2004/05 - 2005/06
| HOST REGIONS AND DESTINATIONS OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS, 2004/05 & 2005/06 |
| Destination |
2004/05 |
2005/06 |
% Change |
|
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
7,100 |
8,459 |
19.1 |
|
|
|
|
| East Africa |
1,558 |
2,135 |
37.0 |
| Angola |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Burundi |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Eritrea |
14 |
8 |
-42.9 |
| Ethiopia |
33 |
56 |
69.7 |
| Kenya |
661 |
694 |
5.0 |
| Madagascar |
73 |
120 |
64.4 |
| Malawi |
12 |
64 |
433.3 |
| Mauritius |
1 |
122 |
12,100.0 |
| Mozambique |
27 |
19 |
-29.6 |
| Reunion |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Rwanda |
14 |
44 |
214.3 |
| Somalia |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Tanzania |
467 |
557 |
19.3 |
| Uganda |
159 |
327 |
105.7 |
| Zambia |
86 |
112 |
30.2 |
| Zimbabwe |
7 |
9 |
28.6 |
|
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
87 |
85 |
-2.3 |
| Cameroon |
75 |
66 |
-12.0 |
| Central African Republic |
7 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
0 |
3 |
- |
| Equatorial Guinea |
5 |
11 |
120.0 |
| Gabon |
0 |
5 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| North Africa |
1,176 |
1,451 |
23.4 |
| Algeria |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Egypt |
807 |
983 |
21.8 |
| Morocco |
339 |
370 |
9.1 |
| Sudan |
1 |
43 |
4,200.0 |
| Tunisia |
29 |
54 |
86.2 |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
2,631 |
2,900 |
10.2 |
| Botswana |
102 |
130 |
27.5 |
| Lesotho |
11 |
54 |
390.9 |
| Namibia |
188 |
181 |
-3.7 |
| South Africa |
2,304 |
2,512 |
9.0 |
| Swaziland |
26 |
23 |
-11.5 |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
1,648 |
1,888 |
14.6 |
| Benin |
11 |
26 |
136.4 |
| Burkina Faso |
40 |
19 |
-52.5 |
| Cape Verde |
0 |
14 |
- |
| Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast |
17 |
12 |
-29.4 |
| Gambia |
36 |
31 |
-13.9 |
| Ghana |
1,125 |
1,205 |
7.1 |
| Guinea |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Liberia |
0 |
3 |
- |
| Mali |
55 |
66 |
20.0 |
| Mauritania |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Niger |
24 |
22 |
-8.3 |
| Nigeria |
14 |
37 |
164.3 |
| Senegal |
320 |
440 |
37.5 |
| Sierra Leone |
3 |
8 |
166.7 |
| Togo |
2 |
2 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
16,571 |
20,811 |
25.6 |
|
|
|
|
| East Asia |
12,459 |
15,882 |
27.5 |
| China |
6,389 |
8,830 |
38.2 |
| Hong Kong |
748 |
915 |
22.3 |
| Japan |
4,100 |
4,411 |
7.6 |
| South Korea |
962 |
1,267 |
31.7 |
| Mongolia |
66 |
92 |
39.4 |
| Taiwan |
194 |
367 |
89.2 |
|
|
|
|
| South & Central Asia |
1,964 |
2,417 |
23.1 |
| Bangladesh |
34 |
55 |
61.8 |
| Bhutan |
1 |
38 |
3,700.0 |
| India |
1,767 |
2,115 |
19.7 |
| Kazakhstan |
9 |
22 |
144.4 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Maldives |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Nepal |
77 |
41 |
-46.8 |
| Pakistan |
3 |
13 |
333.3 |
| Sri Lanka |
67 |
123 |
83.6 |
| Tajikistan |
0 |
3 |
- |
| Turkmenistan |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Uzbekistan |
5 |
