Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA) by country
February 2026 Data Release
Countries reporting
187
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 187 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 0.9446 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 … adjusted: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paraguay | 2 GPIA | 2023 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 2 | Aruba | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Burkina Faso | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | 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 | — | 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 | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Cameroon | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Congo | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | rising |
| 2 | Colombia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Comoros | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Cape Verde | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Costa Rica | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Cuba | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Curacao | 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 | — | 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 | 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 | — | 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 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Italy | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Jamaica | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Jordan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Japan | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Kenya | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Cambodia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | South Korea | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Kuwait | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Laos | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Lebanon | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Liberia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | 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 | Macao | 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | 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 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Sao Tome and Principe | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Suriname | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Slovakia | 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 | — | rising |
| 2 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 2 | Togo | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Thailand | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | East Timor | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Trinidad and Tobago | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Tunisia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Turkey | 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 | Vietnam | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Yemen | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | South Africa | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Zambia | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 2 | Anguilla | 1 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 2 | Montserrat | 1 GPIA | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 176 | Saudi Arabia | 0.6457 GPIA | 2023 | up 75.4% | rising |
| 177 | Afghanistan | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Egypt | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Micronesia (country) | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Gambia | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Marshall Islands | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Nauru | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | Sierra Leone | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Chad | 0 GPIA | 2023 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 177 | Tonga | 0 GPIA | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 177 | 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.
- AIMS: Asia and the Pacific 1 GPIA
- AIMS: East Asia 1 GPIA
- AIMS: East Asia and the Pacific 1 GPIA
- AIMS: Pacific 1 GPIA
- AIMS: South and West Asia 1 GPIA
- ALECSO: Gulf Countries 1 GPIA
- ALECSO: Least Developed Countries 1 GPIA
- ALECSO: Maghreb Countries 1 GPIA
- ALECSO: Mashriq Countries 1 GPIA
- ALECSO: Member Countries 1 GPIA
- Cecc-sica 1 GPIA
- ECA: Amu (unsdcode:98111) 1 GPIA
- ECA: African Union Commission (unsdcode:98106) 1 GPIA
- ECA: All Countries (unsdcode:98100) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Cen-sad (unsdcode:98112) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Comesa (unsdcode:98113) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Central Africa (unsdcode:98101) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Eac (unsdcode:98114) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Eccas (unsdcode:98107) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Ecowas (unsdcode:98108) 1 GPIA
- ECA: East Africa (unsdcode:98102) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Igad (unsdcode:98109) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Island Economies (unsdcode:98115) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Land-locked Countries (unsdcode:98116) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Least Developed Countries (unsdcode:98118) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Mineral-rich Countries (unsdcode:98119) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Non-oil Ldcs (unsdcode:98120) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Non-oil Producing (unsdcode:98121) 1 GPIA
- ECA: North Africa (unsdcode:98103) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Oil Producing Economies (unsdcode:98123) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Sadc (unsdcode:98110) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Sahel (unsdcode:98124) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Small Island States (unsdcode:98125) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Southern Africa (unsdcode:98104) 1 GPIA
- ECA: Sub-saharan Africa (unsdcode:98126) 1 GPIA
- ECA: West Africa (unsdcode:98105) 1 GPIA
- ECE: All Countries (unsdcode:98200) 1 GPIA
- ECE: Eurasian Economic Union (eaeu) (unsdcode:98206) 1 GPIA
- ECE: Euro Area (e25) (unsdcode:98204) 1 GPIA
- ECE: European Union (emu) (unsdcode:98203) 1 GPIA
About this data
February 2026 Data Release