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Inbound mobility rate, female (%) by country

Number of female students from abroad studying in a given country, as a percentage of the total female tertiary enrollment in that country.

Countries reporting
98
Highest
59.3%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
4.1%
Years covered
23
1997–2019
Data points
1,905

What the numbers show

Inbound mobility rate, female (%) is currently reported for 98 countries. The highest value is 59.3% in Saint Kitts and Nevis; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 4.1%, and the mean is 7.3%.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Iran (up 1,803.8%), and the largest decrease in Tajikistan (down 73.3%).

Inbound mobility rate, female: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
2 Saint Kitts and Nevis 59.3% 2014 — volatile
3 Macao 54.5% 2019 up 32.7% rising
5 United Arab Emirates 43.6% 2016 up 14.1% rising
6 Andorra 41.5% 2019 up 8.7% rising
7 Qatar 30.6% 2019 down 7.7% rising
8 Aruba 28.3% 2016 up 261.2% volatile
9 Switzerland 17.7% 2018 up 27.4% flat
10 Austria 17.6% 2018 up 5.4% rising
11 Singapore 17.6% 2012 — falling
12 United Kingdom 17.4% 2018 up 42.4% rising
13 New Zealand 16.7% 2018 up 33.8% rising
14 Hong Kong 16.3% 2019 up 327.3% volatile
15 Cyprus 14.0% 2018 up 5.9% falling
16 Bahrain 12.9% 2019 up 393.6% rising
17 Lebanon 12.8% 2012 up 91.0% rising
18 Czechia 12.7% 2018 up 93.2% rising
19 Netherlands 12.1% 2018 up 116.5% rising
20 Canada 11.4% 2018 up 124.7% rising
21 Belgium 11.0% 2018 up 39.4% rising
22 Hungary 10.5% 2018 up 227.1% volatile
23 Bermuda 10.5% 2018 up 71.6% rising
25 Denmark 9.8% 2018 up 278.7% rising
26 Germany 9.6% 2018 up 27.3% rising
27 Jordan 9.3% 2018 up 39.2% rising
29 France 8.1% 2018 down 21.1% falling
30 Portugal 7.6% 2018 up 246.9% rising
31 Slovakia 7.6% 2018 up 368.1% volatile
32 Iceland 7.6% 2018 up 83.7% rising
33 Estonia 7.0% 2018 up 430.7% volatile
34 Finland 6.8% 2018 up 135.7% volatile
35 Bosnia and Herzegovina 6.2% 2019 up 39.7% rising
36 Kyrgyzstan 6.1% 2019 down 17.2% falling
37 Sweden 5.9% 2018 up 55.6% flat
38 Latvia 5.8% 2018 up 476.1% volatile
39 Trinidad and Tobago 5.8% 2004 down 45.3% falling
40 Italy 5.7% 2018 up 86.4% rising
41 Senegal 5.7% 2019 down 19.8% falling
42 Georgia 5.6% 2019 — volatile
43 Benin 5.3% 2018 down 44.2% falling
44 Bulgaria 5.2% 2018 up 109.8% rising
45 Armenia 4.7% 2019 up 78.6% rising
46 Niger 4.6% 2019 up 147.3% rising
47 Romania 4.5% 2018 up 332.9% volatile
48 Japan 4.4% 2018 up 29.6% rising
49 Mauritius 4.3% 2017 up 1,395.9% volatile
50 Slovenia 4.3% 2018 up 262.8% volatile
51 Lithuania 4.2% 2018 up 227.1% volatile
52 Serbia 4.2% 2019 up 15.2% rising
53 Moldova 4.1% 2019 up 750.0% volatile
54 United States 4.1% 2017 up 42.2% rising
55 Saudi Arabia 4.0% 2019 up 112.8% rising
56 North Macedonia 3.7% 2018 up 156.3% volatile
57 Norway 3.7% 2018 down 47.8% falling
58 Malaysia 3.7% 2019 up 3.6% rising
59 South Korea 3.7% 2018 up 130.7% volatile
60 Greece 3.5% 2018 down 18.1% flat
61 Spain 3.3% 2018 up 53.6% rising
62 Rwanda 3.1% 2019 up 230.3% volatile
63 Poland 3.1% 2018 up 413.3% volatile
64 Belarus 3.0% 2018 — rising
65 Croatia 2.9% 2018 up 22.1% volatile
66 Israel 2.9% 2014 — volatile
67 Brunei 2.9% 2019 down 24.4% rising
68 South Africa 2.7% 2018 down 14.3% falling
69 Oman 2.3% 2019 up 71.7% rising
70 Cote d'Ivoire 2.1% 2017 down 50.8% falling
71 Burkina Faso 1.9% 2019 down 60.0% falling
72 Azerbaijan 1.8% 2019 up 32.0% rising
73 Burundi 1.8% 2018 down 70.2% volatile
74 Ghana 1.4% 2019 down 32.8% falling
75 Dominican Republic 1.4% 2017 down 52.7% falling
76 Morocco 1.3% 2019 up 26.3% rising
77 Thailand 1.2% 2016 up 541.2% volatile
78 Turkey 1.2% 2018 up 101.4% rising
79 Egypt 1.0% 2016 up 35.2% rising
80 Cape Verde 1.0% 2018 up 8.1% falling
81 Madagascar 1.0% 2018 up 4.8% falling
82 Mongolia 1.0% 2018 up 62.2% rising
83 Mali 0.9% 2015 — falling
84 Honduras 0.8% 2018 up 54.3% rising
85 Tajikistan 0.6% 2017 down 73.3% volatile
86 Albania 0.6% 2019 down 14.1% rising
87 Iran 0.6% 2018 up 1,803.8% volatile
88 Chile 0.5% 2018 down 70.1% volatile
89 China 0.4% 2019 up 95.1% rising
90 El Salvador 0.4% 2018 down 34.3% falling
91 Mozambique 0.3% 2018 up 18.6% flat
92 Laos 0.3% 2019 down 18.4% flat
93 Lesotho 0.3% 2018 down 45.0% volatile
94 Sri Lanka 0.3% 2019 up 154.4% rising
95 Brazil 0.2% 2018 down 20.6% falling
96 Colombia 0.2% 2018 — rising
97 Vietnam 0.1% 2016 up 92.0% volatile
98 India 0.1% 2019 down 9.4% flat
99 Comoros 0.0% 2014 — volatile
99 Djibouti 0.0% 2011 — flat
99 Palestine 0.0% 2019 — volatile
99 Seychelles 0.0% 2019 — flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Inbound mobility rate, female (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
140 places, 1,905 data points, 1997–2019
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Number of female students from abroad studying in a given country, as a percentage of the total female tertiary enrollment in that country.