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Higher Education Sector | Outbound Mobility

2014

Number of students from South Africa studying aboard: 6,723

Top 10 destinations and number of students from South Africa studying aboard:

Rank Place of Destination Number of Students Percent of Total
1 United States 1,631 24.26%
2 United Kingdom 1,212 18.03%
3 Australia 700 10.41%
4 Cuba 426 6.34%
5 Canada 297 4.42%
6 Mauritius 271 4.03%
7 India 208 3.09%
8 Germany 207 3.08%
9 Saudi Arabia 199 2.96%
10 Brazil 138 2.05%

Data time reference: 2014
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2016). Global Flow of Tertiary- Level Students 2014.

Data retrieved 10/2016


2012

Number of students from South Africa studying aboard: 6,378

Top 10 destinations and number of students from South Africa studying aboard:

Rank Place of Destination Number of Students Percent of Total
1 United States 1,159 18.2%
2 United Kingdom 1,339 21.0%
3 Australia 787 12.3%
4 Cuba 426 6.7%
5 Bahrain 184 2.9%
6 Mauritius 177 2.8%
7 Saudi Arabia 173 2.7%
8 Germany 164 2.6%
9 Canada 150 2.4%
10 Brazil 138 2.2%
  All Others 1,681 26.4%

Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2014). Global Flow of Tertiary- Level Students 2014.


2010

Number of students from South Africa studying abroad: 6,166

Top 5 destinations and number of students from South Africa studying abroad

Rank Destination Number of Students
1 United States 1,641
2 United Kingdom 1,543
3 Australia 839
4 Cuba 377
5 Malaysia 198 (2009)
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2012). Global Education Digest 2012. Montreal, Quebec: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

2009

Number of students from South Africa studying abroad: 6,062

Top 5 destinations and number of students from South Africa studying abroad

Rank Destination Number of Students
1 United States 1,675
2 United Kingdom 1,582
3 Australia 875
4 Cuba 387
5 Ireland 161
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2011). Global Education Digest 2011. Montreal, Quebec: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

2008

Number of students from South Africa studying abroad: 5,500

Top 10 destinations and number of students from South Africa studying abroad

Rank Destination Number of Students
1 United States 1,622
2 United Kingdom 1,539
3 Australia 763
4 Cuba 258
5 Portugal 168 (2007)
6 Germany 157
7 New Zealand 91
8 Malaysia 85 (2007)
9 Greece 63 (2007)
10 Switzerland 60
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2010). Global Education Digest 2010. Montreal, Quebec: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

2007

Number of students from South Africa studying abroad: 5,746

Top 5 destinations and number of students from South Africa studying abroad

Rank Destination Number of Students
1 United States 1,702
2 United Kingdom 1,699
3 Australia 707
4 Germany 280
5 Cuba 243
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2009). Global Education Digest 2009. Montreal, Quebec: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

2006

Number of students from South Africa studying abroad: 6,638

Top 10 destinations and number of students from South Africa studying abroad

Rank Destination Number of Students
1 United States 1,770
2 Australia 1,578 (2005)
3 United Kingdom 1,559
4 Germany 273
5 Cuba 243 (2007)
6 Portugal 171
7 Canada 120 (2005)
8 France 101
9 Malaysia 81 (2005)
10 Switzerland 51
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2008). Global Education Digest 2008. Montreal, Quebec: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
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