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Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa

SDG: Sub-saharan Africa: Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying was 1 GPIA in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1 GPIA
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
1st
of 221 groups
All-time high
1 GPIA
in 2012
All-time low
0 GPIA
in 2011
Years of data
13
2011–2023

Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, 2011–2023

00.20.40.60.812011201720232011: 0 GPIA2012: 1 GPIA2013: 1 GPIA2014: 1 GPIA2015: 1 GPIA2016: 1 GPIA2017: 1 GPIA2018: 1 GPIA2019: 1 GPIA2020: 1 GPIA2021: 1 GPIA2022: 1 GPIA2023: 1 GPIA

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Measured in GPIA.

Analysis

In 2023, total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa stood at 1 GPIA. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa peaked at 1 GPIA in 2012 and was at its lowest, 0 GPIA, in 2011.

SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 1st of 221 groups on this measure, in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.

Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa, year by year

Year GPIA Change
2011 0 GPIA —
2012 1 GPIA —
2013 1 GPIA +0.0%
2014 1 GPIA +0.0%
2015 1 GPIA +0.0%
2016 1 GPIA +0.0%
2017 1 GPIA +0.0%
2018 1 GPIA +0.0%
2019 1 GPIA +0.0%
2020 1 GPIA +0.0%
2021 1 GPIA +0.0%
2022 1 GPIA +0.0%
2023 1 GPIA +0.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2010s 0.8889 GPIA 0 GPIA 1 GPIA 9
2020s 1 GPIA 1 GPIA 1 GPIA 4

Countries ranked near SDG: Sub-saharan Africa

  1. 1 Paraguay 2 GPIA compare
  2. 2 Aruba 1 GPIA compare
  3. 2 Angola 1 GPIA compare
  4. 2 Anguilla 1 GPIA compare
  5. 2 Albania 1 GPIA compare
  6. 2 Andorra 1 GPIA compare
  7. 2 United Arab Emirates 1 GPIA compare
  8. 2 Argentina 1 GPIA compare
  9. 2 Armenia 1 GPIA compare
  10. 2 Antigua and Barbuda 1 GPIA compare
  11. 2 Australia 1 GPIA compare
  12. 2 Austria 1 GPIA compare
  13. 2 Burundi 1 GPIA compare
  14. 2 Belgium 1 GPIA compare
  15. 2 Benin 1 GPIA compare
  16. 2 Burkina Faso 1 GPIA compare
  17. 2 Bulgaria 1 GPIA compare
  18. 2 Bahrain 1 GPIA compare
  19. 2 Bahamas 1 GPIA compare
  20. 2 Bosnia and Herzegovina 1 GPIA compare
  21. 2 Belarus 1 GPIA compare
  22. 2 Belize 1 GPIA compare
  23. 2 Bermuda 1 GPIA compare
  24. 2 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 1 GPIA compare
  25. 2 Brazil 1 GPIA compare
  26. 2 Barbados 1 GPIA compare
  27. 2 Brunei Darussalam 1 GPIA compare
  28. 2 Bhutan 1 GPIA compare
  29. 2 Botswana 1 GPIA compare
  30. 2 Central African Republic 1 GPIA compare
  31. 2 Canada 1 GPIA compare
  32. 2 Switzerland 1 GPIA compare
  33. 2 Chile 1 GPIA compare
  34. 2 China 1 GPIA compare
  35. 2 Côte d'Ivoire 1 GPIA compare
  36. 2 Cameroon 1 GPIA compare
  37. 2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1 GPIA compare
  38. 2 Congo 1 GPIA compare
  39. 2 Colombia 1 GPIA compare
  40. 2 Comoros 1 GPIA compare
  41. 2 Cape Verde 1 GPIA compare
  42. 2 Costa Rica 1 GPIA compare
  43. 2 Cuba 1 GPIA compare
  44. 2 Curaçao 1 GPIA compare
  45. 2 Cayman Islands 1 GPIA compare
  46. 2 Cyprus 1 GPIA compare
  47. 2 Czechia 1 GPIA compare
  48. 2 Germany 1 GPIA compare
  49. 2 Djibouti 1 GPIA compare
  50. 2 Dominica 1 GPIA compare
  51. 2 Denmark 1 GPIA compare
  52. 2 Dominican Republic 1 GPIA compare
  53. 2 Algeria 1 GPIA compare
  54. 2 Ecuador 1 GPIA compare
  55. 2 Eritrea 1 GPIA compare
  56. 2 Spain 1 GPIA compare
  57. 2 Estonia 1 GPIA compare
  58. 2 Finland 1 GPIA compare
  59. 2 Fiji 1 GPIA compare
  60. 2 France 1 GPIA compare
  61. 2 Gabon 1 GPIA compare
  62. 2 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1 GPIA compare
  63. 2 Georgia 1 GPIA compare
  64. 2 Gibraltar 1 GPIA compare
  65. 2 Guinea-Bissau 1 GPIA compare
  66. 2 Equatorial Guinea 1 GPIA compare
  67. 2 Greece 1 GPIA compare
  68. 2 Grenada 1 GPIA compare
  69. 2 Guatemala 1 GPIA compare
  70. 2 Guyana 1 GPIA compare
  71. 2 Hong Kong, China 1 GPIA compare
  72. 2 Honduras 1 GPIA compare
  73. 2 Croatia 1 GPIA compare
  74. 2 Haiti 1 GPIA compare
  75. 2 Hungary 1 GPIA compare
  76. 2 Indonesia 1 GPIA compare
  77. 2 India 1 GPIA compare
  78. 2 Ireland 1 GPIA compare
  79. 2 Iran, Islamic Republic of 1 GPIA compare
  80. 2 Iceland 1 GPIA compare
  81. 2 Israel 1 GPIA compare
  82. 2 Italy 1 GPIA compare
  83. 2 Jamaica 1 GPIA compare
  84. 2 Jordan 1 GPIA compare
  85. 2 Japan 1 GPIA compare
  86. 2 Kenya 1 GPIA compare
  87. 2 Cambodia 1 GPIA compare
  88. 2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 1 GPIA compare
  89. 2 Republic of Korea 1 GPIA compare
  90. 2 Kuwait 1 GPIA compare
  91. 2 Lao People's Democratic Republic 1 GPIA compare
  92. 2 Lebanon 1 GPIA compare
  93. 2 Liberia 1 GPIA compare
  94. 2 Saint Lucia 1 GPIA compare
  95. 2 Liechtenstein 1 GPIA compare
  96. 2 Sri Lanka 1 GPIA compare
  97. 2 Lesotho 1 GPIA compare
  98. 2 Lithuania 1 GPIA compare
  99. 2 Luxembourg 1 GPIA compare
  100. 2 Latvia 1 GPIA compare
  101. 2 Macau, China 1 GPIA compare
  102. 2 Morocco 1 GPIA compare
  103. 2 Monaco 1 GPIA compare
  104. 2 Republic of Moldova 1 GPIA compare
  105. 2 Madagascar 1 GPIA compare
  106. 2 Maldives 1 GPIA compare
  107. 2 Mexico 1 GPIA compare
  108. 2 North Macedonia 1 GPIA compare
  109. 2 Mali 1 GPIA compare
  110. 2 Malta 1 GPIA compare
  111. 2 Myanmar 1 GPIA compare
  112. 2 Montenegro 1 GPIA compare
  113. 2 Mongolia 1 GPIA compare
  114. 2 Mozambique 1 GPIA compare
  115. 2 Montserrat 1 GPIA compare
  116. 2 Mauritius 1 GPIA compare
  117. 2 Malawi 1 GPIA compare
  118. 2 Malaysia 1 GPIA compare
  119. 2 Namibia 1 GPIA compare
  120. 2 Nigeria 1 GPIA compare
  121. 2 Nicaragua 1 GPIA compare
  122. 2 Netherlands 1 GPIA compare
  123. 2 Norway 1 GPIA compare
  124. 2 Nepal 1 GPIA compare
  125. 2 New Zealand 1 GPIA compare
  126. 2 Oman 1 GPIA compare
  127. 2 Panama 1 GPIA compare
  128. 2 Peru 1 GPIA compare
  129. 2 Philippines 1 GPIA compare
  130. 2 Palau 1 GPIA compare
  131. 2 Papua New Guinea 1 GPIA compare
  132. 2 Poland 1 GPIA compare
  133. 2 Puerto Rico 1 GPIA compare
  134. 2 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 1 GPIA compare
  135. 2 Portugal 1 GPIA compare
  136. 2 Palestine, State of 1 GPIA compare
  137. 2 Qatar 1 GPIA compare
  138. 2 Romania 1 GPIA compare
  139. 2 Russian Federation 1 GPIA compare
  140. 2 Rwanda 1 GPIA compare
  141. 2 Sudan 1 GPIA compare
  142. 2 Senegal 1 GPIA compare
  143. 2 Singapore 1 GPIA compare
  144. 2 El Salvador 1 GPIA compare
  145. 2 San Marino 1 GPIA compare
  146. 2 Serbia 1 GPIA compare
  147. 2 South Sudan 1 GPIA compare
  148. 2 Sao Tome and Principe 1 GPIA compare
  149. 2 Suriname 1 GPIA compare
  150. 2 Slovakia 1 GPIA compare
  151. 2 Slovenia 1 GPIA compare
  152. 2 Sweden 1 GPIA compare
  153. 2 Eswatini 1 GPIA compare
  154. 2 Seychelles 1 GPIA compare
  155. 2 Syrian Arab Republic 1 GPIA compare
  156. 2 Turks and Caicos Islands 1 GPIA compare
  157. 2 Togo 1 GPIA compare
  158. 2 Thailand 1 GPIA compare
  159. 2 Timor-Leste 1 GPIA compare
  160. 2 Trinidad and Tobago 1 GPIA compare
  161. 2 Tunisia 1 GPIA compare
  162. 2 Türkiye 1 GPIA compare
  163. 2 Tanzania, United Republic of 1 GPIA compare
  164. 2 Uganda 1 GPIA compare
  165. 2 Ukraine 1 GPIA compare
  166. 2 Uruguay 1 GPIA compare
  167. 2 United States of America 1 GPIA compare
  168. 2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 1 GPIA compare
  169. 2 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 1 GPIA compare
  170. 2 British Virgin Islands 1 GPIA compare
  171. 2 Viet Nam 1 GPIA compare
  172. 2 Yemen 1 GPIA compare
  173. 2 South Africa 1 GPIA compare
  174. 2 Zambia 1 GPIA compare
  175. 2 Zimbabwe 1 GPIA compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa was 1 GPIA in 2023, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
What is the highest total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
The highest recorded value was 1 GPIA in 2012.
What is the lowest total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying recorded in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
The lowest recorded value was 0 GPIA in 2011.
How does SDG: Sub-saharan Africa rank for total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying?
SDG: Sub-saharan Africa ranks 1st out of 221 groups with data for 2023.
Is total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying rising or falling in SDG: Sub-saharan Africa?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this SDG: Sub-saharan Africa data come from?
The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, adjusted gender parity index (GPIA). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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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