2008/09 - 2009/10
| INTERNATIONAL SCHOLAR TOTALS BY PLACE OF ORIGIN, 2008/09 - 2009/10 |
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| Place of Origin |
2008/09 |
2009/10 |
Change |
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| AFRICA |
3,800 |
2,952 |
-22.3 |
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| East Africa |
1,075 |
771 |
-28.3 |
| Burundi |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Comoros |
4 |
10 |
150.0 |
| Eritrea |
22 |
18 |
-18.2 |
| Ethiopia |
214 |
107 |
-50.0 |
| Kenya |
440 |
259 |
-41.1 |
| Madagascar |
19 |
7 |
-63.2 |
| Malawi |
12 |
18 |
50.0 |
| Mauritius |
21 |
21 |
0.0 |
| Mozambique |
7 |
15 |
114.3 |
| Rwanda |
12 |
18 |
50.0 |
| Somalia |
5 |
1 |
-80.0 |
| Tanzania |
90 |
72 |
-20.0 |
| Uganda |
90 |
98 |
8.9 |
| Zambia |
69 |
47 |
-31.9 |
| Zimbabwe |
70 |
80 |
14.3 |
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| Central Africa |
240 |
134 |
-40.4 |
| Angola |
15 |
1 |
-93.3 |
| Cameroon |
160 |
92 |
-42.5 |
| Central African Republic |
5 |
1 |
-80.0 |
| Chad |
6 |
3 |
-50.0 |
| Congo, Rep. of |
13 |
8 |
-38.5 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
13 |
13 |
0.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
9 |
8 |
-11.1 |
| Gabon |
18 |
8 |
-55.6 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
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| North Africa |
1,032 |
1,016 |
-1.6 |
| Algeria |
71 |
60 |
-15.5 |
| Egypt |
717 |
734 |
2.4 |
| Libya |
26 |
30 |
15.4 |
| Morocco |
112 |
83 |
-25.9 |
| Sudan |
27 |
18 |
-33.3 |
| Tunisia |
79 |
91 |
15.2 |
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| Southern Africa |
396 |
334 |
-15.7 |
| Botswana |
13 |
11 |
-15.4 |
| Cape Verde |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Lesotho |
8 |
5 |
-37.5 |
| Namibia |
14 |
5 |
-64.3 |
| South Africa |
355 |
306 |
-13.8 |
| Swaziland |
6 |
7 |
16.7 |
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| West Africa |
1,057 |
696 |
-34.2 |
| Benin |
35 |
9 |
-74.3 |
| Burkina Faso |
63 |
17 |
-73.0 |
| Côte d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast) |
65 |
24 |
-63.1 |
| Gambia |
15 |
6 |
-60.0 |
| Ghana |
193 |
199 |
3.1 |
| Guinea |
13 |
3 |
-76.9 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Liberia |
20 |
14 |
-30.0 |
| Mali |
55 |
20 |
-63.6 |
| Mauritania |
6 |
3 |
-50.0 |
| Niger |
21 |
8 |
-61.9 |
| Nigeria |
441 |
326 |
-26.1 |
| Senegal |
82 |
52 |
-36.6 |
| Sierra Leone |
20 |
8 |
-60.0 |
| Togo |
27 |
6 |
-77.8 |
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| ASIA |
59,664 |
62,667 |
5.0 |
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| East Asia |
44,692 |
46,933 |
5.0 |
| China |
26,645 |
29,471 |
10.6 |
| Hong Kong |
247 |
233 |
-5.7 |
| Japan |
5,635 |
5,250 |
-6.8 |
| Macau |
5 |
6 |
20.0 |
| Mongolia |
43 |
52 |
20.9 |
| North Korea |
0 |
0 |
- |
| South Korea |
9,975 |
9,796 |
-1.8 |
| Taiwan |
2,142 |
2,125 |
-0.8 |
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| South & Central Asia |
12,512 |
13,054 |
4.3 |
| Afghanistan |
28 |
23 |
-17.9 |
| Bangladesh |
280 |
224 |
-20.0 |
| Bhutan |
8 |
6 |
-25.0 |
| India |
10,814 |
11,453 |
5.9 |
| Kazakhstan |
79 |
76 |
-3.8 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
56 |
30 |
-46.4 |
| Maldives |
1 |
3 |
200.0 |
| Nepal |
329 |
247 |
-24.9 |
| Pakistan |
585 |
661 |
13.0 |
| Sri Lanka |
218 |
250 |
14.7 |
| Tajikistan |
35 |
15 |
-57.1 |
| Turkmenistan |
18 |
7 |
-61.1 |
| Uzbekistan |
61 |
59 |
-3.3 |
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| Southeast Asia |
2,460 |
2,680 |
8.9 |
| Brunei |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Cambodia |
15 |
13 |
-13.3 |
| Indonesia |
391 |
430 |
10.0 |
| Laos |
5 |
2 |
-60.0 |
| Malaysia |
268 |
282 |
5.2 |
| Myanmar |
36 |
44 |
22.2 |
| Philippines |
413 |
392 |
-5.1 |
| Singapore |
223 |
287 |
28.7 |
| Thailand |
763 |
919 |
20.4 |
| Vietnam |
345 |
310 |
-10.1 |
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| EUROPE |
32,769 |
32,826 |
0.2 |
| Albania |
69 |
46 |
-33.3 |
| Armenia |
79 |
64 |
-19.0 |
| Austria |
568 |
561 |
-1.2 |
| Azerbaijan |
49 |
39 |
-20.4 |
| Belarus |
111 |
88 |
-20.7 |
| Belgium |
490 |
451 |
-8.0 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
35 |
30 |
-14.3 |
| Bulgaria |
282 |
263 |
-6.7 |
| Croatia |
145 |
148 |
2.1 |
| Cyprus* |
83 |
75 |
-9.6 |
| Czech Republic |
265 |
238 |
-10.2 |
| Denmark |
532 |
521 |
-2.1 |
| Estonia |
43 |
50 |
16.3 |
| Finland |
303 |
345 |
13.9 |
| France |
4,171 |
4,182 |
0.3 |
| Georgia |
123 |
106 |
-13.8 |
| Germany |
5,300 |
5,476 |
3.3 |
| Greece |
766 |
765 |
-0.1 |
| Hungary |
394 |
384 |
-2.5 |
| Iceland |
69 |
61 |
-11.6 |
| Ireland |
592 |
498 |
-15.9 |
| Italy |
3,548 |
3,647 |
2.8 |
| Kosovo |
4 |
6 |
50.0 |
| Latvia |
33 |
33 |
0.0 |
| Liechtenstein |
2 |
2 |
0.0 |
| Lithuania |
55 |
48 |
-12.7 |
| Luxembourg |
25 |
18 |
-28.0 |
| Macedonia |
48 |
38 |
-20.8 |
| Malta |
7 |
5 |
-28.6 |
| Moldova |
44 |
37 |
-15.9 |
| Monaco |
1 |
6 |
500.0 |
| Montenegro |
25 |
9 |
-64.0 |
| Netherlands |
1,181 |
1,127 |
-4.6 |
| Norway |
418 |
472 |
12.9 |
| Poland |
833 |
847 |
1.7 |
| Portugal |
459 |
522 |
13.7 |
| Romania |
585 |
521 |
-10.9 |
| Russia |
1,628 |
1,501 |
-7.8 |
| San Marino |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Serbia |
181 |
197 |
8.8 |
| Slovakia |
141 |
138 |
-2.1 |
| Slovenia |
103 |
84 |
-18.4 |
| Spain |
2,481 |
2,612 |
5.3 |
| Sweden |
711 |
705 |
-0.8 |
| Switzerland |
749 |
732 |
-2.3 |
| Turkey* |
1,702 |
1,907 |
12.0 |
| Ukraine |
489 |
453 |
-7.4 |
| United Kingdom |
2,846 |
2,768 |
-2.7 |
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| LATIN AMERICA |
7,606 |
6,968 |
-8.4 |
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| Caribbean |
443 |
367 |
-17.2 |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
6 |
6 |
0.0 |
| Aruba |
1 |
6 |
500.0 |
| Bahamas |
25 |
24 |
-4.0 |
| Barbados |
25 |
24 |
-4.0 |
| British Virgin Islands |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Cuba |
21 |
31 |
47.6 |
| Dominica |
14 |
6 |
-57.1 |
| Dominican Republic |
32 |
32 |
0.0 |
| Grenada |
12 |
2 |
-83.3 |
| Guadeloupe |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Haiti |
26 |
17 |
-34.6 |
| Jamaica |
131 |
119 |
-9.2 |
| Martinique |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Montserrat |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
5 |
5 |
0.0 |
| St. Lucia |
7 |
5 |
-28.6 |
| St. Vincent & the Grenadines |
5 |
3 |
-40.0 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
127 |
85 |
-33.1 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
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| Central America & Mexico |
1,761 |
1,682 |
-4.5 |
| Belize |
29 |
9 |
-69.0 |
| Costa Rica |
98 |
98 |
0.0 |
| El Salvador |
53 |
31 |
-41.5 |
| Guatemala |
63 |
52 |
-17.5 |
| Honduras |
63 |
47 |
-25.4 |
| Mexico |
1,371 |
1,381 |
0.7 |
| Nicaragua |
29 |
25 |
-13.8 |
| Panama |
55 |
39 |
-29.1 |
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| South America |
5,402 |
4,919 |
-8.9 |
| Argentina |
991 |
752 |
-24.1 |
| Bolivia |
55 |
40 |
-27.3 |
| Brazil |
2,363 |
2,258 |
-4.4 |
| Chile |
466 |
456 |
-2.1 |
| Colombia |
684 |
637 |
-6.9 |
| Ecuador |
113 |
103 |
-8.8 |
| Guyana |
22 |
9 |
-59.1 |
| Paraguay |
20 |
15 |
-25.0 |
| Peru |
288 |
270 |
-6.3 |
| Suriname |
2 |
3 |
50.0 |
| Uruguay |
103 |
95 |
-7.8 |
| Venezuela |
295 |
281 |
-4.7 |
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| MIDDLE EAST |
3,475 |
3,628 |
4.4 |
| Bahrain |
15 |
15 |
0.0 |
| Iran |
671 |
716 |
6.7 |
| Iraq |
124 |
108 |
-12.9 |
| Israel |
1,745 |
1,744 |
-0.1 |
| Jordan |
221 |
234 |
5.9 |
| Kuwait |
37 |
38 |
2.7 |
| Lebanon |
327 |
375 |
14.7 |
| Oman |
23 |
16 |
-30.4 |
| Palestinian Territories |
29 |
46 |
58.6 |
| Qatar |
8 |
8 |
0.0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
112 |
131 |
17.0 |
| Syria |
105 |
137 |
30.5 |
| United Arab Emirates |
37 |
39 |
5.4 |
| Yemen |
21 |
21 |
0.0 |
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| NORTH AMERICA |
4,698 |
4,695 |
-0.1 |
| Bermuda |
6 |
1 |
-83.3 |
| Canada |
4,692 |
4,694 |
0.0 |
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| OCEANIA |
1,482 |
1,362 |
-8.1 |
| Australia |
1,137 |
1,076 |
-5.4 |
| Fiji |
4 |
2 |
-50.0 |
| Kiribati |
0 |
5 |
- |
| New Zealand |
333 |
274 |
-17.7 |
| Niue |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Papua New Guinea |
2 |
2 |
0.0 |
| Tonga |
6 |
1 |
-83.3 |
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| WORLD TOTAL |
113,494 |
115,098 |
1.4 |
* 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. (2010). "International Scholar Totals by Place of Origin, 2008/09-2009/10."
Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors