Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, male (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
228
Highest
513,974
China (People's Republic of)
Lowest
0
Aland Islands
Median
4,453
Years covered
54
1970β2023
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 228 countries. The highest value is 513,974 in China (People's Republic of); the lowest is 0 in Aland Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 4,453, and the mean is 15,197.
Over the past decade 145 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Sint Maarten (Dutch part) (up 853.8%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 63.1%).
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China (People's Republic of) | 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 | 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 | TΓΌrkiye | 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 | Slovak Republic | 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 | Monaco | 227 | 2023 | up 38.4% | volatile |
| 197 | Aruba | 195 | 2023 | up 14.7% | volatile |
| 198 | British Virgin Islands | 153 | 2023 | down 18.2% | volatile |
| 199 | Marshall Islands | 142 | 2023 | down 16.5% | volatile |
| 200 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 124 | 2023 | up 853.8% | volatile |
| 201 | Nauru | 98 | 2023 | down 3.0% | volatile |
| 202 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 87 | 2023 | up 10.1% | volatile |
| 203 | Micronesia (country) | 66 | 2023 | down 59.5% | volatile |
| 204 | Curacao | 60 | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 205 | Palau | 30 | 2023 | down 9.1% | volatile |
| 206 | American Samoa | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Guam | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Isle of Man | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Saint Martin (French Part) | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | New Caledonia | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | French Polynesia | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | French Guiana | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Guadeloupe | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Martinique | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Reunion | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Western Sahara | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Falkland Islands | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Guernsey | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Jersey | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Saint Barthelemy | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Norfolk Island | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Svalbard and Jan Mayen | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Pitcairn | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
| 206 | Aland Islands | 0 | 2023 | β | flat |
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
About this data
February 2026 Data Release