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Higher Education Sector | Inbound Mobility | Outbound Mobility


2010/11

Total international student enrollment: 72,488

Top 10 places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

  Place of Origin Number of Students Percent of Total
1 Italy 5,729 7.9%
2 Colombia 5,206 7.2%
3 Morocco 4,458 6.1%
4 Romania 3,437 4.7%
5 France 3,037 4.2%
6 Peru 2,857 3.9%
7 Argentina 2,871 4.0%
8 Ecuador 2,715 3.7%
9 Germany 2,538 3.5%
10 China 2,337 3.2%
  All Others 37,303 51.5%

Source: Ministry of Education of Spain as reported by Fundación Universidad.es


2009/10

Total international student enrollment: 76,333

Top 10 places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Rank Place of Origin Number of Students Percent of Total
1 Colombia 6,169 8.1%
2 Italy 5,146 6.7%
3 Morocco 4,973 6.5%
4 Mexico 4,167 5.5%
5 Argentina 4,059 5.3%
6 Venezuela 3,382 4.4%
7 Portugal 3,368 4.4%
8 Peru 3,348 4.4%
9 Romania 3,088 4.0%
10 France 3,075 4.0%
All Others 35,558 46.7%

Source: Fundación Universidad.es


2008/09

Total international student enrollment: 65,568

Top 10 places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Rank Place of Origin Percent of Total
1 Colombia 8.6%
2 Morocco 7.4%
3 Italy 6.7%
4 Mexico 6.4%
5 Portugal 5.1%
6 Argentina 5.1%
7 Brazil 4.5%
8 Peru 4.5%
9 Venezuela 4.2%
10 Romania 3.8%
All Others 43.7%

Source: Fundación Universidad.es


2006

Total international student enrollment:18,206

Top 10 places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Place of Origin Number of Students Percent of Total
1 Mexico 1,705 9.3%
2 Portugal 1,655 9.0%
3 Morocco 1,613 8.8%
4 Peru 1,035 5.6%
5 Argentina 975 5.3%
6 Italy 939 5.1%
7 Colombia 929 5.1%
8 France 892 4.8%
9 Germany 826 4.5%
10 Brazil 663 3.6%
All Others 6,974 38.9%
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics. (2008). Global Education Digest 2008. Montreal, Quebec: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.

2005

Total international student enrollment: 45,603

Top 10 places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Place of Origin Percent of Total
1 Morocco 10.0%
2 Colombia 9.3%
3 Mexico 7.0%
4 Argentina 6.9%
5 Italy 5.2%
6 Portugal 5.0%
7 Peru 5.0%
8 Brazil 4.0%
9 Venezuela 3.8%
10 Ecuador 3.8%
All Others 40.0%
Source: Fundación Universidad.es

2004

Total international student enrollment: 41,734 

Top 10 places of origin and percentage of total international student enrollment

Place of Origin Percent of Total
1 Morocco 11.3%
2 Colombia 9.5%
3 Argentina 6.6%
4 Mexico 6.4%
5 Portugal 4.5%
6 Italy 4.4%
7 Peru 4.4%
8 Venezuela 4.1%
9 Brazil 4.1%
10 France 4.0%
All Others 40.7%
Source: Fundación Universidad.es
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