5 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
2,148 |
2,512 |
16.9 |
| Brunei |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Cambodia |
63 |
79 |
25.4 |
| East Timor |
6 |
1 |
-83.3 |
| Indonesia |
28 |
57 |
103.6 |
| Laos |
2 |
22 |
1,000.0 |
| Malaysia |
77 |
108 |
40.3 |
| Myanmar |
2 |
26 |
1,200.0 |
| Philippines |
119 |
100 |
-16.0 |
| Singapore |
377 |
423 |
12.2 |
| Thailand |
1,128 |
1,305 |
15.7 |
| Vietnam |
346 |
390 |
12.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
124,292 |
130,274 |
4.8 |
| Albania |
31 |
36 |
16.1 |
| Armenia |
60 |
61 |
1.7 |
| Austria |
2,757 |
2,792 |
1.3 |
| Azerbaijan |
3 |
9 |
200.0 |
| Belarus |
4 |
1 |
-75.0 |
| Belgium |
876 |
1,126 |
28.5 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
27 |
48 |
77.8 |
| Bulgaria |
43 |
97 |
125.6 |
| Croatia |
102 |
177 |
73.5 |
| Cyprus* |
129 |
125 |
-3.1 |
| Czech Republic |
2,494 |
2,846 |
14.1 |
| Denmark |
1,529 |
1,624 |
6.2 |
| Estonia |
8 |
20 |
150.0 |
| Finland |
260 |
150 |
-42.3 |
| France |
15,374 |
15,602 |
1.5 |
| Georgia |
26 |
20 |
-23.1 |
| Germany |
6,557 |
6,858 |
4.6 |
| Gibraltar |
15 |
8 |
-46.7 |
| Greece |
2,445 |
3,227 |
32.0 |
| Hungary |
645 |
720 |
11.6 |
| Iceland |
118 |
82 |
-30.5 |
| Ireland |
5,083 |
5,499 |
8.2 |
| Italy |
24,858 |
26,078 |
4.9 |
| Kosovo |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Latvia |
20 |
14 |
-30.0 |
| Liechtenstein |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Lithuania |
41 |
97 |
136.6 |
| Luxembourg |
369 |
424 |
14.9 |
| Macedonia |
2 |
14 |
600.0 |
| Malta |
100 |
133 |
33.0 |
| Moldova |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Monaco |
35 |
12 |
-65.7 |
| Montenegro** |
0 |
16 |
- |
| Netherlands |
1,740 |
1,785 |
2.6 |
| Norway |
291 |
311 |
6.9 |
| Poland |
511 |
626 |
22.5 |
| Portugal |
140 |
101 |
-27.9 |
| Romania |
188 |
206 |
9.6 |
| Russia |
1,743 |
1,923 |
10.3 |
| Serbia |
8 |
25 |
212.5 |
| Slovakia |
16 |
52 |
225.0 |
| Slovenia |
25 |
19 |
-24.0 |
| Spain |
20,806 |
21,881 |
5.2 |
| Sweden |
769 |
856 |
11.3 |
| Switzerland |
1,428 |
1,589 |
11.3 |
| Turkey* |
454 |
694 |
52.9 |
| Ukraine |
89 |
172 |
93.3 |
| United Kingdom |
32,071 |
32,109 |
0.1 |
| Vatican City/Holy See |
0 |
7 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
29,655 |
33,902 |
14.3 |
|
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
3,121 |
3,164 |
1.4 |
| Anguilla |
39 |
5 |
-87.2 |
| Aruba |
1 |
5 |
400.0 |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
25 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Bahamas |
417 |
515 |
23.5 |
| Barbados |
202 |
143 |
-29.2 |
| British Virgin Islands |
110 |
112 |
1.8 |
| Cayman Islands |
26 |
19 |
-26.9 |
| Cuba |
169 |
140 |
-17.2 |
| Dominica |
82 |
112 |
36.6 |
| Dominican Republic |
724 |
922 |
27.3 |
| Grenada |
42 |
5 |
-88.1 |
| Guadeloupe |
38 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Haiti |
19 |
3 |
-84.2 |
| Jamaica |
555 |
727 |
31.0 |
| Martinique |
141 |
82 |
-41.8 |
| Montserrat |
17 |
13 |
-23.5 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
60 |
81 |
35.0 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
25 |
24 |
-4.0 |
| St. Lucia |
21 |
16 |
-23.8 |
| St. Vincent & Grenadines |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
261 |
144 |
-44.8 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
144 |
74 |
-48.6 |
| Caribbean, Unspecified |
0 |
22 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| Central America & Mexico |
16,982 |
19,086 |
12.4 |
| Belize |
941 |
812 |
-13.7 |
| Costa Rica |
4,887 |
5,518 |
12.9 |
| El Salvador |
269 |
261 |
-3.0 |
| Guatemala |
702 |
710 |
1.1 |
| Honduras |
399 |
649 |
62.7 |
| Mexico |
9,244 |
10,022 |
8.4 |
| Nicaragua |
312 |
463 |
48.4 |
| Panama |
228 |
651 |
185.5 |
|
|
|
|
| South America |
9,552 |
11,652 |
22.0 |
| Argentina |
2,013 |
2,865 |
42.3 |
| Bolivia |
187 |
225 |
20.3 |
| Brazil |
1,994 |
2,328 |
16.8 |
| Chile |
2,393 |
2,578 |
7.7 |
| Colombia |
42 |
37 |
-11.9 |
| Ecuador |
1,711 |
2,171 |
26.9 |
| French Guiana |
22 |
2 |
-90.9 |
| Guyana |
29 |
29 |
0.0 |
| Paraguay |
56 |
34 |
-39.3 |
| Peru |
867 |
1,135 |
30.9 |
| Suriname |
9 |
12 |
33.3 |
| Uruguay |
82 |
91 |
11.0 |
| Venezuela |
147 |
145 |
-1.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
1,977 |
2,585 |
30.8 |
| Bahrain |
3 |
1 |
-66.7 |
| Iran |
2 |
7 |
250.0 |
| Iraq |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Israel |
1,617 |
1,981 |
22.5 |
| Jordan |
171 |
309 |
80.7 |
| Kuwait |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Lebanon |
43 |
46 |
7.0 |
| Oman |
2 |
23 |
1,050.0 |
| Palestinian Territories |
23 |
25 |
8.7 |
| Qatar |
7 |
2 |
-71.4 |
| Saudi Arabia |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Syria |
19 |
39 |
105.3 |
| United Arab Emirates |
84 |
146 |
73.8 |
| Yemen |
2 |
4 |
100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
1,121 |
1,094 |
-2.4 |
| Bermuda |
92 |
79 |
-14.1 |
| Canada |
1,029 |
1,015 |
-1.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ANTARCTICA |
0 |
57 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
13,787 |
14,033 |
1.8 |
| Australia |
10,813 |
10,980 |
1.5 |
| Cook Islands |
24 |
2 |
-91.7 |
| Micronesia |
17 |
24 |
41.2 |
| Fiji |
143 |
314 |
119.6 |
| French Polynesia |
83 |
72 |
-13.3 |
| Marshall Islands |
3 |
4 |
33.3 |
| New Caledonia |
4 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| New Zealand |
2,657 |
2,542 |
-4.3 |
| Niue |
0 |
5 |
- |
| Norfolk Island |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Palau |
2 |
11 |
450.0 |
| Papua New Guinea |
11 |
2 |
-81.8 |
| Samoa |
27 |
62 |
129.6 |
| Tonga |
3 |
12 |
300.0 |
| Tuvalu |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Vanuatu |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MULTI-DESTINATION |
11,480 |
12,319 |
7.3 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
205,983 |
223,534 |
8.5 |
* Cyprus and Turkey were previously classified in the Middle East category but were moved to the Europe category in 2004/05.
** Reported as a separate category in 2005/06.
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2007). "Host Regions and Destinations of U.S. Study Abroad Students, 2004/05-2005/06." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors