Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country

February 2026 Data Release

Countries reporting
209
Highest
2 GPIA
Paraguay
Lowest
0 GPIA
Samoa
Median
1 GPIA
Years covered
13
2011–2023
Data points
5,393

What the numbers show

Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) is currently reported for 209 countries. The highest value is 2 GPIA in Paraguay; the lowest is 0 GPIA in Samoa.

The median across all reporting countries is 1 GPIA, and the mean is 0.8404 GPIA.

Over the past decade 2 countries rose and 8 fell. The largest increase was in Paraguay (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Egypt (down 100.0%).

Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Paraguay 2 GPIA 2023 up 100.0% rising
1 Montserrat 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged volatile
2 Aruba 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Angola 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Albania 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Andorra 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 United Arab Emirates 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
2 Argentina 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Armenia 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Antigua and Barbuda 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged volatile
2 Australia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Austria 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Burundi 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Belgium 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Benin 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Burkina Faso 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Bulgaria 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Bahrain 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Bahamas 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Belarus 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Belize 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
2 Bermuda 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Bolivia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Brazil 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Barbados 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Brunei 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Bhutan 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Botswana 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Central African Republic 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Canada 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Switzerland 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Chile 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 China (People’s Republic of) 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 CΓ΄te d’Ivoire 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Cameroon 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Democratic Republic of the Congo 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Congo 1 GPIA 2023 β€” rising
2 Colombia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Comoros 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Cabo Verde 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Costa Rica 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Cuba 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 CuraΓ§ao 1 GPIA 2023 down 50.0% volatile
2 Cayman Islands 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged falling
2 Cyprus 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Czechia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Germany 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Djibouti 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Dominica 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Denmark 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Dominican Republic 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Algeria 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Ecuador 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Eritrea 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
2 Spain 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Estonia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Finland 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Fiji 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 France 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Gabon 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 United Kingdom 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Georgia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Gibraltar 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
2 Guinea-Bissau 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Equatorial Guinea 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged falling
2 Greece 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Grenada 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Guatemala 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Guyana 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Hong Kong (China) 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Honduras 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Croatia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Haiti 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Hungary 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Indonesia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 India 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Ireland 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Iran 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Iceland 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Israel 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Italy 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Jamaica 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Jordan 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Japan 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Kenya 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Cambodia 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Korea 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Kuwait 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Lebanon 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Liberia 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Saint Lucia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Liechtenstein 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Sri Lanka 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Lesotho 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Lithuania 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Luxembourg 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Latvia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Macau (China) 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Morocco 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Monaco 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Moldova 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Madagascar 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Maldives 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Mexico 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 North Macedonia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Mali 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Malta 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Myanmar 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Montenegro 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Mongolia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Mozambique 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Mauritius 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Malawi 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Malaysia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Namibia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Nigeria 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Nicaragua 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Netherlands 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Norway 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Nepal 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 New Zealand 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Oman 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
2 Panama 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Peru 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Philippines 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Palau 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Papua New Guinea 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Poland 1 GPIA 2023 down 50.0% falling
2 Puerto Rico 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 North Korea 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Portugal 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Palestine 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Qatar 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged volatile
2 Romania 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Russia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Rwanda 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Sudan 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Senegal 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Singapore 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 El Salvador 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 San Marino 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Serbia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 South Sudan 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Sao Tome and Principe 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Suriname 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Slovak Republic 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Slovenia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Sweden 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Eswatini 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Seychelles 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Syria 1 GPIA 2023 β€” rising
2 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
2 Togo 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 Thailand 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Timor-Leste 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Trinidad and Tobago 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Tunisia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 TΓΌrkiye 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Tanzania 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Uganda 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Ukraine 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Uruguay 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 United States 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged rising
2 Venezuela 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 British Virgin Islands 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Viet Nam 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Yemen 1 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
2 South Africa 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Zambia 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
2 Zimbabwe 1 GPIA 2023 unchanged flat
3 Cook Islands 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
3 Niue 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
3 Tokelau 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
174 Saudi Arabia 0.6457 GPIA 2023 up 75.4% rising
175 Afghanistan 0 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
175 Azerbaijan 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Bangladesh 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Egypt 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Ethiopia 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Micronesia (country) 0 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
175 Ghana 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Guinea 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Gambia 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Iraq 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Kazakhstan 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Kyrgyzstan 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Kiribati 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Libya 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Marshall Islands 0 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
175 Mauritania 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Niger 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Nauru 0 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
175 Pakistan 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Solomon Islands 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Sierra Leone 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Somalia 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Chad 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% volatile
175 Tajikistan 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Turkmenistan 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Tonga 0 GPIA 2023 β€” volatile
175 Tuvalu 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Uzbekistan 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Vanuatu 0 GPIA 2023 β€” flat
175 Samoa 0 GPIA 2023 down 100.0% volatile

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA)
Unit
GPIA
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO (UNESCO Institute for Statistics)
Coverage
431 places, 5,393 data points, 2011–2023
Last refreshed

February 2026 Data Release