2007/08 - 2008/09
| HOST REGIONS AND DESTINATIONS OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS, 2007/08 - 2008/09 |
| Destination |
2007/08 |
2008/09 |
% Change |
|
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
11,844 |
13,681 |
15.5 |
|
|
|
|
| East Africa |
2,075 |
2,694 |
29.8 |
| Eritrea |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Ethiopia |
115 |
133 |
15.7 |
| Kenya |
657 |
881 |
34.1 |
| Rwanda |
61 |
203 |
232.8 |
| Somalia |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Sudan |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Tanzania |
783 |
863 |
10.2 |
| Uganda |
457 |
611 |
33.7 |
|
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
143 |
167 |
16.8 |
| Cameroon |
108 |
134 |
24.1 |
| Central African Republic |
9 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Congo, Rep. of |
3 |
1 |
-66.7 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Equatorial Guinea |
14 |
21 |
50.0 |
| Gabon |
8 |
2 |
-75.0 |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
1 |
8 |
700.0 |
|
|
|
|
| North Africa |
2,360 |
2,776 |
17.6 |
| Egypt |
1,466 |
1,781 |
21.5 |
| Libya |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Morocco |
719 |
865 |
20.3 |
| Tunisia |
173 |
130 |
-24.9 |
|
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
4,562 |
5,189 |
13.7 |
| Angola |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Botswana |
164 |
183 |
11.6 |
| Lesotho |
64 |
89 |
39.1 |
| Madagascar |
131 |
70 |
-46.6 |
| Malawi |
115 |
139 |
20.9 |
| Mauritius |
10 |
1 |
-90.0 |
| Mozambique |
16 |
25 |
56.3 |
| Namibia |
204 |
220 |
7.8 |
| Reunion |
2 |
8 |
300.0 |
| South Africa |
3,700 |
4,160 |
12.4 |
| Swaziland |
44 |
81 |
84.1 |
| Zambia |
103 |
185 |
79.6 |
| Zimbabwe |
9 |
27 |
200.0 |
|
|
|
|
| West Africa |
2,704 |
2,855 |
5.6 |
| Benin |
68 |
36 |
-47.1 |
| Burkina Faso |
49 |
71 |
44.9 |
| Cape Verde |
0 |
3 |
- |
| Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast |
3 |
0 |
- |
| Gambia |
28 |
65 |
132.1 |
| Ghana |
1,856 |
2,030 |
9.4 |
| Liberia |
3 |
42 |
1,300.0 |
| Mali |
145 |
77 |
-46.9 |
| Mauritania |
14 |
2 |
-85.7 |
| Niger |
19 |
80 |
321.1 |
| Nigeria |
11 |
42 |
281.8 |
| Senegal |
463 |
384 |
-17.1 |
| Sierra Leone |
42 |
13 |
-69.0 |
| Togo |
3 |
10 |
233.3 |
|
|
|
|
| ASIA |
29,125 |
29,737 |
2.1 |
|
|
|
|
| East Asia |
22,232 |
23,344 |
5.0 |
| China |
13,165 |
13,674 |
3.9 |
| Hong Kong |
1,093 |
1,155 |
5.7 |
| Japan |
5,710 |
5,784 |
1.3 |
| Macau |
4 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Mongolia |
85 |
72 |
-15.3 |
| South Korea |
1,597 |
2,062 |
29.1 |
| Taiwan |
578 |
597 |
3.3 |
|
|
|
|
| South and Central Asia |
3,504 |
2,967 |
-15.3 |
| Afghanistan |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Bangladesh |
58 |
84 |
44.8 |
| Bhutan |
22 |
1 |
-95.5 |
| India |
3,146 |
2,690 |
-14.5 |
| Kazakhstan |
12 |
22 |
83.3 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
3 |
4 |
33.3 |
| Maldives |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Nepal |
187 |
123 |
-34.2 |
| Pakistan |
4 |
5 |
25.0 |
| Sri Lanka |
48 |
22 |
-54.2 |
| Tajikistan |
19 |
10 |
-47.4 |
| Turkmenistan |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Uzbekistan |
2 |
3 |
50.0 |
|
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
3,389 |
3,426 |
1.1 |
| Cambodia |
221 |
183 |
-17.2 |
| East Timor |
2 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Indonesia |
74 |
176 |
137.8 |
| Laos |
14 |
23 |
64.3 |
| Malaysia |
105 |
137 |
30.5 |
| Myanmar |
4 |
3 |
-25.0 |
| Philippines |
194 |
158 |
-18.6 |
| Singapore |
568 |
612 |
7.7 |
| Thailand |
1,555 |
1,462 |
-6.0 |
| Vietnam |
652 |
672 |
3.1 |
|
|
|
|
| EUROPE |
147,676 |
141,955 |
-3.9 |
| Albania |
14 |
8 |
-42.9 |
| Armenia |
24 |
43 |
79.2 |
| Austria |
3,356 |
2,836 |
-15.5 |
| Azerbaijan |
1 |
22 |
2,100.0 |
| Belarus |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Belgium |
1,173 |
1,447 |
23.4 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
62 |
37 |
-40.3 |
| Bulgaria |
164 |
76 |
-53.7 |
| Croatia |
226 |
298 |
31.9 |
| Cyprus |
203 |
171 |
-15.8 |
| Czech Republic |
3,417 |
3,664 |
7.2 |
| Denmark |
1,855 |
2,244 |
21.0 |
| Estonia |
112 |
73 |
-34.8 |
| Finland |
256 |
335 |
30.9 |
| France |
17,336 |
16,910 |
-2.5 |
| Georgia |
20 |
5 |
-75.0 |
| Germany |
8,253 |
8,330 |
0.9 |
| Gibraltar |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Greece |
3,847 |
3,616 |
-6.0 |
| Hungary |
902 |
897 |
-0.6 |
| Iceland |
276 |
237 |
-14.1 |
| Ireland |
6,881 |
6,858 |
-0.3 |
| Italy |
30,670 |
27,362 |
-10.8 |
| Kosovo |
15 |
16 |
6.7 |
| Latvia |
3 |
14 |
366.7 |
| Liechtenstein |
15 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Lithuania |
84 |
86 |
2.4 |
| Luxembourg |
316 |
372 |
17.7 |
| Macedonia |
23 |
34 |
47.8 |
| Malta |
129 |
95 |
-26.4 |
| Moldova |
2 |
10 |
400.0 |
| Monaco |
26 |
22 |
-15.4 |
| Netherlands |
2,038 |
2,318 |
13.7 |
| Norway |
379 |
479 |
26.4 |
| Poland |
642 |
595 |
-7.3 |
| Portugal |
149 |
240 |
61.1 |
| Romania |
129 |
219 |
69.8 |
| Russia |
1,857 |
1,798 |
-3.2 |
| Serbia |
11 |
23 |
109.1 |
| Slovakia |
41 |
27 |
-34.1 |
| Slovenia |
28 |
88 |
214.3 |
| Spain |
25,212 |
24,169 |
-4.1 |
| Sweden |
919 |
1,150 |
25.1 |
| Switzerland |
1,942 |
2,004 |
3.2 |
| Turkey |
1,172 |
1,261 |
7.6 |
| Ukraine |
140 |
84 |
-40.0 |
| United Kingdom |
33,333 |
31,342 |
-6.0 |
| Vatican City/Holy See |
22 |
38 |
72.7 |
|
|
|
|
| LATIN AMERICA |
40,180 |
40,044 |
-0.3 |
|
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
3,812 |
4,222 |
10.8 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
2 |
21 |
950.0 |
| Aruba |
1 |
3 |
200.0 |
| Bahamas |
646 |
726 |
12.4 |
| Barbados |
146 |
160 |
9.6 |
| British Virgin Islands |
32 |
44 |
37.5 |
| Cayman Islands |
65 |
65 |
0.0 |
| Cuba |
249 |
251 |
0.8 |
| Dominica |
135 |
112 |
-17.0 |
| Dominican Republic |
1,205 |
1,448 |
20.2 |
| Grenada |
49 |
36 |
-26.5 |
| Guadeloupe |
10 |
19 |
90.0 |
| Haiti |
45 |
78 |
73.3 |
| Jamaica |
712 |
704 |
-1.1 |
| Martinique |
49 |
56 |
14.3 |
| Montserrat |
4 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Netherlands Antilles |
94 |
83 |
-11.7 |
| St. Kitts & Nevis |
19 |
36 |
89.5 |
| St. Lucia |
65 |
61 |
-6.2 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
222 |
249 |
12.2 |
| Turks and Caicos |
62 |
70 |
12.9 |
|
|
|
|
| Central America & Mexico |
21,448 |
19,039 |
-11.2 |
| Belize |
1,466 |
1,333 |
-9.1 |
| Costa Rica |
6,096 |
6,363 |
4.4 |
| El Salvador |
444 |
381 |
-14.2 |
| Guatemala |
1,265 |
1,242 |
-1.8 |
| Honduras |
877 |
773 |
-11.9 |
| Mexico |
9,928 |
7,320 |
-26.3 |
| Nicaragua |
791 |
870 |
10.0 |
| Panama |
581 |
757 |
30.3 |
|
|
|
|
| South America |
14,920 |
16,783 |
12.5 |
| Argentina |
4,109 |
4,705 |
14.5 |
| Bolivia |
341 |
196 |
-42.5 |
| Brazil |
2,723 |
2,777 |
2.0 |
| Chile |
2,739 |
3,503 |
27.9 |
| Colombia |
68 |
109 |
60.3 |
| Ecuador |
2,814 |
2,859 |
1.6 |
| Falkland Islands |
0 |
18 |
- |
| French Guiana |
3 |
38 |
1,166.7 |
| Guyana |
81 |
29 |
-64.2 |
| Paraguay |
54 |
53 |
-1.9 |
| Peru |
1,638 |
2,163 |
32.1 |
| Suriname |
5 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Uruguay |
172 |
160 |
-7.0 |
| Venezuela |
173 |
173 |
0.0 |
|
|
|
|
| MIDDLE EAST |
3,362 |
3,670 |
9.2 |
| Bahrain |
37 |
26 |
-29.7 |
| Iran |
1 |
3 |
200.0 |
| Israel |
2,322 |
1,958 |
-15.7 |
| Jordan |
486 |
483 |
-0.6 |
| Kuwait |
35 |
25 |
-28.6 |
| Lebanon |
31 |
44 |
41.9 |
| Oman |
33 |
27 |
-18.2 |
| Palestinian Territories |
4 |
8 |
100.0 |
| Qatar |
24 |
70 |
191.7 |
| Saudi Arabia |
2 |
26 |
1,200.0 |
| Syria |
22 |
35 |
59.1 |
| United Arab Emirates |
345 |
955 |
176.8 |
| Yemen |
20 |
10 |
-50.0 |
|
|
|
|
| NORTH AMERICA |
1,159 |
1,355 |
16.9 |
| Bermuda |
76 |
91 |
19.7 |
| Canada |
1,083 |
1,264 |
16.7 |
|
|
|
|
| OCEANIA |
14,028 |
14,261 |
1.7 |
| Australia |
11,042 |
11,140 |
0.9 |
| Cook Islands |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Fiji |
180 |
220 |
22.2 |
| French Polynesia |
60 |
33 |
-45.0 |
| Marshall Islands |
3 |
4 |
33.3 |
| Micronesia |
53 |
1 |
-98.1 |
| Nauru |
0 |
1 |
- |
| New Zealand |
2,629 |
2,769 |
5.3 |
| Palau |
14 |
24 |
71.4 |
| Papua New Guinea |
3 |
15 |
400.0 |
| Samoa |
30 |
41 |
36.7 |
| Solomon Islands |
0 |
11 |
- |
| Tonga |
12 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Tuvalu |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Vanuatu |
0 |
1 |
- |
|
|
|
|
| ANTARCTICA |
78 |
60 |
-23.1 |
|
|
|
|
| MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS |
14,963 |
15,564 |
4.0 |
|
|
|
|
| WORLD TOTAL |
262,415 |
260,327 |
-0.8 |
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2010). "Host Regions and Destinations of U.S. Study Abroad Students, 2007/08-2008/09." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors