2006/07 - 2007/08
| Place of Origin |
2006/07 |
2007/08 |
% Change |
|
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
2,591 |
2,730 |
5.4 |
|
|
|
|
| East Africa |
597 |
707 |
18.4 |
| Burundi |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Comoros |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Eritrea |
12 |
18 |
50.0 |
| Ethiopia |
88 |
102 |
15.9 |
| Kenya |
228 |
253 |
11.0 |
| Madagascar |
17 |
33 |
94.1 |
| Malawi |
12 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Mauritius |
15 |
27 |
80.0 |
| Mozambique |
10 |
5 |
-50.0 |
| Rwanda |
12 |
33 |
175.0 |
| Somalia |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Tanzania |
49 |
62 |
26.5 |
| Uganda |
56 |
65 |
16.1 |
| Zambia |
31 |
33 |
6.5 |
| Zimbabwe |
62 |
60 |
-3.2 |
|
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
119 |
141 |
18.5 |
| Angola |
3 |
12 |
300.0 |
| Cameroon |
82 |
90 |
9.8 |
| Central African Republic |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Chad |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Congo, Rep. of |
16 |
11 |
-31.3 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
3 |
13 |
333.3 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
6 |
9 |
50.0 |
| Gabon |
5 |
5 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
| North Africa |
986 |
1,000 |
1.4 |
| Algeria |
50 |
50 |
0.0 |
| Egypt |
738 |
759 |
2.8 |
| Libya |
10 |
15 |
50.0 |
| Morocco |
104 |
94 |
-9.6 |
| Sudan |
20 |
23 |
15.0 |
| Tunisia |
63 |
59 |
-6.3 |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
307 |
301 |
-2.0 |
| Botswana |
8 |
12 |
50.0 |
| Cape Verde |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Lesotho |
6 |
2 |
-66.7 |
| Namibia |
3 |
11 |
266.7 |
| South Africa |
280 |
273 |
-2.5 |
| Swaziland |
10 |
2 |
-80.0 |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
582 |
581 |
-0.2 |
| Benin |
9 |
12 |
33.3 |
| Burkina Faso |
14 |
11 |
-21.4 |
| Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
32 |
17 |
-46.9 |
| Gambia |
16 |
9 |
-43.8 |
| Ghana |
139 |
158 |
13.7 |
| Guinea |
3 |
5 |
66.7 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Liberia |
7 |
9 |
28.6 |
| Mali |
8 |
9 |
12.5 |
| Mauritania |
2 |
4 |
100.0 |
| Niger |
6 |
9 |
50.0 |
| Nigeria |
273 |
256 |
-6.2 |
| Senegal |
52 |
64 |
23.1 |
| Sierra Leone |
15 |
12 |
-20.0 |
| Togo |
6 |
5 |
-16.7 |
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
49,549 |
55,553 |
12.1 |
|
|
|
|
| East Asia |
37,155 |
41,906 |
12.8 |
| China |
20,149 |
23,779 |
18.0 |
| Hong Kong |
253 |
247 |
-2.4 |
| Japan |
5,557 |
5,692 |
2.4 |
| North Korea |
32 |
49 |
53.1 |
| South Korea |
9,291 |
9,888 |
6.4 |
| Macau |
10 |
5 |
-50.0 |
| Mongolia |
51 |
61 |
19.6 |
| Taiwan |
1,813 |
2,185 |
20.5 |
|
|
|
|
| South & Central Asia |
10,450 |
11,564 |
10.7 |
| Afghanistan |
12 |
31 |
158.3 |
| Bangladesh |
235 |
272 |
15.7 |
| Bhutan |
6 |
7 |
16.7 |
| India |
9,138 |
9,959 |
9.0 |
| Kazakhstan |
65 |
121 |
86.2 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
28 |
59 |
110.7 |
| Maldives |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Nepal |
144 |
177 |
22.9 |
| Pakistan |
539 |
608 |
12.8 |
| Sri Lanka |
203 |
232 |
14.3 |
| Tajikistan |
10 |
20 |
100.0 |
| Turkmenistan |
7 |
17 |
142.9 |
| Uzbekistan |
61 |
61 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
1,943 |
2,083 |
7.2 |
| Cambodia |
9 |
15 |
66.7 |
| Indonesia |
184 |
256 |
39.1 |
| Laos |
5 |
1 |
-80.0 |
| Malaysia |
256 |
272 |
6.3 |
| Myanmar |
27 |
28 |
3.7 |
| Philippines |
392 |
391 |
-0.3 |
| Singapore |
226 |
237 |
4.9 |
| Thailand |
653 |
696 |
6.6 |
| Vietnam |
193 |
187 |
-3.1 |
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
30,458 |
31,343 |
2.9 |
| Albania |
43 |
46 |
7.0 |
| Armenia |
74 |
59 |
-20.3 |
| Austria |
448 |
475 |
6.0 |
| Azerbaijan |
35 |
26 |
-25.7 |
| Belarus |
104 |
119 |
14.4 |
| Belgium |
457 |
457 |
0.0 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
37 |
42 |
13.5 |
| Bulgaria |
272 |
267 |
-1.8 |
| Croatia |
129 |
146 |
13.2 |
| Cyprus* |
82 |
61 |
-25.6 |
| Czech Republic |
291 |
268 |
-7.9 |
| Denmark |
496 |
509 |
2.6 |
| Estonia |
35 |
34 |
-2.9 |
| Finland |
289 |
313 |
8.3 |
| France |
3,588 |
3,802 |
6.0 |
| Georgia |
112 |
110 |
-1.8 |
| Germany |
5,039 |
5,269 |
4.6 |
| Greece |
646 |
729 |
12.8 |
| Hungary |
401 |
376 |
-6.2 |
| Iceland |
62 |
62 |
0.0 |
| Ireland |
397 |
382 |
-3.8 |
| Italy |
3,148 |
3,273 |
4.0 |
| Kosovo |
0 |
5 |
- |
| Latvia |
29 |
34 |
17.2 |
| Liechtenstein |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Lithuania |
50 |
60 |
20.0 |
| Luxembourg |
17 |
20 |
17.6 |
| Macedonia |
44 |
40 |
-9.1 |
| Malta |
3 |
1 |
-66.7 |
| Moldova |
82 |
66 |
-19.5 |
| Monaco |
7 |
4 |
-42.9 |
| Montenegro |
10 |
26 |
160.0 |
| Netherlands |
959 |
1,018 |
6.2 |
| Norway |
307 |
357 |
16.3 |
| Poland |
877 |
840 |
-4.2 |
| Portugal |
365 |
418 |
14.5 |
| Romania |
688 |
638 |
-7.3 |
| Russia |
2,102 |
1,945 |
-7.5 |
| San Marino |
7 |
1 |
-85.7 |
| Serbia |
220 |
223 |
1.4 |
| Slovakia |
121 |
139 |
14.9 |
| Slovenia |
80 |
80 |
0.0 |
| Spain |
2,193 |
2,320 |
5.8 |
| Sweden |
690 |
683 |
-1.0 |
| Switzerland |
663 |
715 |
7.8 |
| Turkey* |
1,362 |
1,539 |
13.0 |
| Ukraine |
519 |
521 |
0.4 |
| United Kingdom |
2,877 |
2,823 |
-1.9 |
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
6,588 |
6,995 |
6.2 |
|
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
415 |
394 |
-5.1 |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
6 |
6 |
0.0 |
| Aruba |
6 |
11 |
83.3 |
| Bahamas |
34 |
22 |
-35.3 |
| Barbados |
36 |
34 |
-5.6 |
| Cuba |
22 |
13 |
-40.9 |
| Dominica |
8 |
10 |
25.0 |
| Dominican Republic |
28 |
26 |
-7.1 |
| Grenada |
7 |
2 |
-71.4 |
| Haiti |
26 |
42 |
61.5 |
| Jamaica |
127 |
116 |
-8.7 |
| Martinique |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Montserrat |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
10 |
11 |
10.0 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
5 |
10 |
100.0 |
| St. Lucia |
8 |
10 |
25.0 |
| St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
5 |
2 |
-60.0 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
86 |
77 |
-10.5 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Central America & Mexico |
1,576 |
1,812 |
15.0 |
| Belize |
17 |
18 |
5.9 |
| Costa Rica |
104 |
110 |
5.8 |
| El Salvador |
43 |
55 |
27.9 |
| Guatemala |
60 |
71 |
18.3 |
| Honduras |
54 |
69 |
27.8 |
| Mexico |
1,218 |
1,396 |
14.6 |
| Nicaragua |
27 |
39 |
44.4 |
| Panama |
52 |
54 |
3.8 |
|
|
|
|
| South America |
4,597 |
4,789 |
4.2 |
| Argentina |
834 |
781 |
-6.4 |
| Bolivia |
53 |
55 |
3.8 |
| Brazil |
1,862 |
2,071 |
11.2 |
| Chile |
433 |
425 |
-1.8 |
| Colombia |
626 |
696 |
11.2 |
| Ecuador |
107 |
120 |
12.1 |
| Guyana |
17 |
13 |
-23.5 |
| Paraguay |
12 |
28 |
133.3 |
| Peru |
257 |
278 |
8.2 |
| Suriname |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Uruguay |
85 |
69 |
-18.8 |
| Venezuela |
309 |
252 |
-18.4 |
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
3,128 |
3,250 |
3.9 |
| Bahrain |
14 |
17 |
21.4 |
| Iran |
572 |
622 |
8.7 |
| Iraq |
57 |
90 |
57.9 |
| Israel |
1,591 |
1,698 |
6.7 |
| Jordan |
308 |
191 |
-38.0 |
| Kuwait |
23 |
22 |
-4.3 |
| Lebanon |
314 |
313 |
-0.3 |
| Oman |
23 |
17 |
-26.1 |
| Palestinian Territories |
25 |
38 |
52.0 |
| Qatar |
9 |
4 |
-55.6 |
| Saudi Arabia |
44 |
78 |
77.3 |
| Syria |
127 |
110 |
-13.4 |
| United Arab Emirates |
8 |
27 |
237.5 |
| Yemen |
14 |
23 |
64.3 |
|
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
4,406 |
4,763 |
8.1 |
| Bermuda |
8 |
5 |
-37.5 |
| Canada |
4,398 |
4,758 |
8.2 |
|
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
1,511 |
1,484 |
-1.8 |
| Australia |
1,175 |
1,163 |
-1.0 |
| Fiji |
3 |
1 |
-66.7 |
| French Polynesia |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| New Zealand |
314 |
314 |
0.0 |
| Papua New Guinea |
5 |
4 |
-20.0 |
| Samoa |
11 |
1 |
-90.9 |
| Tonga |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
| STATELESS |
8 |
5 |
-37.5 |
|
|
|
|
| WORLD TOTAL |
98,239 |
106,123 |
8.0 |
* Cyprus and Turkey were previously classified in the Middle East category but were moved to the Europe category in 2005/06.
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2008). "All Places of Origin of International Scholars, 2006/07-2007/08." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors