2005/06 - 2006/07
| HOST REGIONS AND DESTINATIONS OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS, 2005/06 & 2006/07 |
| Destination |
2005/06 |
2006/07 |
% Change |
|
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
8,459 |
10,066 |
19.0 |
|
|
|
|
| East Africa |
2,135 |
2,211 |
3.6 |
| Angola |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Burundi |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Eritrea |
8 |
1 |
-87.5 |
| Ethiopia |
56 |
84 |
50.0 |
| Kenya |
694 |
686 |
-1.2 |
| Madagascar |
120 |
89 |
-25.8 |
| Malawi |
64 |
120 |
87.5 |
| Mauritius |
122 |
9 |
-92.6 |
| Mozambique |
19 |
14 |
-26.3 |
| Reunion |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Rwanda |
44 |
59 |
34.1 |
| Somalia |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Tanzania |
557 |
630 |
13.1 |
| Uganda |
327 |
357 |
9.2 |
| Zambia |
112 |
133 |
18.8 |
| Zimbabwe |
9 |
26 |
188.9 |
|
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
85 |
179 |
110.6 |
| Cameroon |
66 |
142 |
115.2 |
| Central African Republic |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Chad |
0 |
4 |
- |
| Congo, Rep. of |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
3 |
3 |
0.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
11 |
16 |
45.5 |
| Gabon |
5 |
1 |
-80.0 |
| Sao Tome & Principe |
0 |
10 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| North Africa |
1,451 |
1,658 |
14.3 |
| Algeria |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Egypt |
983 |
1,100 |
11.9 |
| Morocco |
370 |
491 |
32.7 |
| Sudan |
43 |
4 |
-90.7 |
| Tunisia |
54 |
63 |
16.7 |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
2,900 |
3,646 |
25.7 |
| Botswana |
130 |
194 |
49.2 |
| Lesotho |
54 |
14 |
-74.1 |
| Namibia |
181 |
146 |
-19.3 |
| South Africa |
2,512 |
3,216 |
28.0 |
| Swaziland |
23 |
76 |
230.4 |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
1,888 |
2,372 |
25.6 |
| Benin |
26 |
43 |
65.4 |
| Burkina Faso |
19 |
34 |
78.9 |
| Cape Verde |
14 |
1 |
-92.9 |
| Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast |
12 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Gambia |
31 |
44 |
41.9 |
| Ghana |
1,205 |
1,645 |
36.5 |
| Guinea |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Guinea-Bissau |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Liberia |
3 |
25 |
733.3 |
| Mali |
66 |
39 |
-40.9 |
| Mauritania |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Niger |
22 |
16 |
-27.3 |
| Nigeria |
37 |
22 |
-40.5 |
| Senegal |
440 |
475 |
8.0 |
| Sierra Leone |
8 |
15 |
87.5 |
| Togo |
2 |
12 |
500.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
20,811 |
24,969 |
20.0 |
|
|
|
|
| East Asia |
15,882 |
18,971 |
19.4 |
| China |
8,830 |
11,064 |
25.3 |
| Hong Kong |
915 |
1,059 |
15.7 |
| Japan |
4,411 |
5,012 |
13.6 |
| South Korea |
1,267 |
1,312 |
3.6 |
| Macau |
0 |
3 |
- |
| Mongolia |
92 |
54 |
-41.3 |
| Taiwan |
367 |
467 |
27.2 |
|
|
|
|
| South & Central Asia |
2,417 |
2,820 |
16.7 |
| Afghanistan |
0 |
5 |
- |
| Bangladesh |
55 |
36 |
-34.5 |
| Bhutan |
38 |
11 |
-71.1 |
| India |
2,115 |
2,627 |
24.2 |
| Kazakhstan |
22 |
12 |
-45.5 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Maldives |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Nepal |
41 |
87 |
112.2 |
| Pakistan |
13 |
5 |
-61.5 |
| Sri Lanka |
123 |
28 |
-77.2 |
| Tajikistan |
3 |
3 |
0.0 |
| Uzbekistan |
5 |
4 |
-20.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
2,512 |
3,178 |
26.5 |
| Brunei |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Cambodia |
79 |
158 |
100.0 |
| East Timor |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Indonesia |
57 |
132 |
131.6 |
| Laos |
22 |
38 |
72.7 |
| Malaysia |
108 |
121 |
12.0 |
| Myanmar |
26 |
27 |
3.8 |
| Philippines |
100 |
130 |
30.0 |
| Singapore |
423 |
437 |
3.3 |
| Thailand |
1,305 |
1,584 |
21.4 |
| Vietnam |
390 |
550 |
41.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
130,274 |
138,871 |
6.6 |
| Albania |
36 |
17 |
-52.8 |
| Andorra |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Armenia |
61 |
61 |
0.0 |
| Austria |
2,792 |
2,810 |
0.6 |
| Azerbaijan |
9 |
78 |
766.7 |
| Belarus |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Belgium |
1,126 |
1,171 |
4.0 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
48 |
56 |
16.7 |
| Bulgaria |
97 |
86 |
-11.3 |
| Croatia |
177 |
259 |
46.3 |
| Cyprus* |
125 |
192 |
53.6 |
| Czech Republic |
2,846 |
3,145 |
10.5 |
| Denmark |
1,624 |
1,634 |
0.6 |
| Estonia |
20 |
67 |
235.0 |
| Finland |
150 |
278 |
85.3 |
| France |
15,602 |
17,233 |
10.5 |
| Georgia |
20 |
69 |
245.0 |
| Germany |
6,858 |
7,355 |
7.2 |
| Gibraltar |
8 |
2 |
-75.0 |
| Greece |
3,227 |
3,417 |
5.9 |
| Hungary |
720 |
857 |
19.0 |
| Iceland |
82 |
190 |
131.7 |
| Ireland |
5,499 |
5,790 |
5.3 |
| Italy |
26,078 |
27,831 |
6.7 |
| Kosovo |
0 |
5 |
- |
| Latvia |
14 |
10 |
-28.6 |
| Lithuania |
97 |
155 |
59.8 |
| Luxembourg |
424 |
382 |
-9.9 |
| Macedonia |
14 |
10 |
-28.6 |
| Malta |
133 |
82 |
-38.3 |
| Moldova |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Monaco |
12 |
42 |
250.0 |
| Montenegro |
16 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Netherlands |
1,785 |
2,139 |
19.8 |
| Norway |
311 |
298 |
-4.2 |
| Poland |
626 |
532 |
-15.0 |
| Portugal |
101 |
79 |
-21.8 |
| Romania |
206 |
180 |
-12.6 |
| Russia |
1,923 |
1,716 |
-10.8 |
| Serbia |
25 |
45 |
80.0 |
| Slovakia |
52 |
76 |
46.2 |
| Slovenia |
19 |
16 |
-15.8 |
| Spain |
21,881 |
24,005 |
9.7 |
| Sweden |
856 |
934 |
9.1 |
| Switzerland |
1,589 |
1,771 |
11.5 |
| Turkey* |
694 |
924 |
33.1 |
| Ukraine |
172 |
163 |
-5.2 |
| United Kingdom |
32,109 |
32,705 |
1.9 |
| Vatican City/Holy See |
7 |
5 |
-28.6 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
33,902 |
36,339 |
7.2 |
|
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
3,164 |
3,713 |
17.4 |
| Anguilla |
5 |
8 |
60.0 |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Aruba |
5 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Bahamas |
515 |
657 |
27.6 |
| Barbados |
143 |
187 |
30.8 |
| British Virgin Islands |
112 |
75 |
-33.0 |
| Cayman Islands |
19 |
19 |
0.0 |
| Cuba |
140 |
220 |
57.1 |
| Dominica |
112 |
192 |
71.4 |
| Dominican Republic |
922 |
948 |
2.8 |
| Grenada |
5 |
25 |
400.0 |
| Guadeloupe |
0 |
42 |
- |
| Haiti |
3 |
39 |
1,200.0 |
| Jamaica |
727 |
790 |
8.7 |
| Martinique |
82 |
110 |
34.1 |
| Montserrat |
13 |
1 |
-92.3 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
81 |
66 |
-18.5 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
24 |
26 |
8.3 |
| St. Lucia |
16 |
30 |
87.5 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
144 |
229 |
59.0 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
74 |
48 |
-35.1 |
| Caribbean, Unspecified |
22 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Central America & Mexico |
19,086 |
19,029 |
-0.3 |
| Belize |
812 |
1,319 |
62.4 |
| Costa Rica |
5,518 |
5,383 |
-2.4 |
| El Salvador |
261 |
271 |
3.8 |
| Guatemala |
710 |
1,095 |
54.2 |
| Honduras |
649 |
499 |
-23.1 |
| Mexico |
10,022 |
9,461 |
-5.6 |
| Nicaragua |
463 |
563 |
21.6 |
| Panama |
651 |
438 |
-32.7 |
|
|
|
|
| South America |
11,652 |
13,597 |
16.7 |
| Argentina |
2,865 |
3,617 |
26.2 |
| Bolivia |
225 |
215 |
-4.4 |
| Brazil |
2,328 |
2,524 |
8.4 |
| Chile |
2,578 |
2,824 |
9.5 |
| Colombia |
37 |
51 |
37.8 |
| Ecuador |
2,171 |
2,813 |
29.6 |
| Falkland Islands |
0 |
1 |
- |
| French Guiana |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Guyana |
29 |
36 |
24.1 |
| Paraguay |
34 |
39 |
14.7 |
| Peru |
1,135 |
1,230 |
8.4 |
| Suriname |
12 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Uruguay |
91 |
81 |
-11.0 |
| Venezuela |
145 |
165 |
13.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
2,585 |
2,759 |
6.7 |
| Bahrain |
1 |
33 |
3,200.0 |
| Iran |
7 |
2 |
-71.4 |
| Israel |
1,981 |
2,226 |
12.4 |
| Jordan |
309 |
231 |
-25.2 |
| Kuwait |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Lebanon |
46 |
14 |
-69.6 |
| Oman |
23 |
21 |
-8.7 |
| Palestinian Territories |
25 |
7 |
-72.0 |
| Qatar |
2 |
2 |
0.0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
1 |
3 |
200.0 |
| Syria |
39 |
21 |
-46.2 |
| United Arab Emirates |
146 |
173 |
18.5 |
| Yemen |
4 |
24 |
500.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
1,094 |
1,327 |
21.3 |
| Bermuda |
79 |
105 |
32.9 |
| Canada |
1,015 |
1,222 |
20.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
14,033 |
13,820 |
-1.5 |
| Australia |
10,980 |
10,747 |
-2.1 |
| Cook Islands |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Fiji |
314 |
180 |
-42.7 |
| French Polynesia |
72 |
62 |
-13.9 |
| Kiribati |
0 |
3 |
- |
| Marshall Islands |
4 |
4 |
0.0 |
| Micronesia |
24 |
15 |
-37.5 |
| New Caledonia |
0 |
3 |
- |
| New Zealand |
2,542 |
2,718 |
6.9 |
| Niue |
5 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Norfolk Island |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Palau |
11 |
2 |
-81.8 |
| Papua New Guinea |
2 |
10 |
400.0 |
| Samoa |
62 |
35 |
-43.5 |
| Tonga |
12 |
39 |
225.0 |
| Tuvalu |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Vanuatu |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
| ANTARCTICA |
57 |
62 |
8.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MULTI-DESTINATION |
12,319 |
13,573 |
10.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
223,534 |
241,791 |
8.2 |
* Cyprus and Turkey were previously classified in the Middle East category but were moved to the Europe category in 2004/05.
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2008). "Fields of Study of U.S. Study Abroad Students, 1996/97-2006/07." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors