2001/02 - 2002/03
| HOST REGIONS AND DESTINATIONS OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS, 2001/02 & 2002/03 |
| |
|
|
|
| Destination |
2001/02 |
2002/03 |
% Change |
| AFRICA |
4,633 |
4,827 |
4.2 |
| Africa, Unspecified |
59 |
1 |
-98.3 |
| |
|
|
|
| East Africa |
1,291 |
1,209 |
-6.4 |
| Angola |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Eritrea |
0 |
12 |
- |
| Ethiopia |
30 |
26 |
-13.3 |
| Kenya |
720 |
625 |
-13.2 |
| Madagascar |
84 |
15 |
-82.1 |
| Malawi |
9 |
9 |
0.0 |
| Mauritius |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Mozambique |
20 |
29 |
45.0 |
| Reunion |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Rwanda |
1 |
6 |
500.0 |
| Tanzania |
293 |
347 |
18.4 |
| Uganda |
76 |
85 |
11.8 |
| Zambia |
15 |
24 |
60.0 |
| Zimbabwe |
40 |
29 |
-27.5 |
| East Africa, Unspecified |
0 |
1 |
- |
| |
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
56 |
77 |
37.5 |
| Cameroon |
51 |
66 |
29.4 |
| Central African Republic |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Chad |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Congo |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
2 |
7 |
250.0 |
| Gabon |
1 |
3 |
200.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| North Africa |
431 |
495 |
14.8 |
| Canary Islands |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Egypt |
241 |
303 |
25.7 |
| Morocco |
170 |
191 |
12.4 |
| Western Sahara |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Tunisia |
20 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| North Africa, Unspecified |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
1,557 |
1,811 |
16.3 |
| Botswana |
36 |
42 |
16.7 |
| Lesotho |
19 |
34 |
78.9 |
| Namibia |
38 |
120 |
215.8 |
| South Africa |
1,456 |
1,594 |
9.5 |
| Swaziland |
4 |
21 |
425.0 |
| Southern Africa, Unspecified |
4 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
1,239 |
1,234 |
-0.4 |
| Benin |
22 |
14 |
-36.4 |
| Burkina Faso |
33 |
7 |
-78.8 |
| Côte d’Ivoire |
21 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Gambia |
35 |
22 |
-37.1 |
| Ghana |
821 |
805 |
-1.9 |
| Guinea |
10 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Liberia |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Mali |
44 |
31 |
-29.5 |
| Mauritania |
1 |
4 |
300.0 |
| Niger |
24 |
23 |
-4.2 |
| Nigeria |
10 |
24 |
140.0 |
| Senegal |
211 |
286 |
35.5 |
| Sierra Leone |
0 |
7 |
- |
| Togo |
7 |
7 |
0.0 |
| West Africa, Unspecified |
0 |
3 |
- |
| |
|
|
|
| ASIA |
10,901 |
9,751 |
-10.5 |
| Asia, Unspecified |
90 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| East Asia |
8,419 |
7,322 |
-13.0 |
| China |
3,911 |
2,493 |
-36.3 |
| Hong Kong |
501 |
458 |
-8.6 |
| Japan |
3,168 |
3,457 |
9.1 |
| Korea, Republic of |
631 |
739 |
17.1 |
| Macao |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Mongolia |
33 |
27 |
-18.2 |
| Taiwan |
173 |
148 |
-14.5 |
| |
|
|
|
| South & Central Asia |
916 |
961 |
4.9 |
| Afghanistan |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Bangladesh |
4 |
21 |
425.0 |
| Bhutan |
13 |
1 |
-92.3 |
| India |
627 |
703 |
12.1 |
| Kazakhstan |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Nepal |
214 |
142 |
-33.6 |
| Pakistan |
9 |
9 |
0.0 |
| Sri Lanka |
46 |
72 |
56.5 |
| Tajikistan |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Uzbekistan |
0 |
6 |
- |
| |
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
1,476 |
1,468 |
-0.5 |
| Cambodia |
10 |
12 |
20.0 |
| East Timor |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Indonesia |
52 |
26 |
-50.0 |
| Laos |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Malaysia |
25 |
47 |
88.0 |
| Myanmar |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Philippines |
102 |
124 |
21.6 |
| Singapore |
231 |
176 |
-23.8 |
| Thailand |
836 |
794 |
-5.0 |
| Vietnam |
218 |
286 |
31.2 |
| |
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
100,668 |
109,907 |
9.2 |
| Europe, Unspecified |
214 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| Eastern Europe |
4,150 |
5,017 |
20.9 |
| Albania |
0 |
6 |
0.0 |
| Armenia |
1 |
3 |
200.0 |
| Azerbaijan |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Belarus |
13 |
12 |
-7.7 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
2 |
15 |
650.0 |
| Bulgaria |
12 |
36 |
200.0 |
| Croatia |
45 |
41 |
-8.9 |
| Czech Republic |
1,659 |
1,997 |
20.4 |
| Estonia |
9 |
15 |
66.7 |
| Georgia |
1 |
4 |
300.0 |
| Hungary |
452 |
562 |
24.3 |
| Latvia |
21 |
4 |
-81.0 |
| Lithuania |
53 |
16 |
-69.8 |
| Macedonia |
0 |
15 |
- |
| Moldova |
0 |
4 |
- |
| Poland |
378 |
426 |
12.7 |
| Romania |
57 |
97 |
70.2 |
| Russia |
1,269 |
1,521 |
19.9 |
| Slovakia |
5 |
29 |
480.0 |
| Slovenia |
29 |
26 |
-10.3 |
| Ukraine |
53 |
123 |
132.1 |
| Yugoslavia, Former |
55 |
64 |
16.4 |
| Eastern Europe, Unspecified |
35 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| Western Europe |
96,304 |
104,890 |
8.9 |
| Austria |
2,180 |
2,798 |
28.3 |
| Belgium |
867 |
890 |
2.7 |
| Denmark |
908 |
1,127 |
24.1 |
| Finland |
169 |
272 |
60.9 |
| France |
12,274 |
13,080 |
6.6 |
| Germany |
4,856 |
5,587 |
15.1 |
| Gibraltar |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Greece |
1,856 |
2,011 |
8.4 |
| Iceland |
164 |
134 |
-18.3 |
| Ireland |
4,375 |
4,892 |
11.8 |
| Italy |
17,169 |
18,936 |
10.3 |
| Liechtenstein |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Luxembourg |
359 |
343 |
-4.5 |
| Malta |
101 |
67 |
-33.7 |
| Monaco |
0 |
10 |
- |
| Netherlands |
1,676 |
1,792 |
6.9 |
| Norway |
244 |
270 |
10.7 |
| Portugal |
115 |
143 |
24.3 |
| Spain |
17,176 |
18,865 |
9.8 |
| Sweden |
598 |
818 |
36.8 |
| Switzerland |
1,022 |
1,148 |
12.3 |
| United Kingdom |
30,143 |
31,706 |
5.2 |
| Vatican City |
30 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Western Europe, Unspecified |
20 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
23,300 |
26,643 |
14.3 |
| Latin America, Unspecified |
12 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
3,498 |
4,075 |
16.5 |
| Anguilla |
7 |
13 |
85.7 |
| Aruba |
1 |
11 |
1,000.0 |
| Antigua |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Bahamas |
414 |
535 |
29.2 |
| Barbados |
126 |
162 |
28.6 |
| British Virgin Islands |
55 |
119 |
116.4 |
| Cayman Islands |
35 |
43 |
22.9 |
| Cuba |
1,279 |
1,474 |
15.2 |
| Dominica |
35 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Dominican Republic |
596 |
651 |
9.2 |
| Grenada |
9 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Guadeloupe |
49 |
22 |
-55.1 |
| Haiti |
105 |
92 |
-12.4 |
| Jamaica |
405 |
539 |
33.1 |
| Martinique |
82 |
73 |
-11.0 |
| Montserrat |
5 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
20 |
13 |
-35.0 |
| St. Kitts-Nevis |
7 |
12 |
71.4 |
| St. Lucia |
0 |
0 |
- |
| St. Vincent |
0 |
6 |
- |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
175 |
107 |
-38.9 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
10 |
19 |
90.0 |
| Windward Islands |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Caribbean, Unspecified |
82 |
184 |
124.4 |
| |
|
|
|
| Central America/Mexico |
14,023 |
15,859 |
13.1 |
| Belize |
681 |
1,363 |
100.1 |
| Costa Rica |
3,781 |
4,296 |
13.6 |
| El Salvador |
145 |
117 |
-19.3 |
| Guatemala |
410 |
446 |
8.8 |
| Honduras |
332 |
462 |
39.2 |
| Mexico |
8,078 |
8,775 |
8.6 |
| Nicaragua |
251 |
290 |
15.5 |
| Panama |
344 |
109 |
-68.3 |
| C. America & Mexico, Unspec. |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| South America |
5,767 |
6,709 |
16.3 |
| Argentina |
905 |
868 |
-4.1 |
| Bolivia |
156 |
159 |
1.9 |
| Brazil |
1,064 |
1,345 |
26.4 |
| Chile |
1,492 |
1,944 |
30.3 |
| Colombia |
26 |
15 |
-42.3 |
| Ecuador |
1,425 |
1,567 |
10.0 |
| French Guiana |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Guyana |
9 |
37 |
311.1 |
| Paraguay |
16 |
59 |
268.8 |
| Peru |
522 |
599 |
14.8 |
| Suriname |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Uruguay |
52 |
59 |
13.5 |
| Venezuela |
97 |
57 |
-41.2 |
| S. America, Unspecified |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
1,310 |
648 |
-50.5 |
| Bahrain |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Cyprus |
77 |
10 |
-87.0 |
| Iran |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Israel |
1,031 |
340 |
-67.0 |
| Jordan |
37 |
29 |
-21.6 |
| Kuwait |
4 |
6 |
50.0 |
| Lebanon |
16 |
14 |
-12.5 |
| Oman |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Palestinian Authority |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Saudi Arabia |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Syria |
2 |
4 |
100.0 |
| Turkey |
129 |
228 |
76.7 |
| United Arab Emirates |
7 |
12 |
71.4 |
| Yemen |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Middle East, Unspecified |
0 |
1 |
- |
| |
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
1,251 |
1,251 |
0.0 |
| Bermuda |
71 |
57 |
-19.7 |
| Canada |
1,180 |
1,194 |
1.2 |
| |
|
|
|
| ANTARCTICA |
0 |
18 |
- |
| |
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
10,952 |
12,749 |
16.4 |
| Australia |
9,456 |
10,691 |
13.1 |
| Cook Islands |
3 |
1 |
-66.7 |
| Fed. States of Micronesia |
22 |
16 |
-27.3 |
| Fiji |
45 |
66 |
46.7 |
| French Polynesia |
40 |
7 |
-82.5 |
| Marshall Islands |
2 |
8 |
300.0 |
| New Zealand |
1,326 |
1,917 |
44.6 |
| Palau |
7 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Papua New Guinea |
4 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Tonga |
10 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Vanuatu |
0 |
4 |
- |
| Western Samoa |
26 |
25 |
-3.8 |
| Pacific Islands, Unspec. |
11 |
14 |
27.3 |
| |
|
|
|
| MULTI-COUNTRY |
7,899 |
8,835 |
11.8 |
| |
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
160,920 |
174,629 |
8.5 |
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2004). "Host Regions and Destinations of U.S. Study Abroad Students, 2001/02-2002/03." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors