2007/08 - 2008/09
| Place of Origin |
2007/08 |
2008/09 |
% Change |
|
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
2,730 |
3,800 |
39.2 |
|
|
|
|
| East Africa |
707 |
1,075 |
52.1 |
| Burundi |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Comoros |
1 |
4 |
300.0 |
| Eritrea |
18 |
22 |
22.2 |
| Ethiopia |
102 |
214 |
109.8 |
| Kenya |
253 |
440 |
73.9 |
| Madagascar |
33 |
19 |
-42.4 |
| Malawi |
12 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Mauritius |
27 |
21 |
-22.2 |
| Mozambique |
5 |
7 |
40.0 |
| Rwanda |
33 |
12 |
-63.6 |
| Somalia |
2 |
5 |
150.0 |
| Tanzania |
62 |
90 |
45.2 |
| Uganda |
65 |
90 |
38.5 |
| Zambia |
33 |
69 |
109.1 |
| Zimbabwe |
60 |
70 |
16.7 |
|
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
141 |
240 |
70.2 |
| Angola |
12 |
15 |
25.0 |
| Cameroon |
90 |
160 |
77.8 |
| Central African Republic |
0 |
5 |
- |
| Chad |
1 |
6 |
500.0 |
| Congo |
11 |
13 |
18.2 |
| Congo/Zaire, Former |
13 |
13 |
0.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
9 |
9 |
0.0 |
| Gabon |
5 |
18 |
260.0 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| North Africa |
1,000 |
1,032 |
3.2 |
| Algeria |
50 |
71 |
42.0 |
| Egypt |
759 |
717 |
-5.5 |
| Libya |
15 |
26 |
73.3 |
| Morocco |
94 |
112 |
19.1 |
| Sudan |
23 |
27 |
17.4 |
| Tunisia |
59 |
79 |
33.9 |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
301 |
396 |
31.6 |
| Botswana |
12 |
13 |
8.3 |
| Cape Verde |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Lesotho |
2 |
8 |
300.0 |
| Namibia |
11 |
14 |
27.3 |
| South Africa |
273 |
355 |
30.0 |
| Swaziland |
2 |
6 |
200.0 |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
581 |
1,057 |
81.9 |
| Benin |
12 |
35 |
191.7 |
| Burkina Faso |
11 |
63 |
472.7 |
| Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
17 |
65 |
282.4 |
| Gambia |
9 |
15 |
66.7 |
| Ghana |
158 |
193 |
22.2 |
| Guinea |
5 |
13 |
160.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Liberia |
9 |
20 |
122.2 |
| Mali |
9 |
55 |
511.1 |
| Mauritania |
4 |
6 |
50.0 |
| Niger |
9 |
21 |
133.3 |
| Nigeria |
256 |
441 |
72.3 |
| Senegal |
64 |
82 |
28.1 |
| Sierra Leone |
12 |
20 |
66.7 |
| Togo |
5 |
27 |
440.0 |
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
55,553 |
59,664 |
7.4 |
|
|
|
|
| East Asia |
41,906 |
44,692 |
6.6 |
| China |
23,779 |
26,645 |
12.1 |
| Hong Kong |
247 |
247 |
0.0 |
| Japan |
5,692 |
5,635 |
-1.0 |
| Macau |
5 |
5 |
0.0 |
| Mongolia |
61 |
43 |
-29.5 |
| North Korea |
49 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| South Korea |
9,888 |
9,975 |
0.9 |
| Taiwan |
2,185 |
2,142 |
-2.0 |
|
|
|
|
| South & Central Asia |
11,564 |
12,512 |
8.2 |
| Afghanistan |
31 |
28 |
-9.7 |
| Bangladesh |
272 |
280 |
2.9 |
| Bhutan |
7 |
8 |
14.3 |
| India |
9,959 |
10,814 |
8.6 |
| Kazakhstan |
121 |
79 |
-34.7 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
59 |
56 |
-5.1 |
| Maldives |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Nepal |
177 |
329 |
85.9 |
| Pakistan |
608 |
585 |
-3.8 |
| Sri Lanka |
232 |
218 |
-6.0 |
| Tajikistan |
20 |
35 |
75.0 |
| Turkmenistan |
17 |
18 |
5.9 |
| Uzbekistan |
61 |
61 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
2,083 |
2,460 |
18.1 |
| Brunei |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Cambodia |
15 |
15 |
0.0 |
| Indonesia |
256 |
391 |
52.7 |
| Laos |
1 |
5 |
400.0 |
| Malaysia |
272 |
268 |
-1.5 |
| Myanmar/Burma |
28 |
36 |
28.6 |
| Philippines |
391 |
413 |
5.6 |
| Singapore |
237 |
223 |
-5.9 |
| Thailand |
696 |
763 |
9.6 |
| Vietnam |
187 |
345 |
84.5 |
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
31,343 |
32,769 |
4.5 |
| Albania |
46 |
69 |
50.0 |
| Armenia |
59 |
79 |
33.9 |
| Austria |
475 |
568 |
19.6 |
| Azerbaijan |
26 |
49 |
88.5 |
| Belarus |
119 |
111 |
-6.7 |
| Belgium |
457 |
490 |
7.2 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
42 |
35 |
-16.7 |
| Bulgaria |
267 |
282 |
5.6 |
| Croatia |
146 |
145 |
-0.7 |
| Cyprus* |
61 |
83 |
36.1 |
| Czech Republic |
268 |
265 |
-1.1 |
| Denmark |
509 |
532 |
4.5 |
| Estonia |
34 |
43 |
26.5 |
| Finland |
313 |
303 |
-3.2 |
| France |
3,802 |
4,171 |
9.7 |
| Georgia |
110 |
123 |
11.8 |
| Germany |
5,269 |
5,300 |
0.6 |
| Greece |
729 |
766 |
5.1 |
| Hungary |
376 |
394 |
4.8 |
| Iceland |
62 |
69 |
11.3 |
| Ireland |
382 |
592 |
55.0 |
| Italy |
3,273 |
3,548 |
8.4 |
| Kosovo |
5 |
4 |
-20.0 |
| Latvia |
34 |
33 |
-2.9 |
| Liechtenstein |
2 |
2 |
0.0 |
| Lithuania |
60 |
55 |
-8.3 |
| Luxembourg |
20 |
25 |
25.0 |
| Macedonia |
40 |
48 |
20.0 |
| Malta |
1 |
7 |
600.0 |
| Moldova |
66 |
44 |
-33.3 |
| Monaco |
4 |
1 |
-75.0 |
| Montenegro |
26 |
25 |
-3.8 |
| Netherlands |
1,018 |
1,181 |
16.0 |
| Norway |
357 |
418 |
17.1 |
| Poland |
840 |
833 |
-0.8 |
| Portugal |
418 |
459 |
9.8 |
| Romania |
638 |
585 |
-8.3 |
| Russia |
1,945 |
1,628 |
-16.3 |
| San Marino |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Serbia |
223 |
181 |
-18.8 |
| Slovakia |
139 |
141 |
1.4 |
| Slovenia |
80 |
103 |
28.8 |
| Spain |
2,320 |
2,481 |
6.9 |
| Sweden |
683 |
711 |
4.1 |
| Switzerland |
715 |
749 |
4.8 |
| Turkey* |
1,539 |
1,702 |
10.6 |
| Ukraine |
521 |
489 |
-6.1 |
| United Kingdom |
2,823 |
2,846 |
0.8 |
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
6,995 |
7,606 |
8.7 |
|
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
394 |
443 |
12.4 |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
6 |
6 |
0.0 |
| Aruba |
11 |
1 |
-90.9 |
| Bahamas |
22 |
25 |
13.6 |
| Barbados |
34 |
25 |
-26.5 |
| British Virgin Islands |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Cuba |
13 |
21 |
61.5 |
| Dominica |
10 |
14 |
40.0 |
| Dominican Republic |
26 |
32 |
23.1 |
| Grenada |
2 |
12 |
500.0 |
| Haiti |
42 |
26 |
-38.1 |
| Jamaica |
116 |
131 |
12.9 |
| Martinique |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Montserrat |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Netherlands Antilles |
11 |
2 |
-81.8 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
10 |
5 |
-50.0 |
| St. Lucia |
10 |
7 |
-30.0 |
| St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
2 |
5 |
150.0 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
77 |
127 |
64.9 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Central America & Mexico |
1,812 |
1,761 |
-2.8 |
| Belize |
18 |
29 |
61.1 |
| Costa Rica |
110 |
98 |
-10.9 |
| El Salvador |
55 |
53 |
-3.6 |
| Guatemala |
71 |
63 |
-11.3 |
| Honduras |
69 |
63 |
-8.7 |
| Mexico |
1,396 |
1,371 |
-1.8 |
| Nicaragua |
39 |
29 |
-25.6 |
| Panama |
54 |
55 |
1.9 |
|
|
|
|
| South America |
4,789 |
5,402 |
12.8 |
| Argentina |
781 |
991 |
26.9 |
| Bolivia |
55 |
55 |
0.0 |
| Brazil |
2,071 |
2,363 |
14.1 |
| Chile |
425 |
466 |
9.6 |
| Colombia |
696 |
684 |
-1.7 |
| Ecuador |
120 |
113 |
-5.8 |
| Guyana |
13 |
22 |
69.2 |
| Paraguay |
28 |
20 |
-28.6 |
| Peru |
278 |
288 |
3.6 |
| Suriname |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Uruguay |
69 |
103 |
49.3 |
| Venezuela |
252 |
295 |
17.1 |
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
3,250 |
3,475 |
6.9 |
| Bahrain |
17 |
15 |
-11.8 |
| Iran |
622 |
671 |
7.9 |
| Iraq |
90 |
124 |
37.8 |
| Israel |
1,698 |
1,745 |
2.8 |
| Jordan |
191 |
221 |
15.7 |
| Kuwait |
22 |
37 |
68.2 |
| Lebanon |
313 |
327 |
4.5 |
| Oman |
17 |
23 |
35.3 |
| Palestinian Territories |
38 |
29 |
-23.7 |
| Qatar |
4 |
8 |
100.0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
78 |
112 |
43.6 |
| Syria |
110 |
105 |
-4.5 |
| United Arab Emirates |
27 |
37 |
37.0 |
| Yemen |
23 |
21 |
-8.7 |
|
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
4,763 |
4,698 |
-1.4 |
| Bermuda |
5 |
6 |
20.0 |
| Canada |
4,758 |
4,692 |
-1.4 |
|
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
1,484 |
1,482 |
-0.1 |
| Australia |
1,163 |
1,137 |
-2.2 |
| Fiji |
1 |
4 |
300.0 |
| New Zealand |
314 |
333 |
6.1 |
| Papua New Guinea |
4 |
2 |
-50.0 |
| Samoa |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Tonga |
1 |
6 |
500.0 |
|
|
|
|
| STATELESS |
5 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| WORLD TOTAL |
106,123 |
113,494 |
6.9 |
* 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. (2009). "All Places of Origin of International Scholars, 2007/08-2008/09." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors