Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, female (UIS estimate) (number) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
210
Highest
562,041
China
Lowest
10
Cook Islands
Median
3,845
Years covered
13
2011–2023
Data points
5,393
What the numbers show
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, female (UIS estimate) (number) is currently reported for 210 countries. The highest value is 562,041 in China; the lowest is 10 in Cook Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 3,845, and the mean is 13,843.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 56,204.
Over the past decade 172 countries rose and 38 fell. The largest increase was in South Sudan (up 1,126.8%), and the largest decrease in San Marino (down 76.1%).
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students … female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 562,041 | 2023 | up 52.8% | rising |
| 2 | India | 325,212 | 2023 | up 509.5% | volatile |
| 3 | Vietnam | 69,312 | 2023 | up 164.0% | rising |
| 4 | Germany | 68,775 | 2023 | up 7.2% | rising |
| 5 | United States | 67,962 | 2023 | up 65.1% | rising |
| 6 | France | 64,093 | 2023 | up 58.1% | rising |
| 7 | Nigeria | 64,069 | 2023 | up 204.6% | rising |
| 8 | Brazil | 51,346 | 2023 | up 153.4% | rising |
| 9 | South Korea | 49,724 | 2023 | down 12.1% | falling |
| 10 | Ukraine | 46,844 | 2023 | up 130.3% | rising |
| 11 | Iran | 46,051 | 2023 | up 118.5% | rising |
| 12 | Nepal | 45,785 | 2023 | up 363.4% | volatile |
| 13 | Italy | 45,492 | 2023 | up 83.1% | rising |
| 14 | Syria | 40,247 | 2023 | up 405.8% | volatile |
| 15 | Russia | 40,043 | 2023 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 16 | Morocco | 33,017 | 2023 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 17 | Colombia | 32,811 | 2023 | up 93.3% | rising |
| 18 | Indonesia | 31,563 | 2023 | up 81.3% | rising |
| 19 | Uzbekistan | 29,186 | 2023 | up 651.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Turkey | 29,121 | 2023 | up 84.5% | rising |
| 21 | Pakistan | 28,254 | 2023 | up 229.8% | rising |
| 22 | Canada | 28,197 | 2023 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 23 | Spain | 27,296 | 2023 | up 78.2% | rising |
| 24 | Philippines | 25,691 | 2023 | up 282.1% | rising |
| 25 | Peru | 23,286 | 2023 | up 61.4% | rising |
| 26 | Malaysia | 22,983 | 2023 | down 19.1% | falling |
| 27 | Bangladesh | 22,586 | 2023 | up 337.0% | rising |
| 28 | Greece | 19,923 | 2023 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 29 | Hong Kong | 19,789 | 2023 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 19,771 | 2023 | up 55.4% | rising |
| 31 | Sri Lanka | 19,653 | 2023 | up 233.7% | rising |
| 32 | Japan | 19,449 | 2023 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 33 | Mexico | 19,218 | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 34 | Egypt | 18,944 | 2023 | up 166.0% | rising |
| 35 | Algeria | 18,650 | 2023 | up 112.2% | rising |
| 36 | Thailand | 18,631 | 2023 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 37 | Ecuador | 18,323 | 2023 | up 175.0% | rising |
| 38 | Romania | 17,746 | 2023 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 39 | Venezuela | 17,737 | 2023 | up 132.3% | rising |
| 40 | Saudi Arabia | 16,622 | 2023 | down 17.4% | falling |
| 41 | Slovakia | 16,429 | 2023 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 42 | Kazakhstan | 14,912 | 2023 | up 77.9% | rising |
| 43 | Austria | 14,845 | 2023 | up 96.1% | rising |
| 44 | Poland | 14,677 | 2023 | down 7.9% | flat |
| 45 | Cameroon | 14,387 | 2023 | up 58.9% | rising |
| 46 | Iraq | 14,024 | 2023 | up 145.2% | rising |
| 47 | Azerbaijan | 13,747 | 2023 | up 323.2% | rising |
| 48 | Tunisia | 13,444 | 2023 | up 103.5% | rising |
| 49 | Yemen | 13,188 | 2023 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 50 | Palestine | 12,828 | 2023 | up 57.7% | rising |
| 51 | Bolivia | 12,415 | 2023 | up 47.0% | rising |
| 52 | Lebanon | 12,350 | 2023 | up 178.9% | rising |
| 53 | Cyprus | 12,293 | 2023 | down 9.0% | flat |
| 54 | Zimbabwe | 12,133 | 2023 | up 66.6% | rising |
| 55 | Kenya | 11,842 | 2023 | up 107.0% | rising |
| 56 | Turkmenistan | 11,828 | 2023 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 57 | Jordan | 11,443 | 2023 | up 85.8% | rising |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 11,258 | 2023 | up 168.9% | rising |
| 59 | Belarus | 11,205 | 2023 | up 66.0% | rising |
| 60 | Singapore | 11,015 | 2023 | down 9.5% | falling |
| 61 | Netherlands | 10,659 | 2023 | up 47.1% | rising |
| 62 | Switzerland | 10,594 | 2023 | up 72.1% | rising |
| 63 | Bulgaria | 10,530 | 2023 | down 26.0% | falling |
| 64 | Paraguay | 10,010 | 2023 | up 51.6% | rising |
| 65 | Ireland | 9,911 | 2023 | up 4.5% | flat |
| 66 | Chile | 9,908 | 2023 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 67 | Moldova | 9,734 | 2023 | up 8.6% | rising |
| 68 | Mongolia | 9,527 | 2023 | up 98.1% | rising |
| 69 | Belgium | 9,345 | 2023 | up 48.8% | rising |
| 70 | Albania | 9,238 | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 71 | Portugal | 9,100 | 2023 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 72 | Norway | 8,902 | 2023 | down 17.6% | falling |
| 73 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8,725 | 2023 | up 60.1% | rising |
| 74 | Myanmar | 8,638 | 2023 | up 195.1% | rising |
| 75 | United Arab Emirates | 8,563 | 2023 | up 192.9% | rising |
| 76 | Kuwait | 8,536 | 2023 | up 102.7% | rising |
| 77 | Serbia | 8,394 | 2023 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 78 | Gabon | 8,302 | 2023 | up 193.0% | rising |
| 79 | Oman | 7,938 | 2023 | up 92.2% | rising |
| 80 | Sweden | 7,894 | 2023 | down 19.2% | falling |
| 81 | Hungary | 7,685 | 2023 | up 46.4% | rising |
| 82 | Cote d'Ivoire | 7,604 | 2023 | up 111.3% | rising |
| 83 | Israel | 7,598 | 2023 | up 118.7% | rising |
| 84 | Ghana | 7,503 | 2023 | up 139.5% | rising |
| 85 | Luxembourg | 7,264 | 2023 | up 57.6% | rising |
| 86 | Senegal | 7,208 | 2023 | up 80.5% | rising |
| 87 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 7,104 | 2023 | up 215.0% | rising |
| 88 | Australia | 6,768 | 2023 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 89 | Czechia | 6,561 | 2023 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 90 | Argentina | 6,524 | 2023 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 91 | Sudan | 6,266 | 2023 | up 111.5% | rising |
| 92 | South Africa | 6,152 | 2023 | up 96.0% | rising |
| 93 | Croatia | 5,939 | 2023 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 94 | Congo | 5,664 | 2023 | up 43.9% | rising |
| 95 | Finland | 5,566 | 2023 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 96 | Bhutan | 5,449 | 2023 | up 253.8% | rising |
| 97 | Somalia | 5,014 | 2023 | up 317.5% | volatile |
| 98 | Haiti | 4,795 | 2023 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 99 | Angola | 4,756 | 2023 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 100 | Georgia | 4,599 | 2023 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 101 | Chad | 4,551 | 2023 | up 121.2% | rising |
| 102 | Cape Verde | 4,355 | 2023 | up 119.4% | rising |
| 103 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,139 | 2023 | up 167.4% | rising |
| 104 | Lithuania | 4,074 | 2023 | down 41.2% | falling |
| 105 | Benin | 3,971 | 2023 | up 126.1% | rising |
| 106 | Honduras | 3,719 | 2023 | up 92.7% | rising |
| 107 | Mali | 3,510 | 2023 | up 45.8% | rising |
| 108 | Laos | 3,483 | 2023 | up 134.9% | rising |
| 109 | Guinea-Bissau | 3,470 | 2023 | up 392.2% | volatile |
| 110 | Cambodia | 3,422 | 2023 | up 148.5% | rising |
| 111 | Uruguay | 3,411 | 2023 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 112 | Denmark | 3,350 | 2023 | up 20.6% | rising |
| 113 | Madagascar | 3,311 | 2023 | up 43.0% | rising |
| 114 | Mauritius | 3,298 | 2023 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 115 | Tanzania | 3,268 | 2023 | up 42.1% | rising |
| 116 | Ethiopia | 3,228 | 2023 | up 135.6% | rising |
| 117 | Togo | 3,140 | 2023 | up 114.5% | rising |
| 118 | Dominican Republic | 3,112 | 2023 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 119 | North Macedonia | 3,106 | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 120 | Jamaica | 3,082 | 2023 | up 54.5% | rising |
| 121 | Montenegro | 3,070 | 2023 | up 54.4% | rising |
| 122 | Panama | 2,913 | 2023 | up 62.4% | rising |
| 123 | Rwanda | 2,908 | 2023 | up 18.9% | rising |
| 124 | Guinea | 2,906 | 2023 | up 49.3% | rising |
| 124 | Uganda | 2,906 | 2023 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 126 | Burkina Faso | 2,887 | 2023 | up 113.7% | rising |
| 127 | Cuba | 2,535 | 2023 | up 125.1% | rising |
| 128 | El Salvador | 2,519 | 2023 | up 40.4% | rising |
| 129 | Comoros | 2,405 | 2023 | up 17.2% | rising |
| 130 | Latvia | 2,388 | 2023 | down 32.7% | falling |
| 131 | Mozambique | 2,372 | 2023 | up 234.1% | rising |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 2,275 | 2023 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 133 | New Zealand | 2,258 | 2023 | down 10.7% | falling |
| 134 | Costa Rica | 2,240 | 2023 | up 78.6% | rising |
| 135 | Libya | 2,238 | 2023 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 136 | Niger | 2,222 | 2023 | up 88.8% | rising |
| 137 | Mauritania | 2,216 | 2023 | up 109.7% | rising |
| 138 | Namibia | 2,127 | 2023 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 139 | Qatar | 2,085 | 2023 | up 28.4% | rising |
| 140 | Bahrain | 2,082 | 2023 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 141 | Zambia | 2,081 | 2023 | down 1.7% | flat |
| 142 | Bahamas | 1,967 | 2023 | up 99.5% | rising |
| 143 | Armenia | 1,944 | 2023 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 144 | Guatemala | 1,815 | 2023 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 145 | Estonia | 1,795 | 2023 | down 28.2% | falling |
| 146 | Slovenia | 1,753 | 2023 | up 15.5% | rising |
| 147 | Tajikistan | 1,716 | 2023 | up 73.0% | rising |
| 148 | Maldives | 1,635 | 2023 | up 27.6% | rising |
| 149 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1,611 | 2023 | down 27.1% | falling |
| 150 | Burundi | 1,605 | 2023 | up 67.7% | rising |
| 151 | Iceland | 1,511 | 2023 | down 5.7% | flat |
| 152 | Djibouti | 1,485 | 2023 | up 40.6% | rising |
| 153 | Lesotho | 1,459 | 2023 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 154 | Eswatini | 1,419 | 2023 | up 4.0% | falling |
| 155 | Fiji | 1,347 | 2023 | up 142.3% | rising |
| 156 | Botswana | 1,312 | 2023 | down 31.3% | falling |
| 157 | Malawi | 1,295 | 2023 | up 9.6% | flat |
| 158 | East Timor | 1,222 | 2023 | up 3.6% | flat |
| 159 | Brunei | 1,170 | 2023 | down 41.4% | falling |
| 160 | Macao | 1,165 | 2023 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 161 | South Sudan | 1,006 | 2023 | up 1,126.8% | volatile |
| 162 | Central African Republic | 974 | 2023 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 163 | Andorra | 936 | 2023 | up 49.8% | rising |
| 164 | Liberia | 904 | 2023 | up 318.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Sao Tome and Principe | 777 | 2023 | up 213.3% | rising |
| 166 | Gambia | 758 | 2023 | up 61.6% | rising |
| 167 | Papua New Guinea | 726 | 2023 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 168 | Suriname | 658 | 2023 | up 37.9% | rising |
| 169 | Eritrea | 639 | 2023 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 619 | 2023 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 171 | Equatorial Guinea | 616 | 2023 | up 22.2% | flat |
| 172 | Barbados | 614 | 2023 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 173 | Liechtenstein | 595 | 2023 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 174 | Guyana | 574 | 2023 | down 22.5% | falling |
| 175 | Dominica | 562 | 2023 | up 108.9% | rising |
| 176 | Malta | 560 | 2023 | down 32.4% | falling |
| 177 | Gibraltar | 494 | 2023 | up 24.7% | rising |
| 178 | Bermuda | 490 | 2023 | down 32.8% | falling |
| 179 | Sierra Leone | 481 | 2023 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 180 | Vanuatu | 466 | 2023 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 181 | Saint Lucia | 430 | 2023 | down 1.8% | flat |
| 182 | Seychelles | 416 | 2023 | up 54.6% | rising |
| 183 | Puerto Rico | 391 | 2023 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 184 | North Korea | 390 | 2023 | down 30.2% | falling |
| 185 | Cayman Islands | 367 | 2023 | up 103.9% | rising |
| 186 | Belize | 352 | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 187 | Tonga | 329 | 2023 | up 23.7% | rising |
| 188 | Antigua and Barbuda | 320 | 2023 | up 63.3% | rising |
| 189 | Samoa | 301 | 2023 | up 18.0% | rising |
| 190 | Kiribati | 287 | 2023 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 191 | San Marino | 284 | 2023 | down 76.1% | volatile |
| 192 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 283 | 2023 | up 6.8% | rising |
| 193 | Monaco | 246 | 2023 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 194 | Grenada | 195 | 2023 | down 11.4% | flat |
| 195 | British Virgin Islands | 173 | 2023 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 196 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 167 | 2023 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 197 | Aruba | 105 | 2023 | up 78.0% | volatile |
| 198 | Tuvalu | 101 | 2023 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 199 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 83 | 2023 | up 56.6% | rising |
| 200 | Anguilla | 51 | 2023 | down 40.7% | flat |
| 201 | Curacao | 45 | 2023 | up 66.7% | rising |
| 202 | Marshall Islands | 42 | 2023 | up 121.1% | volatile |
| 203 | Nauru | 36 | 2023 | up 20.0% | falling |
| 204 | Micronesia (country) | 28 | 2023 | down 54.8% | falling |
| 204 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 28 | 2023 | up 64.7% | rising |
| 206 | Palau | 19 | 2023 | up 533.3% | volatile |
| 206 | Niue | 19 | 2023 | up 280.0% | volatile |
| 208 | Tokelau | 15 | 2023 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 209 | Montserrat | 14 | 2023 | down 6.7% | flat |
| 210 | Cook Islands | 10 | 2023 | down 58.3% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- MDG: World 3.35 million
- SDG: World 3.35 million
- UIS: World 3.35 million
- UNICEF: World 3.35 million
- WB: World 3.35 million
- UNICEF: All Unicef Countries 2.34 million
- WB: Ida & Ibrd Total 2.23 million
- MDG: Developing Regions 2.18 million
- WB: Low & Middle Income (july 2025) 2.17 million
- WB: Middle Income (july 2025) 2.04 million
- WB: Ibrd Only 1.75 million
- ESCAP: All Countries (unsdcode:98400) 1.53 million
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 1.44 million
- WB: Upper Middle Income (july 2025) 1.11 million
- WB: Late-demographic Dividend 1.09 million
- ESCAP: Wb Lower Middle Income Economies (wb_lower_mid) (unsdcode:98438) 990,074
- WB: Early-demographic Dividend 948,465
- WB: Lower Middle Income (july 2025) 880,384
- WB: East Asia & Pacific 872,542
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 863,059
- UIS: East Asia and the Pacific 863,059
- SDG: Eastern and South-eastern Asia 859,215
- UNICEF: East Asia and Pacific 851,632
- AIMS: East Asia 849,688
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 804,090
- WB: High Income (july 2025) 776,118
- UNICEF: East Asia and the Pacific Programme Countries 762,418
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (excluding High Income) 761,149
- WB: East Asia & Pacific (ida & Ibrd) 760,814
- ESCAP: Wb Upper Middle Income Economies (wb_upper_mid) (unsdcode:98437) 755,186
- MDG: Developed Regions 721,863
- GPE: Overall Fy24, All 90 Countries, December 2024 706,127
- UNICEF: Europe and Central Asia 700,333
- WB: Europe & Central Asia 700,267
- SDG: Europe, Northern America, Australia and New Zealand 683,017
- WB: Oecd Members 674,907
- SDG: Europe and Northern America 673,991
- ESCAP: East and North-east Asia (enea) (unsdcode:98408) 662,085
- SDG: Eastern Asia 662,085
- WB: Post-demographic Dividend 646,541
About this data
February 2026 Data Release