2009/10 - 2010/11
| HOST REGIONS AND DESTINATIONS OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS, 2009/10 - 2010/11 |
| Destination |
2009/10 |
2010/11 |
% Change |
| |
|
|
|
| AFRICA |
14,738 |
14,087 |
-4.4 |
| |
|
|
|
| East Africa |
3,076 |
3,443 |
11.9 |
| Burundi |
0 |
2 |
- |
| Djibouti |
23 |
1 |
-95.7 |
| Eritrea |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Ethiopia |
191 |
147 |
-23.0 |
| Kenya |
1,198 |
1,291 |
7.8 |
| Rwanda |
126 |
196 |
55.6 |
| Somalia |
1 |
2 |
100.0 |
| Sudan |
1 |
5 |
400.0 |
| Tanzania |
962 |
1,126 |
17.0 |
| Uganda |
571 |
673 |
17.9 |
| |
|
|
|
| Central Africa |
103 |
170 |
65.0 |
| Cameroon |
70 |
106 |
51.4 |
| Central African Republic |
2 |
8 |
300.0 |
| Chad |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Congo, Republic of |
1 |
4 |
300.0 |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
4 |
3 |
-25.0 |
| Equatorial Guinea |
18 |
13 |
-27.8 |
| Gabon |
0 |
16 |
- |
| São Tomé and Príncipe |
7 |
19 |
171.4 |
| |
|
|
|
| North Africa |
3,322 |
2,209 |
-33.5 |
| Algeria |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Egypt |
1,923 |
1,096 |
-43.0 |
| Morocco |
1,257 |
1,038 |
-17.4 |
| Tunisia |
141 |
74 |
-47.5 |
| |
|
|
|
| Southern Africa |
5,317 |
5,407 |
1.7 |
| Angola |
1 |
7 |
600.0 |
| Botswana |
215 |
283 |
31.6 |
| Comoros |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Lesotho |
27 |
27 |
0.0 |
| Madagascar |
100 |
104 |
4.0 |
| Malawi |
126 |
166 |
31.7 |
| Mauritius |
4 |
1 |
-75.0 |
| Mozambique |
11 |
20 |
81.8 |
| Namibia |
226 |
155 |
-31.4 |
| Reunion |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| South Africa |
4,313 |
4,337 |
0.6 |
| Swaziland |
51 |
26 |
-49.0 |
| Zambia |
233 |
265 |
13.7 |
| Zimbabwe |
9 |
15 |
66.7 |
| |
|
|
|
| West Africa |
2,920 |
2,858 |
-2.1 |
| Benin |
59 |
22 |
-62.7 |
| Burkina Faso |
28 |
27 |
-3.6 |
| Cape Verde |
14 |
26 |
85.7 |
| Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Gambia |
18 |
54 |
200.0 |
| Ghana |
2,132 |
2,133 |
0.0 |
| Liberia |
35 |
53 |
51.4 |
| Mali |
101 |
29 |
-71.3 |
| Mauritania |
14 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Niger |
29 |
21 |
-27.6 |
| Nigeria |
35 |
41 |
17.1 |
| Senegal |
381 |
375 |
-1.6 |
| Sierra Leone |
69 |
67 |
-2.9 |
| Togo |
4 |
9 |
125.0 |
| |
|
|
|
| |
|
|
|
| ASIA |
32,340 |
32,081 |
-0.8 |
| |
|
|
|
| East Asia |
24,318 |
23,158 |
-4.8 |
| China |
13,910 |
14,596 |
4.9 |
| Hong Kong |
1,196 |
1,033 |
-13.6 |
| Japan |
6,166 |
4,134 |
-33.0 |
| Macau |
6 |
18 |
200.0 |
| Mongolia |
53 |
76 |
43.4 |
| South Korea |
2,137 |
2,487 |
16.4 |
| Taiwan |
850 |
814 |
-4.2 |
| |
|
|
|
| South and Central Asia |
4,317 |
4,921 |
14.0 |
| Afghanistan |
22 |
8 |
-63.6 |
| Bangladesh |
132 |
158 |
19.7 |
| Bhutan |
22 |
24 |
9.1 |
| India |
3,884 |
4,345 |
11.9 |
| Kazakhstan |
21 |
54 |
157.1 |
| Kyrgyzstan |
2 |
9 |
350.0 |
| Maldives |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Nepal |
145 |
210 |
44.8 |
| Pakistan |
10 |
14 |
40.0 |
| Sri Lanka |
25 |
69 |
176.0 |
| Tajikistan |
39 |
20 |
-48.7 |
| Uzbekistan |
12 |
10 |
-16.7 |
| |
|
|
|
| Southeast Asia |
3,705 |
4,002 |
8.0 |
| Brunei |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| Cambodia |
320 |
273 |
-14.7 |
| East Timor |
4 |
2 |
-50.0 |
| Indonesia |
221 |
223 |
0.9 |
| Laos |
20 |
38 |
90.0 |
| Malaysia |
125 |
167 |
33.6 |
| Myanmar/Burma |
18 |
29 |
61.1 |
| Philippines |
238 |
263 |
10.5 |
| Singapore |
841 |
715 |
-15.0 |
| Thailand |
1,231 |
1,410 |
14.5 |
| Vietnam |
686 |
881 |
28.4 |
| |
|
|
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|
|
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| EUROPE |
144,840 |
149,663 |
3.3 |
| Albania |
24 |
19 |
-20.8 |
| Armenia |
51 |
35 |
-31.4 |
| Austria |
2,701 |
2,736 |
1.3 |
| Azerbaijan |
27 |
23 |
-14.8 |
| Belarus |
8 |
12 |
50.0 |
| Belgium |
1,244 |
1,374 |
10.5 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina |
54 |
56 |
3.7 |
| Bulgaria |
55 |
103 |
87.3 |
| Croatia |
270 |
271 |
0.4 |
| Cyprus |
174 |
144 |
-17.2 |
| Czech Republic |
3,409 |
3,291 |
-3.5 |
| Denmark |
2,228 |
2,478 |
11.2 |
| Estonia |
52 |
54 |
3.8 |
| Finland |
211 |
312 |
47.9 |
| France |
17,161 |
17,019 |
-0.8 |
| Georgia |
28 |
52 |
85.7 |
| Germany |
8,551 |
9,018 |
5.5 |
| Gibraltar |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Greece |
3,700 |
3,428 |
-7.4 |
| Hungary |
920 |
749 |
-18.6 |
| Iceland |
266 |
218 |
-18.0 |
| Ireland |
6,798 |
7,007 |
3.1 |
| Italy |
27,940 |
30,361 |
8.7 |
| Kosovo |
22 |
21 |
-4.5 |
| Latvia |
10 |
7 |
-30.0 |
| Liechtenstein |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Lithuania |
88 |
32 |
-63.6 |
| Luxembourg |
389 |
341 |
-12.3 |
| Macedonia |
35 |
30 |
-14.3 |
| Malta |
105 |
92 |
-12.4 |
| Moldova |
1 |
11 |
1,000.0 |
| Monaco |
16 |
27 |
68.8 |
| Montenegro |
17 |
21 |
23.5 |
| Netherlands |
2,369 |
2,467 |
4.1 |
| Norway |
440 |
463 |
5.2 |
| Poland |
437 |
561 |
28.4 |
| Portugal |
198 |
291 |
47.0 |
| Romania |
140 |
246 |
75.7 |
| Russia |
1,828 |
1,827 |
-0.1 |
| Serbia |
62 |
63 |
1.6 |
| Slovakia |
76 |
49 |
-35.5 |
| Slovenia |
7 |
29 |
314.3 |
| Spain |
25,411 |
25,965 |
2.2 |
| Sweden |
1,002 |
1,003 |
0.1 |
| Switzerland |
1,863 |
2,019 |
8.4 |
| Turkey |
1,522 |
2,042 |
34.2 |
| Ukraine |
198 |
110 |
-44.4 |
| United Kingdom |
32,683 |
33,182 |
1.5 |
| Vatican City/Holy See |
47 |
4 |
-91.5 |
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| LATIN AMERICA |
40,649 |
39,871 |
-1.9 |
| |
|
|
|
| Caribbean |
4,303 |
4,740 |
10.2 |
| Anguilla |
14 |
1 |
-92.9 |
| Antigua and Barbuda |
0 |
24 |
- |
| Aruba |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Bahamas |
755 |
947 |
25.4 |
| Barbados |
204 |
248 |
21.6 |
| British Virgin Islands |
47 |
114 |
142.6 |
| Cayman Islands |
120 |
52 |
-56.7 |
| Cuba |
298 |
375 |
25.8 |
| Dominica |
117 |
72 |
-38.5 |
| Dominican Republic |
1,324 |
1,343 |
1.4 |
| Grenada |
99 |
94 |
-5.1 |
| Guadeloupe |
2 |
21 |
950.0 |
| Haiti |
85 |
213 |
150.6 |
| Jamaica |
614 |
666 |
8.5 |
| Martinique |
70 |
43 |
-38.6 |
| Montserrat |
0 |
1 |
- |
| Netherlands Antilles |
124 |
84 |
-32.3 |
| St. Kitts and Nevis |
50 |
89 |
78.0 |
| St. Lucia |
73 |
71 |
-2.7 |
| St. Vincent/Grenadines |
7 |
11 |
57.1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago |
217 |
169 |
-22.1 |
| Turks and Caicos |
83 |
101 |
21.7 |
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|
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|
| Central America & Mexico |
19,058 |
17,361 |
-8.9 |
| Belize |
1,541 |
1,715 |
11.3 |
| Costa Rica |
6,262 |
7,230 |
15.5 |
| El Salvador |
385 |
303 |
-21.3 |
| Guatemala |
1,333 |
1,254 |
-5.9 |
| Honduras |
631 |
1,004 |
59.1 |
| Mexico |
7,157 |
4,167 |
-41.8 |
| Nicaragua |
1,058 |
1,064 |
0.6 |
| Panama |
691 |
624 |
-9.7 |
| |
|
|
|
| South America |
17,288 |
17,770 |
2.8 |
| Argentina |
4,835 |
4,589 |
-5.1 |
| Bolivia |
359 |
306 |
-14.8 |
| Brazil |
3,099 |
3,485 |
12.5 |
| Chile |
3,115 |
3,280 |
5.3 |
| Colombia |
180 |
200 |
11.1 |
| Ecuador |
2,960 |
3,107 |
5.0 |
| French Guiana |
1 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Guyana |
51 |
31 |
-39.2 |
| Paraguay |
39 |
36 |
-7.7 |
| Peru |
2,316 |
2,448 |
5.7 |
| Suriname |
23 |
38 |
65.2 |
| Uruguay |
168 |
133 |
-20.8 |
| Venezuela |
142 |
117 |
-17.6 |
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| MIDDLE EAST |
4,959 |
4,997 |
0.8 |
| Bahrain |
31 |
16 |
-48.4 |
| Iran |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Iraq |
2 |
1 |
-50.0 |
| Israel |
3,146 |
3441 |
9.4 |
| Jordan |
745 |
731 |
-1.9 |
| Kuwait |
30 |
30 |
0.0 |
| Lebanon |
86 |
117 |
36.0 |
| Oman |
48 |
36 |
-25.0 |
| Palestinian Territories |
27 |
15 |
-44.4 |
| Qatar |
84 |
67 |
-20.2 |
| Saudi Arabia |
14 |
18 |
28.6 |
| Syria |
104 |
50 |
-51.9 |
| United Arab Emirates |
634 |
474 |
-25.2 |
| Yemen |
6 |
0 |
-100.0 |
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| NORTH AMERICA |
1,899 |
1,555 |
-18.1 |
| Bermuda |
149 |
129 |
-13.4 |
| Canada |
1,750 |
1426 |
-18.5 |
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| OCEANIA |
13,566 |
13,156 |
-3.0 |
| Australia |
9,962 |
9,736 |
-2.3 |
| Cook Islands |
6 |
2 |
-66.7 |
| Fiji |
239 |
259 |
8.4 |
| French Polynesia |
153 |
79 |
-48.4 |
| Kiribati |
1 |
4 |
300.0 |
| Marshall Islands |
25 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Micronesia |
3 |
58 |
1,833.3 |
| New Caledonia |
1 |
1 |
0.0 |
| New Zealand |
3,113 |
2,900 |
-6.8 |
| Palau |
12 |
31 |
158.3 |
| Papua New Guinea |
6 |
2 |
-66.7 |
| Samoa |
8 |
30 |
275.0 |
| Solomon Islands |
3 |
0 |
-100.0 |
| Tonga |
34 |
47 |
38.2 |
| Vanuatu |
0 |
7 |
- |
| |
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| ANTARCTICA |
65 |
37 |
-43.1 |
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|
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| MULTIPLE DESTINATIONS |
17,548 |
18,549 |
5.7 |
| |
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| WORLD TOTAL |
270,604 |
273,996 |
1.3 |
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2012). "Host Regions and Destinations of U.S. Study Abroad Students, 2009/10 - 2010/11." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors