Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, male (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
210
Highest
513,974
China
Lowest
25
Montserrat
Median
5,594
Years covered
54
1970–2023
Data points
15,563
What the numbers show
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, male (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 513,974 in China; the lowest is 25 in Montserrat.
The median across all reporting countries is 5,594, and the mean is 16,502.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 20,559.
Over the past decade 147 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (up 853.8%), and the largest decrease in Anguilla (down 84.5%).
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students … male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 513,974 | 2023 | up 45.7% | volatile |
| 2 | India | 508,622 | 2023 | up 258.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Uzbekistan | 91,377 | 2023 | up 455.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Pakistan | 86,595 | 2023 | up 174.0% | volatile |
| 5 | Nigeria | 82,217 | 2023 | up 90.8% | volatile |
| 6 | Syria | 64,912 | 2023 | up 297.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Nepal | 62,488 | 2023 | up 179.3% | volatile |
| 8 | Kazakhstan | 60,484 | 2023 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 9 | Germany | 59,512 | 2023 | up 5.5% | volatile |
| 10 | Vietnam | 58,874 | 2023 | up 97.6% | volatile |
| 11 | Bangladesh | 53,742 | 2023 | up 67.1% | volatile |
| 12 | Iran | 53,110 | 2023 | up 87.2% | volatile |
| 13 | France | 50,913 | 2023 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 14 | Turkmenistan | 50,295 | 2023 | up 63.5% | volatile |
| 15 | United States | 50,188 | 2023 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 16 | Egypt | 49,080 | 2023 | up 286.5% | volatile |
| 17 | Ukraine | 48,786 | 2023 | up 119.9% | volatile |
| 18 | Morocco | 42,169 | 2023 | up 70.4% | volatile |
| 19 | Italy | 41,346 | 2023 | up 62.1% | volatile |
| 20 | South Korea | 39,969 | 2023 | down 30.2% | volatile |
| 21 | Indonesia | 38,611 | 2023 | up 74.3% | volatile |
| 22 | Brazil | 38,113 | 2023 | up 98.1% | volatile |
| 23 | Turkey | 37,793 | 2023 | up 28.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Azerbaijan | 37,074 | 2023 | up 94.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Tajikistan | 30,486 | 2023 | up 226.8% | volatile |
| 26 | Colombia | 30,322 | 2023 | up 85.5% | volatile |
| 27 | Iraq | 30,037 | 2023 | up 136.7% | volatile |
| 28 | Saudi Arabia | 25,744 | 2023 | down 52.9% | volatile |
| 29 | Russia | 25,346 | 2023 | up 44.8% | volatile |
| 30 | Yemen | 24,370 | 2023 | up 94.1% | volatile |
| 31 | Malaysia | 24,064 | 2023 | down 23.5% | volatile |
| 32 | Canada | 23,924 | 2023 | up 1.4% | volatile |
| 33 | Afghanistan | 23,576 | 2023 | up 155.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Spain | 23,459 | 2023 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 35 | Jordan | 22,458 | 2023 | up 62.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Sri Lanka | 22,009 | 2023 | up 115.1% | volatile |
| 37 | United Kingdom | 21,136 | 2023 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 38 | Hong Kong | 21,114 | 2023 | up 19.6% | volatile |
| 39 | Algeria | 19,654 | 2023 | up 59.8% | volatile |
| 40 | Cameroon | 19,368 | 2023 | up 46.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Mexico | 19,342 | 2023 | up 29.0% | volatile |
| 42 | Palestine | 18,958 | 2023 | up 35.4% | volatile |
| 43 | Peru | 18,782 | 2023 | up 65.4% | volatile |
| 44 | Ecuador | 18,248 | 2023 | up 176.0% | volatile |
| 45 | Greece | 17,735 | 2023 | down 0.8% | volatile |
| 46 | Lebanon | 17,625 | 2023 | up 115.9% | volatile |
| 47 | Ghana | 16,339 | 2023 | up 113.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Belarus | 16,039 | 2023 | down 48.9% | volatile |
| 49 | Tunisia | 15,909 | 2023 | up 52.2% | volatile |
| 50 | Philippines | 15,749 | 2023 | up 211.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Chad | 14,937 | 2023 | up 278.2% | volatile |
| 52 | Venezuela | 14,234 | 2023 | up 72.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Japan | 14,093 | 2023 | down 6.7% | volatile |
| 54 | Thailand | 14,015 | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 55 | Kuwait | 13,435 | 2023 | up 32.3% | volatile |
| 56 | Slovakia | 13,226 | 2023 | down 11.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 13,023 | 2023 | up 113.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Senegal | 12,291 | 2023 | up 69.6% | volatile |
| 59 | Zimbabwe | 12,258 | 2023 | up 29.6% | volatile |
| 60 | Austria | 12,210 | 2023 | up 46.4% | volatile |
| 61 | Kyrgyzstan | 12,168 | 2023 | up 178.8% | volatile |
| 62 | Sudan | 11,562 | 2023 | up 68.8% | volatile |
| 63 | Somalia | 11,490 | 2023 | up 271.1% | volatile |
| 64 | Kenya | 11,369 | 2023 | up 63.7% | volatile |
| 65 | Cyprus | 11,249 | 2023 | down 12.2% | volatile |
| 66 | Israel | 11,147 | 2023 | up 6.8% | volatile |
| 67 | Cote d'Ivoire | 11,071 | 2023 | up 89.8% | volatile |
| 68 | United Arab Emirates | 10,753 | 2023 | up 85.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Romania | 10,691 | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 70 | Chile | 10,628 | 2023 | up 56.2% | volatile |
| 71 | Singapore | 9,472 | 2023 | down 11.4% | volatile |
| 72 | Switzerland | 9,315 | 2023 | up 53.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Moldova | 9,195 | 2023 | down 6.5% | volatile |
| 74 | Bolivia | 8,662 | 2023 | up 32.9% | volatile |
| 75 | Belgium | 8,471 | 2023 | up 32.8% | volatile |
| 76 | Congo | 8,391 | 2023 | up 0.9% | volatile |
| 77 | Gabon | 8,368 | 2023 | up 143.3% | volatile |
| 78 | Oman | 8,322 | 2023 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 79 | Netherlands | 8,263 | 2023 | up 29.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Poland | 8,163 | 2023 | up 11.2% | volatile |
| 81 | Ethiopia | 7,921 | 2023 | up 77.1% | volatile |
| 82 | Mongolia | 7,823 | 2023 | up 80.5% | volatile |
| 83 | Myanmar | 7,722 | 2023 | up 69.2% | volatile |
| 84 | Bulgaria | 7,714 | 2023 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 85 | Guinea | 7,587 | 2023 | up 55.3% | volatile |
| 86 | Portugal | 7,456 | 2023 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 87 | Angola | 7,199 | 2023 | up 9.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Benin | 7,172 | 2023 | up 103.1% | volatile |
| 89 | South Africa | 7,118 | 2023 | up 81.2% | volatile |
| 90 | Mali | 6,852 | 2023 | up 36.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Guinea-Bissau | 6,797 | 2023 | up 298.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Ireland | 6,662 | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 93 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 6,641 | 2023 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Haiti | 6,632 | 2023 | up 6.4% | volatile |
| 95 | Australia | 6,615 | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 96 | Niger | 6,532 | 2023 | up 79.0% | volatile |
| 97 | Sweden | 6,200 | 2023 | down 25.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Luxembourg | 6,068 | 2023 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 99 | Serbia | 5,977 | 2023 | down 2.3% | volatile |
| 100 | Argentina | 5,921 | 2023 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 101 | Hungary | 5,843 | 2023 | up 63.2% | volatile |
| 102 | Albania | 5,834 | 2023 | down 35.3% | volatile |
| 103 | Togo | 5,758 | 2023 | up 59.4% | volatile |
| 104 | Libya | 5,660 | 2023 | up 1.7% | volatile |
| 105 | Mauritania | 5,613 | 2023 | up 84.7% | volatile |
| 106 | Burkina Faso | 5,576 | 2023 | up 80.3% | volatile |
| 107 | Norway | 5,523 | 2023 | down 24.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Cambodia | 5,067 | 2023 | up 64.7% | volatile |
| 109 | Bhutan | 4,860 | 2023 | up 127.0% | volatile |
| 110 | Paraguay | 4,653 | 2023 | up 25.6% | volatile |
| 111 | Laos | 4,634 | 2023 | up 37.8% | volatile |
| 112 | Tanzania | 4,610 | 2023 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 113 | Czechia | 4,562 | 2023 | down 0.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Georgia | 4,560 | 2023 | up 22.1% | volatile |
| 115 | Rwanda | 4,346 | 2023 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 116 | Uganda | 4,202 | 2023 | up 33.6% | volatile |
| 117 | Qatar | 3,954 | 2023 | up 25.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Croatia | 3,696 | 2023 | up 10.5% | volatile |
| 119 | Honduras | 3,583 | 2023 | up 65.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Comoros | 3,500 | 2023 | down 9.7% | volatile |
| 121 | Mauritius | 3,396 | 2023 | down 18.4% | volatile |
| 122 | Cape Verde | 3,320 | 2023 | up 42.3% | volatile |
| 123 | Zambia | 3,237 | 2023 | up 11.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Mozambique | 3,223 | 2023 | up 151.8% | volatile |
| 125 | Finland | 2,990 | 2023 | down 1.2% | volatile |
| 126 | Lithuania | 2,982 | 2023 | down 41.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Djibouti | 2,934 | 2023 | up 50.3% | volatile |
| 128 | Armenia | 2,908 | 2023 | down 44.3% | volatile |
| 129 | Madagascar | 2,823 | 2023 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 130 | Panama | 2,812 | 2023 | up 43.8% | volatile |
| 131 | Denmark | 2,635 | 2023 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 132 | El Salvador | 2,577 | 2023 | up 34.3% | volatile |
| 133 | Jamaica | 2,574 | 2023 | up 27.8% | volatile |
| 134 | Bahrain | 2,550 | 2023 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Solomon Islands | 2,537 | 2023 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 136 | North Macedonia | 2,504 | 2023 | up 29.7% | volatile |
| 137 | Dominican Republic | 2,487 | 2023 | up 14.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Burundi | 2,434 | 2023 | up 70.3% | volatile |
| 139 | New Zealand | 2,394 | 2023 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 140 | Cuba | 2,380 | 2023 | up 125.0% | volatile |
| 141 | Costa Rica | 2,349 | 2023 | up 46.3% | volatile |
| 142 | Montenegro | 2,181 | 2023 | down 3.3% | volatile |
| 143 | Latvia | 2,178 | 2023 | down 22.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Uruguay | 2,173 | 2023 | up 24.2% | volatile |
| 145 | Guatemala | 2,121 | 2023 | up 29.3% | volatile |
| 146 | Gambia | 2,043 | 2023 | up 117.8% | volatile |
| 147 | Bahamas | 2,029 | 2023 | up 41.9% | volatile |
| 148 | Nicaragua | 1,940 | 2023 | up 23.6% | volatile |
| 149 | Namibia | 1,930 | 2023 | down 17.6% | volatile |
| 150 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,858 | 2023 | down 13.6% | volatile |
| 151 | Central African Republic | 1,749 | 2023 | up 37.5% | volatile |
| 152 | Malawi | 1,732 | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 153 | South Sudan | 1,657 | 2023 | up 408.3% | volatile |
| 154 | Eswatini | 1,587 | 2023 | up 9.5% | volatile |
| 155 | East Timor | 1,572 | 2023 | down 13.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Estonia | 1,448 | 2023 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 157 | Maldives | 1,338 | 2023 | down 7.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Botswana | 1,323 | 2023 | down 35.8% | volatile |
| 159 | Vanuatu | 1,289 | 2023 | down 11.7% | volatile |
| 160 | Sierra Leone | 1,276 | 2023 | up 77.0% | volatile |
| 161 | Fiji | 1,217 | 2023 | up 70.2% | volatile |
| 162 | Lesotho | 1,202 | 2023 | down 4.4% | volatile |
| 163 | Liberia | 1,182 | 2023 | up 135.9% | volatile |
| 164 | Slovenia | 1,128 | 2023 | up 2.9% | volatile |
| 165 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,100 | 2023 | up 16.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Iceland | 1,063 | 2023 | down 14.2% | volatile |
| 167 | Macao | 1,037 | 2023 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Brunei | 966 | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 169 | Eritrea | 921 | 2023 | down 31.4% | volatile |
| 170 | Tonga | 880 | 2023 | down 7.9% | volatile |
| 171 | Sao Tome and Principe | 800 | 2023 | up 162.3% | volatile |
| 172 | Papua New Guinea | 773 | 2023 | up 3.1% | volatile |
| 173 | Guyana | 765 | 2023 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 174 | Andorra | 752 | 2023 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 175 | Samoa | 719 | 2023 | up 44.4% | volatile |
| 176 | Kiribati | 713 | 2023 | down 2.6% | volatile |
| 177 | Dominica | 648 | 2023 | up 43.7% | volatile |
| 178 | Liechtenstein | 591 | 2023 | up 18.0% | volatile |
| 179 | Barbados | 570 | 2023 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 180 | Belize | 527 | 2023 | down 2.4% | volatile |
| 181 | North Korea | 509 | 2023 | down 36.7% | volatile |
| 182 | Malta | 502 | 2023 | down 53.3% | volatile |
| 183 | Bermuda | 482 | 2023 | down 45.1% | volatile |
| 184 | Gibraltar | 461 | 2023 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 185 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 450 | 2023 | down 10.9% | volatile |
| 186 | Suriname | 401 | 2023 | up 6.9% | volatile |
| 187 | Saint Lucia | 338 | 2023 | down 34.4% | volatile |
| 188 | Cayman Islands | 337 | 2023 | up 47.8% | volatile |
| 189 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 329 | 2023 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 190 | Seychelles | 323 | 2023 | up 65.6% | volatile |
| 191 | Antigua and Barbuda | 320 | 2023 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 192 | Tuvalu | 298 | 2023 | down 6.0% | volatile |
| 193 | Puerto Rico | 287 | 2023 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 194 | Grenada | 258 | 2023 | down 24.1% | volatile |
| 195 | San Marino | 253 | 2023 | down 63.1% | volatile |
| 196 | Cook Islands | 231 | 2023 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 197 | Monaco | 227 | 2023 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 198 | Aruba | 195 | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 199 | British Virgin Islands | 153 | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 200 | Marshall Islands | 142 | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 201 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 124 | 2023 | up 853.8% | volatile |
| 202 | Nauru | 98 | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 203 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 87 | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 204 | Micronesia (country) | 66 | 2023 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 205 | Anguilla | 65 | 2023 | down 84.5% | volatile |
| 206 | Curacao | 60 | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 207 | Tokelau | 58 | 2023 | down 10.8% | volatile |
| 208 | Niue | 41 | 2023 | down 6.8% | volatile |
| 209 | Palau | 30 | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 210 | Montserrat | 25 | 2023 | up 25.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: World 3.93 million
- SDG: World 3.93 million
- UIS: World 3.93 million
- UNICEF: World 3.93 million
- WB: World 3.93 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 2.99 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 2.87 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 2.86 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 2.82 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 2.59 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 2.00 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 1.97 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 1.86 million
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 1.49 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 1.48 million
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 1.38 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 1.18 million
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 1.10 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 1.07 million
- SDG: Central and Southern Asia 1.06 million
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 901,070
- GPE: Lower Middle Income Wb Fy24, December 2024 859,336
- ESCAP: South and South-west Asia (sswa) (unsdcode:98420) 854,131
- WB: Ida Total 853,983
- WB: Global Partnership for Education (july 2019) 842,973
- AIMS: South and West Asia 816,338
- MDG: Southern Asia 816,338
- SDG: Southern Asia 816,338
- UIS: South and West Asia 816,338
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 815,811
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 815,770
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 813,747
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 797,034
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 789,541
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 789,541
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 779,264
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 775,213
- AIMS: East Asia 771,441
- ESCAP: Saarc (saarc) (unsdcode:98428) 763,228
- UNICEF: South Asia 763,228
About this data
February 2026 Data Release