2002/03 - 2003/04
| HOST REGIONS AND DESTINATIONS OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS, 2002/03 & 2003/04 |
| Destination |
2002/03 |
2003/04 |
% Change |
|
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
4,827 |
5,699 |
18.1 |
| Africa, Unspecified |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| East Africa |
1,209 |
1,120 |
-7.4 |
| Angola |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Eritrea |
12 |
1 |
-91.7 |
| Ethiopia |
26 |
26 |
0.0 |
| Kenya |
625 |
387 |
-38.1 |
| Madagascar |
15 |
62 |
313.3 |
| Malawi |
9 |
12 |
33.3 |
| Mauritius |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Mozambique |
29 |
42 |
44.8 |
| Reunion |
0 |
3 |
- |
| Rwanda |
6 |
10 |
66.7 |
| Somalia |
- |
1 |
- |
| Tanzania |
347 |
373 |
7.5 |
| Uganda |
85 |
141 |
65.9 |
| Zambia |
24 |
50 |
108.3 |
| Zimbabwe |
29 |
9 |
-69.0 |
| East Africa, Unspecified |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
77 |
78 |
1.3 |
| Cameroon |
66 |
74 |
12.1 |
| Congo, Rep. of |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Equatorial Guinea |
7 |
2 |
-71.4 |
| Gabon |
3 |
1 |
-66.7 |
|
|
|
|
| North Africa |
495 |
882 |
78.2 |
| Egypt |
303 |
573 |
89.1 |
| Morocco |
191 |
298 |
56.0 |
| Tunisia |
0 |
11 |
- |
| North Africa, Unspecified |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
1,811 |
2,219 |
22.5 |
| Botswana |
42 |
80 |
90.5 |
| Lesotho |
34 |
28 |
-17.6 |
| Namibia |
120 |
97 |
-19.2 |
| South Africa |
1,594 |
2,009 |
26.0 |
| Swaziland |
21 |
5 |
-76.2 |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
1,234 |
1,400 |
13.5 |
| Benin |
14 |
15 |
7.1 |
| Burkina Faso |
7 |
28 |
300.0 |
| Côte d’Ivoire |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Gambia |
22 |
34 |
54.5 |
| Ghana |
805 |
909 |
12.9 |
| Guinea |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Liberia |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Mali |
31 |
66 |
112.9 |
| Mauritania |
4 |
3 |
-25.0 |
| Niger |
23 |
14 |
-39.1 |
| Nigeria |
24 |
29 |
20.8 |
| Senegal |
286 |
280 |
-2.1 |
| Sierra Leone |
7 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Togo |
7 |
16 |
128.6 |
| West Africa, Unspecified |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
9,751 |
13,213 |
35.5 |
|
|
|
|
| East Asia |
7,322 |
10,075 |
37.6 |
| China |
2,493 |
4,737 |
90.0 |
| Hong Kong |
458 |
487 |
6.3 |
| Japan |
3,457 |
3,707 |
7.2 |
| South Korea |
739 |
879 |
18.9 |
| Macau |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Mongolia |
27 |
68 |
151.9 |
| Taiwan |
148 |
195 |
31.8 |
|
|
|
|
| South/Central Asia |
987 |
1,373 |
39.1 |
| Afghanistan |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Bangladesh |
21 |
24 |
14.3 |
| Bhutan |
1 |
11 |
1,000.0 |
| India |
703 |
1,157 |
64.6 |
| Indonesia |
26 |
24 |
-7.7 |
| Kazakhstan |
2 |
10 |
400.0 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Nepal |
142 |
98 |
-31.0 |
| Pakistan |
9 |
5 |
-44.4 |
| Sri Lanka |
72 |
32 |
-55.6 |
| Tajikistan |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Uzbekistan |
6 |
11 |
83.3 |
|
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
1,442 |
1,765 |
22.4 |
| Cambodia |
12 |
43 |
258.3 |
| East Timor |
0 |
17 |
- |
| Laos |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Malaysia |
47 |
43 |
-8.5 |
| Myanmar |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Philippines |
124 |
165 |
33.1 |
| Singapore |
176 |
263 |
49.4 |
| Thailand |
794 |
948 |
19.4 |
| Vietnam |
286 |
283 |
-1.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
109,907 |
116,446 |
5.9 |
|
|
|
|
| Eastern Europe |
5,017 |
5,498 |
9.6 |
| Albania |
6 |
3 |
-50.0 |
| Armenia |
3 |
5 |
66.7 |
| Azerbaijan |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Belarus |
12 |
11 |
-8.3 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
15 |
20 |
33.3 |
| Bulgaria |
36 |
28 |
-22.2 |
| Croatia |
41 |
68 |
65.9 |
| Czech Republic |
1,997 |
2,089 |
4.6 |
| Estonia |
15 |
33 |
120.0 |
| Georgia |
4 |
33 |
725.0 |
| Hungary |
562 |
654 |
16.4 |
| Latvia |
4 |
3 |
-25.0 |
| Lithuania |
16 |
27 |
68.8 |
| Macedonia |
15 |
1 |
-93.3 |
| Moldova |
4 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Poland |
426 |
418 |
-1.9 |
| Romania |
97 |
136 |
40.2 |
| Russia |
1,521 |
1,797 |
18.1 |
| Serbia & Montenegro |
- |
14 |
- |
| Slovakia |
29 |
2 |
-93.1 |
| Slovenia |
26 |
18 |
-30.8 |
| Ukraine |
123 |
135 |
9.8 |
| U.S.S.R., Former |
- |
1 |
- |
| Yugoslavia, Former |
64 |
2 |
-96.9 |
|
|
|
|
| Western Europe |
104,890 |
110,948 |
5.8 |
| Austria |
2,798 |
2,444 |
-12.7 |
| Belgium |
890 |
901 |
1.2 |
| Denmark |
1,127 |
1,434 |
27.2 |
| Finland |
272 |
136 |
-50.0 |
| France |
13,080 |
13,718 |
4.9 |
| Germany |
5,587 |
5,985 |
7.1 |
| Gibraltar |
0 |
6 |
- |
| Greece |
2,011 |
2,099 |
4.4 |
| Iceland |
134 |
117 |
-12.7 |
| Ireland |
4,892 |
5,198 |
6.3 |
| Italy |
18,936 |
21,922 |
15.8 |
| Liechtenstein |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Luxembourg |
343 |
420 |
22.4 |
| Malta |
67 |
86 |
28.4 |
| Monaco |
10 |
29 |
190.0 |
| Netherlands |
1,792 |
1,686 |
-5.9 |
| Norway |
270 |
243 |
-10.0 |
| Portugal |
143 |
80 |
-44.1 |
| Spain |
18,865 |
20,080 |
6.4 |
| Sweden |
818 |
830 |
1.5 |
| Switzerland |
1,148 |
1,280 |
11.5 |
| United Kingdom |
31,706 |
32,237 |
1.7 |
| Vatican City |
0 |
17 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
26,643 |
29,053 |
9.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
4,075 |
4,696 |
15.2 |
| Anguilla |
13 |
1 |
-92.3 |
| Aruba |
11 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Antigua |
0 |
11 |
- |
| Bahamas |
535 |
508 |
-5.0 |
| Barbados |
162 |
183 |
13.0 |
| British Virgin Islands |
119 |
140 |
17.6 |
| Cayman Islands |
43 |
15 |
-65.1 |
| Cuba |
1,474 |
2,148 |
45.7 |
| Dominica |
0 |
60 |
- |
| Dominican Republic |
651 |
705 |
8.3 |
| Grenada |
0 |
26 |
- |
| Guadeloupe |
22 |
41 |
86.4 |
| Haiti |
92 |
48 |
-47.8 |
| Jamaica |
539 |
435 |
-19.3 |
| Martinique |
73 |
89 |
21.9 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
13 |
34 |
161.5 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
12 |
14 |
16.7 |
| St. Lucia |
0 |
1 |
- |
| St. Vincent |
6 |
16 |
166.7 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
107 |
161 |
50.5 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
19 |
40 |
110.5 |
| Caribbean, Unspecified |
184 |
20 |
-89.1 |
|
|
|
|
| Central America/Mexico |
15,859 |
16,472 |
3.9 |
| Belize |
1,363 |
823 |
-39.6 |
| Costa Rica |
4,296 |
4,510 |
5.0 |
| El Salvador |
117 |
232 |
98.3 |
| Guatemala |
446 |
646 |
44.8 |
| Honduras |
462 |
430 |
-6.9 |
| Mexico |
8,775 |
9,293 |
5.9 |
| Nicaragua |
290 |
343 |
18.3 |
| Panama |
109 |
195 |
78.9 |
|
|
|
|
| South America |
6,709 |
7,885 |
17.5 |
| Argentina |
868 |
1,315 |
51.5 |
| Bolivia |
159 |
234 |
47.2 |
| Brazil |
1,345 |
1,554 |
15.5 |
| Chile |
1,944 |
2,135 |
9.8 |
| Colombia |
15 |
20 |
33.3 |
| Ecuador |
1,567 |
1,678 |
7.1 |
| French Guiana |
0 |
6 |
- |
| Guyana |
37 |
41 |
10.8 |
| Paraguay |
59 |
75 |
27.1 |
| Peru |
599 |
624 |
4.2 |
| Suriname |
0 |
14 |
- |
| Uruguay |
59 |
108 |
83.1 |
| Venezuela |
57 |
81 |
42.1 |
| S. America, Unspecified |
0 |
0 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
648 |
1,050 |
62.0 |
| Bahrain |
0 |
3 |
- |
| Cyprus |
10 |
38 |
280.0 |
| Iran |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Israel |
340 |
665 |
95.6 |
| Jordan |
29 |
65 |
124.1 |
| Kuwait |
6 |
3 |
-50.0 |
| Lebanon |
14 |
23 |
64.3 |
| Oman |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Palestinian Territories |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Qatar |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Saudi Arabia |
2 |
2 |
0.0 |
| Syria |
4 |
19 |
375.0 |
| Turkey |
228 |
200 |
-12.3 |
| United Arab Emirates |
12 |
20 |
66.7 |
| Yemen |
1 |
7 |
600.0 |
| Middle East, Unspecified |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
1,251 |
1,112 |
-11.1 |
| Bermuda |
57 |
58 |
1.8 |
| Canada |
1,194 |
1,054 |
-11.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ANTARCTICA |
18 |
24 |
33.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
12,749 |
14,113 |
10.7 |
| Australia |
10,691 |
11,418 |
6.8 |
| Cook Islands |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Micronesia |
16 |
15 |
-6.3 |
| Fiji |
66 |
132 |
100.0 |
| French Polynesia |
7 |
100 |
1,328.6 |
| Marshall Islands |
8 |
6 |
-25.0 |
| New Zealand |
1,917 |
2,369 |
23.6 |
| Papua New Guinea |
0 |
6 |
- |
| Samoa |
25 |
36 |
44.0 |
| Solomon Islands |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Tonga |
0 |
26 |
- |
| Vanuatu |
4 |
2 |
-50.0 |
| Pacific Islands, Unspec. |
14 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MULTI-DESTINATION |
8,835 |
10,611 |
20.1 |
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
174,629 |
191,321 |
9.6 |
____________________
Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2005). "Host Regions and Destinations of U.S. Study Abroad Students, 2002/03-2003/04." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors