2013/14 - 2014/15
| DESTINATIONS OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD STUDENTS, 2013/14 & 2014/15 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destination | 2013/14 | 2014/15 | % of Total | % Change |
| AFRICA, SUB-SAHARAN | 13,266 | 10,647 | 3.4 | -19.7 |
| Central Africa | 251 | 152 | -39.4 | |
| Cameroon | 175 | 92 | -47.4 | |
| Central African Republic | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Chad | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of (Kinshasa) | 16 | 15 | -6.3 | |
| Congo, Rep. of (Brazzaville) | 3 | 3 | 0.0 | |
| Equatorial Guinea | 12 | 17 | 41.7 | |
| Gabon | 45 | 20 | -55.6 | |
| São Tomé and Príncipe | 0 | 5 | - | |
| East Africa | 3,580 | 2,919 | -18.5 | |
| Burundi | 1 | 2 | 100.0 | |
| Djibouti | 1 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Eritrea | 1 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Ethiopia | 235 | 261 | 11.1 | |
| Kenya | 1,022 | 634 | -38.0 | |
| Rwanda | 332 | 275 | -17.2 | |
| Seychelles | 1 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Somalia | 1 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| South Sudan | 7 | 3 | -57.1 | |
| Sudan | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Tanzania | 1,294 | 1,216 | -6.0 | |
| Uganda | 685 | 527 | -23.1 | |
| Southern Africa | 6,247 | 6,542 | 4.7 | |
| Angola | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Botswana | 268 | 279 | 4.1 | |
| Comoros | 0 | 1 | - | |
| Lesotho | 26 | 14 | -46.2 | |
| Madagascar | 138 | 114 | -17.4 | |
| Malawi | 223 | 195 | -12.6 | |
| Mauritius | 4 | 4 | 0.0 | |
| Mozambique | 44 | 32 | -27.3 | |
| Namibia | 167 | 227 | 35.9 | |
| Reunion | 1 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| South Africa | 4,968 | 5,249 | 5.7 | |
| Swaziland | 70 | 89 | 27.1 | |
| Zambia | 291 | 299 | 2.7 | |
| Zimbabwe | 47 | 38 | -19.1 | |
| West Africa | 3,188 | 1,034 | -67.6 | |
| Benin | 46 | 15 | -67.4 | |
| Burkina Faso | 31 | 8 | -74.2 | |
| Cabo Verde / Cape Verde | 2 | 18 | 800.0 | |
| Cote d'lvoire / Ivory Coast | 15 | 4 | -73.3 | |
| Gambia | 118 | 25 | -78.8 | |
| Ghana | 2,301 | 737 | -68.0 | |
| Guinea | 4 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Guinea-Bissau | 5 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Liberia | 70 | 3 | -95.7 | |
| Mali | 16 | 3 | -81.3 | |
| Mauritania | 1 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Niger | 5 | 3 | -40.0 | |
| Nigeria | 18 | 11 | -38.9 | |
| Saint Helena | 11 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Senegal | 381 | 199 | -47.8 | |
| Sierra Leone | 128 | 3 | -97.7 | |
| Togo | 36 | 5 | -86.1 | |
| ASIA | 36,290 | 35,713 | 11.4 | -1.6 |
| East Asia | 25,460 | 24,825 | -2.5 | |
| China | 13,763 | 12,790 | -7.1 | |
| Hong Kong | 1,596 | 1,508 | -5.5 | |
| Japan | 5,978 | 6,053 | 1.3 | |
| Macau | 18 | 3 | -83.3 | |
| Mongolia | 85 | 71 | -16.5 | |
| South Korea | 3,219 | 3,520 | 9.4 | |
| Taiwan | 801 | 880 | 9.9 | |
| South and Central Asia | 5,337 | 5,162 | -3.3 | |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Bangladesh | 54 | 81 | 50.0 | |
| Bhutan | 38 | 41 | 7.9 | |
| India | 4,583 | 4,438 | -3.2 | |
| Kazakhstan | 37 | 55 | 48.6 | |
| Kyrgyzstan | 27 | 30 | 11.1 | |
| Maldives | 1 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Nepal | 460 | 368 | -20.0 | |
| Pakistan | 6 | 10 | 66.7 | |
| Sri Lanka | 100 | 121 | 21.0 | |
| Tajikistan | 26 | 18 | -30.8 | |
| Turkmenistan | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Uzbekistan | 3 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Southeast Asia | 5,493 | 5,726 | 4.2 | |
| Brunei | 0 | 25 | - | |
| Cambodia | 381 | 482 | 26.5 | |
| Indonesia | 508 | 534 | 5.1 | |
| Laos | 5 | 15 | 200.0 | |
| Malaysia | 159 | 152 | -4.4 | |
| Myanmar/Burma | 61 | 67 | 9.8 | |
| Philippines | 329 | 353 | 7.3 | |
| Singapore | 1,124 | 1,080 | -3.9 | |
| Thailand | 1,919 | 2,096 | 9.2 | |
| Timor-Leste/East Timor | 7 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Vietnam | 1,000 | 922 | -7.8 | |
| EUROPE | 162,282 | 170,879 | 54.5 | 5.3 |
| Albania | 17 | 22 | 29.4 | |
| Andorra | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Armenia | 39 | 42 | 7.7 | |
| Austria | 2,744 | 3,211 | 17.0 | |
| Azerbaijan | 16 | 22 | 37.5 | |
| Belarus | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Belgium | 1,458 | 1,477 | 1.3 | |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 111 | 58 | -47.7 | |
| Bulgaria | 117 | 42 | -64.1 | |
| Croatia | 330 | 350 | 6.1 | |
| Cyprus | 229 | 278 | 21.4 | |
| Czech Republic | 3,572 | 4,093 | 14.6 | |
| Denmark | 3,545 | 4,034 | 13.8 | |
| Estonia | 145 | 92 | -36.6 | |
| Finland | 263 | 330 | 25.5 | |
| France | 17,597 | 18,198 | 3.4 | |
| Georgia | 20 | 94 | 370.0 | |
| Germany | 10,377 | 11,010 | 6.1 | |
| Gibraltar | 1 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Greece | 3,066 | 3,628 | 18.3 | |
| Hungary | 806 | 899 | 11.5 | |
| Iceland | 485 | 513 | 5.8 | |
| Ireland | 8,823 | 10,230 | 15.9 | |
| Italy | 31,166 | 33,768 | 8.3 | |
| Kosovo | 31 | 18 | -41.9 | |
| Latvia | 67 | 75 | 11.9 | |
| Liechtenstein | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Lithuania | 152 | 110 | -27.6 | |
| Luxembourg | 357 | 372 | 4.2 | |
| Macedonia | 7 | 4 | -42.9 | |
| Malta | 128 | 65 | -49.2 | |
| Moldova | 6 | 10 | 66.7 | |
| Monaco | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Montenegro | 0 | 5 | - | |
| Netherlands | 2,615 | 2,929 | 12.0 | |
| Norway | 606 | 631 | 4.1 | |
| Poland | 601 | 730 | 21.5 | |
| Portugal | 319 | 423 | 32.6 | |
| Romania | 270 | 181 | -33.0 | |
| Russia | 1,527 | 1,187 | -22.3 | |
| San Marino | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Serbia | 85 | 76 | -10.6 | |
| Slovakia | 59 | 70 | 18.6 | |
| Slovenia | 75 | 47 | -37.3 | |
| Spain | 26,949 | 28,325 | 5.1 | |
| Sweden | 1,224 | 1,404 | 14.7 | |
| Switzerland | 1,809 | 1,738 | -3.9 | |
| Turkey | 2,163 | 1,889 | -12.7 | |
| Ukraine | 38 | 7 | -81.6 | |
| United Kingdom | 38,250 | 38,189 | -0.2 | |
| Vatican City/Holy See | 16 | 2 | -87.5 | |
| LATIN AMERICA & CARIBBEAN | 49,312 | 50,298 | 16.0 | 2.0 |
| Caribbean | 7,350 | 8,344 | 13.5 | |
| Anguilla | 12 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Antigua And Barbuda | 52 | 22 | -57.7 | |
| Aruba | 1 | 14 | 1,300.0 | |
| Bahamas | 750 | 900 | 20.0 | |
| Barbados | 156 | 169 | 8.3 | |
| Bermuda | 163 | 119 | -27.0 | |
| British Virgin Islands | 58 | 140 | 141.4 | |
| Cayman Islands | 92 | 90 | -2.2 | |
| Cuba | 1,845 | 2,384 | 29.2 | |
| Curacao | 46 | 25 | -45.7 | |
| Dominica | 83 | 147 | 77.1 | |
| Dominican Republic | 1,698 | 2,146 | 26.4 | |
| Grenada | 28 | 32 | 14.3 | |
| Guadeloupe | 10 | 3 | -70.0 | |
| Haiti | 740 | 532 | -28.1 | |
| Jamaica | 975 | 1,047 | 7.4 | |
| Martinique | 42 | 43 | 2.4 | |
| Montserrat | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Netherlands | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 52 | 54 | 3.8 | |
| Saint Lucia | 56 | 54 | -3.6 | |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 15 | - | |
| Sint Maarten | 4 | 1 | -75.0 | |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 349 | 282 | -19.2 | |
| Turks and Caicos | 138 | 125 | -9.4 | |
| Mexico and Central America | 21,847 | 22,788 | 4.3 | |
| Belize | 2,667 | 2,590 | -2.9 | |
| Costa Rica | 8,578 | 9,305 | 8.5 | |
| El Salvador | 242 | 298 | 23.1 | |
| Guatemala | 2,168 | 2,195 | 1.2 | |
| Honduras | 757 | 693 | -8.5 | |
| Mexico | 4,445 | 4,712 | 6.0 | |
| Nicaragua | 1,884 | 1,930 | 2.4 | |
| Panama | 1,106 | 1,065 | -3.7 | |
| South America | 20,115 | 19,166 | -4.7 | |
| Argentina | 4,301 | 3,708 | -13.8 | |
| Bolivia | 353 | 320 | -9.3 | |
| Brazil | 4,226 | 3,836 | -9.2 | |
| Chile | 3,333 | 3,136 | -5.9 | |
| Colombia | 439 | 664 | 51.3 | |
| Ecuador | 3,699 | 3,746 | 1.3 | |
| Falkland Islands | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| French Guiana | 2 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Guyana | 114 | 72 | -36.8 | |
| Paraguay | 14 | 48 | 242.9 | |
| Peru | 3,396 | 3,481 | 2.5 | |
| Suriname | 0 | 13 | - | |
| Uruguay | 201 | 116 | -42.3 | |
| Venezuela | 37 | 26 | -29.7 | |
| MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA | 6,349 | 6,844 | 2.2 | 7.8 |
| Middle East | 5,003 | 5,276 | 5.5 | |
| Bahrain | 14 | 16 | 14.3 | |
| Iran | 15 | 2 | -86.7 | |
| Iraq | 6 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Israel | 2,876 | 3,317 | 15.3 | |
| Jordan | 1,085 | 985 | -9.2 | |
| Kuwait | 28 | 28 | 0.0 | |
| Lebanon | 26 | 37 | 42.3 | |
| Oman | 71 | 92 | 29.6 | |
| Palestinian Territories | 22 | 30 | 36.4 | |
| Qatar | 99 | 138 | 39.4 | |
| Saudi Arabia | 25 | 11 | -56.0 | |
| Syria | 0 | 1 | - | |
| United Arab Emirates | 735 | 619 | -15.8 | |
| Yemen | 1 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| North Africa | 1,346 | 1,568 | 16.5 | |
| Algeria | 2 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Egypt | 37 | 109 | 194.6 | |
| Libya | 2 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Morocco | 1,255 | 1,413 | 12.6 | |
| Tunisia | 50 | 46 | -8.0 | |
| NORTH AMERICA | 1,470 | 1,569 | 0.5 | 6.7 |
| Canada | 1,470 | 1,569 | 6.7 | |
| OCEANIA | 11,923 | 12,614 | 4.0 | 5.8 |
| Australia | 8,369 | 8,810 | 5.3 | |
| Cook Islands | 1 | 1 | 0.0 | |
| Fiji | 260 | 249 | -4.2 | |
| French Polynesia | 110 | 64 | -41.8 | |
| Kiribati | 1 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Marshall Islands | 2 | 3 | 50.0 | |
| Micronesia | 56 | 18 | -67.9 | |
| Nauru | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| New Caledonia | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| New Zealand | 3,021 | 3,325 | 10.1 | |
| Niue | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Norfolk Island | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Palau | 37 | 65 | 75.7 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 6 | -14.3 | |
| Samoa | 43 | 55 | 27.9 | |
| Solomon Islands | 0 | 3 | - | |
| Tonga | 14 | 15 | 7.1 | |
| Tuvalu | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| Vanuatu | 2 | 0 | -100.0 | |
| Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | |
| ANTARCTICA | 15 | 64 | 0.0 | 326.7 |
| MULTI-DESTINATION | 23,560 | 24,787 | 7.9 | 5.2 |
| WORLD TOTAL | 304,467 | 313,415 | 100.0 | 2.9 |
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Suggested citation: Institute of International Education. (2016). "Host Regions and Destinations of U.S. Study Abroad Students, 2013/14 - 2014/15." Open Doors Report on International Educational Exchange. Retrieved from http://www.iie.org/opendoors