
94 Mali 216 number 2015 — falling
95 Brunei 184 number 2019 up 27.8% volatile
96 Laos 154 number 2019 down 13.0% volatile
97 Andorra 134 number 2019 up 10.7% rising
98 Cape Verde 69 number 2018 up 11.3% falling
99 Bermuda 44 number 2018 down 15.4% rising
100 Lesotho 36 number 2018 down 52.6% volatile
101 Comoros 0 number 2014 — volatile
101 Palestine 0 number 2019 — volatile
101 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, female (number)
Unit
number
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
142 places, 1,990 data points, 1997–2019
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Total number of female 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.