2006/07 - 2007/08
| HOST REGIONS AND DESTINATIONS OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS, 2006/07 & 2007/08 |
| Destination |
2006/07 |
2007/08 |
% Change |
|
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
10,066 |
11,844 |
17.7 |
|
|
|
|
| East Africa |
2,210 |
2,459 |
11.3 |
| Burundi |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Eritrea |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Ethiopia |
84 |
115 |
36.9 |
| Kenya |
686 |
657 |
-4.2 |
| Madagascar |
89 |
131 |
47.2 |
| Malawi |
120 |
115 |
-4.2 |
| Mauritius |
9 |
10 |
11.1 |
| Mozambique |
14 |
16 |
14.3 |
| Reunion |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Rwanda |
59 |
61 |
3.4 |
| Somalia |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Tanzania |
630 |
783 |
24.3 |
| Uganda |
357 |
457 |
28.0 |
| Zambia |
133 |
103 |
-22.6 |
| Zimbabwe |
26 |
9 |
-65.4 |
|
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
180 |
143 |
-20.6 |
| Angola |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Cameroon |
142 |
108 |
-23.9 |
| Central African Republic |
2 |
9 |
350.0 |
| Chad |
4 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Congo, Rep. of |
1 |
3 |
200.0 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
16 |
14 |
-12.5 |
| Gabon |
1 |
8 |
700.0 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
10 |
1 |
-90.0 |
|
|
|
|
| North Africa |
1,658 |
2,362 |
42.5 |
| Egypt |
1,100 |
1,466 |
33.3 |
| Libya |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Morocco |
491 |
719 |
46.4 |
| Sudan |
4 |
2 |
-50.0 |
| Tunisia |
63 |
173 |
174.6 |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
3,646 |
4,176 |
14.5 |
| Botswana |
194 |
164 |
-15.5 |
| Lesotho |
14 |
64 |
357.1 |
| Namibia |
146 |
204 |
39.7 |
| South Africa |
3,216 |
3,700 |
15.0 |
| Swaziland |
76 |
44 |
-42.1 |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
2,372 |
2,704 |
14.0 |
| Benin |
43 |
68 |
58.1 |
| Burkina Faso |
34 |
49 |
44.1 |
| Cape Verde |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast |
0 |
3 |
- |
| Gambia |
44 |
28 |
-36.4 |
| Ghana |
1,645 |
1,856 |
12.8 |
| Guinea |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Liberia |
25 |
3 |
-88.0 |
| Mali |
39 |
145 |
271.8 |
| Mauritania |
0 |
14 |
- |
| Niger |
16 |
19 |
18.8 |
| Nigeria |
22 |
11 |
-50.0 |
| Senegal |
475 |
463 |
-2.5 |
| Sierra Leone |
15 |
42 |
180.0 |
| Togo |
12 |
3 |
-75.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
24,969 |
29,125 |
16.6 |
|
|
|
|
| East Asia |
18,971 |
22,232 |
17.2 |
| China |
11,064 |
13,165 |
19.0 |
| Hong Kong |
1,059 |
1,093 |
3.2 |
| Japan |
5,012 |
5,710 |
13.9 |
| Macau |
3 |
4 |
33.3 |
| Mongolia |
54 |
85 |
57.4 |
| South Korea |
1,312 |
1,597 |
21.7 |
| Taiwan |
467 |
578 |
23.8 |
|
|
|
|
| South & Central Asia |
2,820 |
3,504 |
24.3 |
| Afghanistan |
5 |
1 |
-80.0 |
| Bangladesh |
36 |
58 |
61.1 |
| Bhutan |
11 |
22 |
100.0 |
| India |
2,627 |
3,146 |
19.8 |
| Kazakhstan |
12 |
12 |
0.0 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2 |
3 |
50.0 |
| Maldives |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Nepal |
87 |
187 |
114.9 |
| Pakistan |
5 |
4 |
-20.0 |
| Sri Lanka |
28 |
48 |
71.4 |
| Tajikistan |
3 |
19 |
533.3 |
| Uzbekistan |
4 |
2 |
-50.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
3,178 |
3,389 |
6.6 |
| Cambodia |
158 |
221 |
39.9 |
| East Timor |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Indonesia |
132 |
74 |
-43.9 |
| Laos |
38 |
14 |
-63.2 |
| Malaysia |
121 |
105 |
-13.2 |
| Myanmar |
27 |
4 |
-85.2 |
| Philippines |
130 |
194 |
49.2 |
| Singapore |
437 |
568 |
30.0 |
| Thailand |
1,584 |
1,555 |
-1.8 |
| Vietnam |
550 |
652 |
18.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
138,871 |
147,676 |
6.3 |
| Albania |
17 |
14 |
-17.6 |
| Andorra |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Armenia |
61 |
24 |
-60.7 |
| Austria |
2,810 |
3,356 |
19.4 |
| Azerbaijan |
78 |
1 |
-98.7 |
| Belarus |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Belgium |
1,171 |
1,173 |
0.2 |
| Bosnia & Herzegovina |
56 |
62 |
10.7 |
| Bulgaria |
86 |
164 |
90.7 |
| Croatia |
259 |
226 |
-12.7 |
| Cyprus* |
192 |
203 |
5.7 |
| Czech Republic |
3,145 |
3,417 |
8.6 |
| Denmark |
1,634 |
1,855 |
13.5 |
| Estonia |
67 |
112 |
67.2 |
| Finland |
278 |
256 |
-7.9 |
| France |
17,233 |
17,336 |
0.6 |
| Georgia |
69 |
20 |
-71.0 |
| Germany |
7,355 |
8,253 |
12.2 |
| Gibraltar |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Greece |
3,417 |
3,847 |
12.6 |
| Hungary |
857 |
902 |
5.3 |
| Iceland |
190 |
276 |
45.3 |
| Ireland |
5,790 |
6,881 |
18.8 |
| Italy |
27,831 |
30,670 |
10.2 |
| Kosovo |
5 |
15 |
200.0 |
| Latvia |
10 |
3 |
-70.0 |
| Liechtenstein |
0 |
15 |
- |
| Lithuania |
155 |
84 |
-45.8 |
| Luxembourg |
382 |
316 |
-17.3 |
| Macedonia |
10 |
23 |
130.0 |
| Malta |
82 |
129 |
57.3 |
| Moldova |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Monaco |
42 |
26 |
-38.1 |
| Netherlands |
2,139 |
2,038 |
-4.7 |
| Norway |
298 |
379 |
27.2 |
| Poland |
532 |
642 |
20.7 |
| Portugal |
79 |
149 |
88.6 |
| Romania |
180 |
129 |
-28.3 |
| Russia |
1,716 |
1,857 |
8.2 |
| Serbia |
45 |
11 |
-75.6 |
| Slovakia |
76 |
41 |
-46.1 |
| Slovenia |
16 |
28 |
75.0 |
| Spain |
24,005 |
25,212 |
5.0 |
| Sweden |
934 |
919 |
-1.6 |
| Switzerland |
1,771 |
1,942 |
9.7 |
| Turkey* |
924 |
1,172 |
26.8 |
| Ukraine |
163 |
140 |
-14.1 |
| United Kingdom |
32,705 |
33,333 |
1.9 |
| Vatican City/Holy See |
5 |
22 |
340.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
36,339 |
40,181 |
10.6 |
|
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
3,713 |
3,813 |
2.7 |
| Anguilla |
8 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Antigua & Barbuda |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Aruba |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Bahamas |
657 |
646 |
-1.7 |
| Barbados |
187 |
146 |
-21.9 |
| British Virgin Islands |
75 |
32 |
-57.3 |
| Cayman Islands |
19 |
65 |
242.1 |
| Cuba |
220 |
249 |
13.2 |
| Dominica |
192 |
135 |
-29.7 |
| Dominican Republic |
948 |
1,205 |
27.1 |
| Grenada |
25 |
49 |
96.0 |
| Guadeloupe |
42 |
10 |
-76.2 |
| Haiti |
39 |
45 |
15.4 |
| Jamaica |
790 |
712 |
-9.9 |
| Martinique |
110 |
49 |
-55.5 |
| Montserrat |
1 |
4 |
300.0 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
66 |
94 |
42.4 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
26 |
19 |
-26.9 |
| St. Lucia |
30 |
65 |
116.7 |
| Trinidad & Tobago |
229 |
222 |
-3.1 |
| Turks & Caicos Islands |
48 |
62 |
29.2 |
| Caribbean, Unspecified |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| Central America & Mexico |
19,029 |
21,448 |
12.7 |
| Belize |
1,319 |
1,466 |
11.1 |
| Costa Rica |
5,383 |
6,096 |
13.2 |
| El Salvador |
271 |
444 |
63.8 |
| Guatemala |
1,095 |
1,265 |
15.5 |
| Honduras |
499 |
877 |
75.8 |
| Mexico |
9,461 |
9,928 |
4.9 |
| Nicaragua |
563 |
791 |
40.5 |
| Panama |
438 |
581 |
32.6 |
|
|
|
|
| South America |
13,597 |
14,920 |
9.7 |
| Argentina |
3,617 |
4,109 |
13.6 |
| Bolivia |
215 |
341 |
58.6 |
| Brazil |
2,524 |
2,723 |
7.9 |
| Chile |
2,824 |
2,739 |
-3.0 |
| Colombia |
51 |
68 |
33.3 |
| Ecuador |
2,813 |
2,814 |
0.0 |
| Falkland Islands |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| French Guiana |
1 |
3 |
200.0 |
| Guyana |
36 |
81 |
125.0 |
| Paraguay |
39 |
54 |
38.5 |
| Peru |
1,230 |
1,638 |
33.2 |
| Suriname |
0 |
5 |
- |
| Uruguay |
81 |
172 |
112.3 |
| Venezuela |
165 |
173 |
4.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
2,759 |
3,362 |
21.9 |
| Bahrain |
33 |
37 |
12.1 |
| Iran |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Israel |
2,226 |
2,322 |
4.3 |
| Jordan |
231 |
486 |
110.4 |
| Kuwait |
2 |
35 |
1,650.0 |
| Lebanon |
14 |
31 |
121.4 |
| Oman |
21 |
33 |
57.1 |
| Palestinian Territories |
7 |
4 |
-42.9 |
| Qatar |
2 |
24 |
1,100.0 |
| Saudi Arabia |
3 |
2 |
-33.3 |
| Syria |
21 |
22 |
4.8 |
| United Arab Emirates |
173 |
345 |
99.4 |
| Yemen |
24 |
20 |
-16.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
1,327 |
1,159 |
-12.7 |
| Bermuda |
105 |
76 |
-27.6 |
| Canada |
1,222 |
1,083 |
-11.4 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
13,820 |
14,028 |
1.5 |
| Australia |
10,747 |
11,042 |
2.7 |
| Cook Islands |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Fiji |
180 |
180 |
0.0 |
| French Polynesia |
62 |
60 |
-3.2 |
| Kiribati |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Marshall Islands |
4 |
3 |
-25.0 |
| Micronesia |
15 |
53 |
253.3 |
| New Caledonia |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| New Zealand |
2,718 |
2,629 |
-3.3 |
| Palau |
2 |
14 |
600.0 |
| Papua New Guinea |
10 |
3 |
-70.0 |
| Samoa |
35 |
30 |
-14.3 |
| Tonga |
39 |
12 |
-69.2 |
| Tuvalu |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Vanuatu |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ANTARCTICA |
62 |
78 |
25.8 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| MULTI-DESTINATION |
13,573 |
14,963 |
10.2 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| TOTAL |
241,791 |
262,416 |
8.5 |
* 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. (2009). "Host Regions and Destinations for U.S. Study Abroad Students, 2006/07-2007/08." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors