2003/04 - 2004/05
| Destination |
2003/04 |
2004/05 |
% Change |
|
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
5,699 |
7,100 |
24.6 |
|
|
|
|
| East Africa |
1,120 |
1,558 |
39.1 |
| Angola |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Burundi |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Eritrea |
1 |
14 |
1,300.0 |
| Ethiopia |
26 |
33 |
26.9 |
| Kenya |
387 |
661 |
70.8 |
| Madagascar |
62 |
73 |
17.7 |
| Malawi |
12 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Mauritius |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Mozambique |
42 |
27 |
-35.7 |
| Reunion |
3 |
2 |
-33.3 |
| Rwanda |
10 |
14 |
40.0 |
| Somalia |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Tanzania |
373 |
467 |
25.2 |
| Uganda |
141 |
159 |
12.8 |
| Zambia |
50 |
86 |
72.0 |
| Zimbabwe |
9 |
7 |
-22.2 |
|
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
78 |
87 |
11.5 |
| Cameroon |
74 |
75 |
1.4 |
| Central African Republic |
0 |
7 |
- |
| Congo, Rep. of |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
2 |
5 |
150.0 |
| Gabon |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| North Africa |
882 |
1,176 |
33.3 |
| Egypt |
573 |
807 |
40.8 |
| Morocco |
298 |
339 |
13.8 |
| Sudan |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Tunisia |
11 |
29 |
163.6 |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
2,219 |
2,631 |
18.6 |
| Botswana |
80 |
102 |
27.5 |
| Lesotho |
28 |
11 |
-60.7 |
| Namibia |
97 |
188 |
93.8 |
| South Africa |
2,009 |
2,304 |
14.7 |
| Swaziland |
5 |
26 |
420.0 |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
1,400 |
1,648 |
17.7 |
| Benin |
15 |
11 |
-26.7 |
| Burkina Faso |
28 |
40 |
42.9 |
| Côte d’Ivoire |
2 |
17 |
750.0 |
| Gambia |
34 |
36 |
5.9 |
| Ghana |
909 |
1,125 |
23.8 |
| Guinea |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Liberia |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Mali |
66 |
55 |
-16.7 |
| Mauritania |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Niger |
14 |
24 |
71.4 |
| Nigeria |
29 |
14 |
-51.7 |
| Senegal |
280 |
320 |
14.3 |
| Sierra Leone |
0 |
3 |
- |
| Togo |
16 |
2 |
-87.5 |
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
13,213 |
16,571 |
25.4 |
|
|
|
|
| East Asia |
10,075 |
12,459 |
23.7 |
| China |
4,737 |
6,389 |
34.9 |
| Hong Kong |
487 |
748 |
53.6 |
| Japan |
3,707 |
4,100 |
10.6 |
| South Korea |
881 |
962 |
9.2 |
| Macau |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Mongolia |
68 |
66 |
-2.9 |
| Taiwan |
195 |
194 |
-0.5 |
|
|
|
|
| South/Central Asia |
1,349 |
1,964 |
45.6 |
| Bangladesh |
24 |
34 |
41.7 |
| Bhutan |
11 |
1 |
-90.9 |
| India |
1,157 |
1,767 |
52.7 |
| Kazakhstan |
10 |
9 |
-10.0 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
0 |
0 |
- |
| Nepal |
98 |
77 |
-21.4 |
| Pakistan |
5 |
3 |
-40.0 |
| Sri Lanka |
32 |
67 |
109.4 |
| Tajikistan |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Turkmenistan |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Uzbekistan |
11 |
5 |
-54.5 |
|
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
1,789 |
2,148 |
20.1 |
| Cambodia |
43 |
63 |
46.5 |
| East Timor |
17 |
6 |
-64.7 |
| Indonesia |
24 |
28 |
16.7 |
| Laos |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Malaysia |
43 |
77 |
79.1 |
| Myanmar |
2 |
2 |
0.0 |
| Philippines |
165 |
119 |
-27.9 |
| Singapore |
263 |
377 |
43.3 |
| Thailand |
948 |
1,128 |
19.0 |
| Vietnam |
283 |
346 |
22.3 |
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE* |
116,684 |
124,292 |
6.5 |
|
|
|
|
| Albania |
3 |
31 |
933.3 |
| Armenia |
5 |
60 |
1,100.0 |
| Austria |
2,444 |
2,757 |
12.8 |
| Azerbaijan |
0 |
3 |
- |
| Belarus |
11 |
4 |
-63.6 |
| Belgium |
901 |
876 |
-2.8 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
20 |
27 |
35.0 |
| Bulgaria |
28 |
43 |
53.6 |
| Croatia |
68 |
102 |
50.0 |
| Cyprus |
38 |
129 |
239.5 |
| Czech Republic |
2,089 |
2,494 |
19.4 |
| Denmark |
1,434 |
1,529 |
6.6 |
| Estonia |
33 |
8 |
-75.8 |
| Finland |
136 |
260 |
91.2 |
| France |
13,718 |
15,374 |
12.1 |
| Georgia |
33 |
26 |
-21.2 |
| Germany |
5,985 |
6,557 |
9.6 |
| Gibraltar |
6 |
15 |
150.0 |
| Greece |
2,099 |
2,445 |
16.5 |
| Hungary |
654 |
645 |
-1.4 |
| Iceland |
117 |
118 |
0.9 |
| Ireland |
5,198 |
5,083 |
-2.2 |
| Italy |
21,922 |
24,858 |
13.4 |
| Kosovo |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Latvia |
3 |
20 |
566.7 |
| Liechtenstein |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Lithuania |
27 |
41 |
51.9 |
| Luxembourg |
420 |
369 |
-12.1 |
| Macedonia |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Malta |
86 |
100 |
16.3 |
| Monaco |
29 |
35 |
20.7 |
| Netherlands |
1,686 |
1,740 |
3.2 |
| Norway |
243 |
291 |
19.8 |
| Poland |
418 |
511 |
22.2 |
| Portugal |
80 |
140 |
75.0 |
| Romania |
136 |
188 |
38.2 |
| Russia |
1,797 |
1,743 |
-3.0 |
| Serbia & Montenegro |
14 |
8 |
-42.9 |
| Slovakia |
2 |
16 |
700.0 |
| Slovenia |
18 |
25 |
38.9 |
| Spain |
20,080 |
20,806 |
3.6 |
| Sweden |
830 |
769 |
-7.3 |
| Switzerland |
1,280 |
1,428 |
11.6 |
| Turkey |
200 |
454 |
127.0 |
| U.S.S.R., Former |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Ukraine |
135 |
89 |
-34.1 |
| United Kingdom |
32,237 |
32,071 |
-0.5 |
| Vatican City |
17 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Yugoslavia, Former |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| * Cyprus and Turkey were previously classified in the Middle East category |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
29,053 |
29,655 |
2.1 |
|
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
4,696 |
3,121 |
-33.5 |
| Anguilla |
1 |
39 |
3,800.0 |
| Aruba |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Antigua |
11 |
25 |
127.3 |
| Bahamas |
508 |
417 |
-17.9 |
| Barbados |
183 |
202 |
10.4 |
| British Virgin Islands |
140 |
110 |
-21.4 |
| Cayman Islands |
15 |
26 |
73.3 |
| Cuba |
2,148 |
169 |
-92.1 |
| Dominica |
60 |
82 |
36.7 |
| Dominican Republic |
705 |
724 |
2.7 |
| Grenada |
26 |
42 |
61.5 |
| Guadeloupe |
41 |
38 |
-7.3 |
| Haiti |
48 |
19 |
-60.4 |
| Jamaica |
435 |
555 |
27.6 |
| Martinique |
89 |
141 |
58.4 |
| Montserrat |
0 |
17 |
- |
| Netherlands Antilles |
34 |
60 |
76.5 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
14 |
25 |
78.6 |
| St. Lucia |
1 |
21 |
2,000.0 |
| St. Vincent/Grenadines |
16 |
3 |
-81.3 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
161 |
261 |
62.1 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
40 |
144 |
260.0 |
| Caribbean, Unspecified |
20 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Central America/Mexico |
16,472 |
16,982 |
3.1 |
| Belize |
823 |
941 |
14.3 |
| Costa Rica |
4,510 |
4,887 |
8.4 |
| El Salvador |
232 |
269 |
15.9 |
| Guatemala |
646 |
702 |
8.7 |
| Honduras |
430 |
399 |
-7.2 |
| Mexico |
9,293 |
9,244 |
-0.5 |
| Nicaragua |
343 |
312 |
-9.0 |
| Panama |
195 |
228 |
16.9 |
|
|
|
|
| South America |
7,885 |
9,552 |
21.1 |
| Argentina |
1,315 |
2,013 |
53.1 |
| Bolivia |
234 |
187 |
-20.1 |
| Brazil |
1,554 |
1,994 |
28.3 |
| Chile |
2,135 |
2,393 |
12.1 |
| Colombia |
20 |
42 |
110.0 |
| Ecuador |
1,678 |
1,711 |
2.0 |
| French Guiana |
6 |
22 |
266.7 |
| Guyana |
41 |
29 |
-29.3 |
| Paraguay |
75 |
56 |
-25.3 |
| Peru |
624 |
867 |
38.9 |
| Suriname |
14 |
9 |
-35.7 |
| Uruguay |
108 |
82 |
-24.1 |
| Venezuela |
81 |
147 |
81.5 |
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
812 |
1,977 |
143.5 |
| Bahrain |
3 |
3 |
0.0 |
| Iran |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Iraq |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Israel |
665 |
1,617 |
143.2 |
| Jordan |
65 |
171 |
163.1 |
| Kuwait |
3 |
2 |
-33.3 |
| Lebanon |
23 |
43 |
87.0 |
| Oman |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Palestinian Territories |
1 |
23 |
2,200.0 |
| Qatar |
2 |
7 |
250.0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Syria |
19 |
19 |
0.0 |
| United Arab Emirates |
20 |
84 |
320.0 |
| Yemen |
7 |
2 |
-71.4 |
|
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
1,112 |
1,121 |
0.8 |
| Bermuda |
58 |
92 |
58.6 |
| Canada |
1,054 |
1,029 |
-2.4 |
|
|
|
|
| ANTARCTICA |
24 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
14,113 |
13,787 |
-2.3 |
| Australia |
11,418 |
10,813 |
-5.3 |
| Cook Islands |
2 |
24 |
1,100.0 |
| Micronesia |
15 |
17 |
13.3 |
| Fiji |
132 |
143 |
8.3 |
| French Polynesia |
100 |
83 |
-17.0 |
| Marshall Islands |
6 |
3 |
-50.0 |
| New Caledonia |
0 |
4 |
- |
| New Zealand |
2,369 |
2,657 |
12.2 |
| Palau |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Papua New Guinea |
6 |
11 |
83.3 |
| Samoa |
36 |
27 |
-25.0 |
| Solomon Islands |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Tonga |
26 |
3 |
-88.5 |
| Vanuatu |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| MULTI-DESTINATION |
10,611 |
11,480 |
8.2 |
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
191,321 |
205,983 |
7.7 |
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2006). "Host Regions and Destinations of U.S. Study Abroad Students, 2003/04-2004/05." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors