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Inbound mobility rate, male (%) by country

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

Countries reporting
98
Highest
87.1%
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Lowest
0.0%
Seychelles
Median
5.6%
Years covered
23
1997–2019
Data points
1,903

What the numbers show

Inbound mobility rate, male (%) is currently reported for 98 countries. The highest value is 87.1% in Saint Kitts and Nevis; the lowest is 0.0% in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 5.6%, and the mean is 9.3%.

Over the past decade 64 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Mauritius (up 3,066.6%), and the largest decrease in Chile (down 69.9%).

Inbound mobility rate, male: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Saint Kitts and Nevis 87.1% 2014 — volatile
3 United Arab Emirates 54.7% 2016 up 12.6% rising
4 Macao 49.9% 2019 down 15.0% falling
6 Qatar 46.6% 2019 up 9.1% rising
7 Andorra 40.6% 2019 up 21.4% rising
8 Cyprus 35.1% 2018 down 16.6% falling
9 Aruba 26.3% 2016 up 212.6% volatile
10 New Zealand 23.8% 2018 up 12.4% flat
11 Singapore 20.7% 2012 — falling
12 United Kingdom 19.5% 2018 up 8.8% rising
13 Jordan 19.4% 2018 up 34.3% rising
14 Switzerland 17.7% 2018 up 23.3% flat
15 Austria 17.3% 2018 up 3.2% rising
16 Canada 16.9% 2018 up 104.1% rising
17 Bahrain 16.0% 2019 up 170.8% rising
18 Czechia 14.8% 2018 up 90.4% rising
19 Latvia 14.1% 2018 up 717.8% volatile
20 Estonia 13.3% 2018 up 626.0% volatile
21 Lebanon 12.9% 2012 down 14.5% rising
22 Hungary 12.5% 2018 up 179.5% rising
23 Kyrgyzstan 12.5% 2019 up 59.2% rising
24 Hong Kong 12.2% 2019 up 252.9% volatile
25 Denmark 11.8% 2018 up 293.8% rising
26 Netherlands 11.2% 2018 up 158.8% volatile
28 Georgia 10.7% 2019 — volatile
29 Malaysia 10.4% 2019 up 21.9% rising
30 Germany 10.3% 2018 up 54.9% rising
31 Belgium 9.8% 2018 up 42.3% falling
32 France 9.5% 2018 down 23.2% falling
33 Finland 9.4% 2018 up 107.7% rising
35 Sweden 9.1% 2018 up 10.0% flat
36 Senegal 9.0% 2019 up 32.4% falling
37 Iceland 8.8% 2018 up 87.0% rising
38 Slovakia 8.6% 2018 up 166.8% volatile
39 Bermuda 8.6% 2018 up 48.6% volatile
40 Bosnia and Herzegovina 8.3% 2019 up 58.2% rising
41 Portugal 8.2% 2018 up 291.4% rising
42 Bulgaria 7.8% 2018 up 63.7% rising
43 Moldova 7.5% 2019 up 297.6% rising
44 North Macedonia 6.9% 2018 up 155.3% volatile
45 Mauritius 6.8% 2017 up 3,066.6% volatile
46 Lithuania 6.8% 2018 up 303.4% volatile
47 United States 6.6% 2017 up 41.1% rising
48 Burundi 6.6% 2018 up 4.1% falling
49 Armenia 6.5% 2019 up 47.8% rising
50 Romania 6.5% 2018 up 289.1% rising
51 Niger 5.9% 2019 down 28.6% rising
52 Belarus 5.8% 2018 — rising
53 Trinidad and Tobago 5.8% 2004 down 65.7% falling
54 Italy 5.5% 2018 up 43.6% rising
55 Serbia 5.2% 2019 up 6.1% rising
56 Japan 5.0% 2018 up 64.8% rising
57 South Africa 4.9% 2018 down 13.6% falling
58 Norway 4.9% 2018 down 40.2% falling
59 Saudi Arabia 4.9% 2019 up 37.8% rising
60 Slovenia 4.7% 2018 up 301.7% volatile
61 Poland 4.5% 2018 up 447.4% volatile
62 Brunei 4.2% 2019 down 36.6% rising
63 Benin 4.1% 2018 down 23.1% flat
64 Rwanda 4.1% 2019 up 321.9% volatile
65 Spain 3.6% 2018 up 74.7% rising
66 Oman 3.5% 2019 up 44.2% rising
67 Greece 3.4% 2018 down 17.6% rising
68 Croatia 3.2% 2018 up 22.9% volatile
69 Albania 3.2% 2019 up 92.6% falling
70 Azerbaijan 2.7% 2019 down 52.6% falling
71 Egypt 2.6% 2016 up 36.2% rising
72 Israel 2.6% 2014 — rising
73 Morocco 2.6% 2019 down 4.1% rising
74 Burkina Faso 2.5% 2019 down 18.3% flat
75 Dominican Republic 2.4% 2017 down 46.5% falling
76 Cote d'Ivoire 2.2% 2017 down 64.1% volatile
77 Cape Verde 2.1% 2018 up 8.6% rising
78 South Korea 2.1% 2018 up 97.0% volatile
79 Turkey 2.0% 2018 up 115.3% rising
80 Madagascar 1.8% 2018 down 23.8% falling
81 Thailand 1.4% 2016 up 389.0% volatile
82 Ghana 1.4% 2019 up 41.1% rising
83 Mongolia 1.2% 2018 up 6.3% rising
84 Honduras 1.2% 2018 up 18.4% rising
85 Tajikistan 1.0% 2017 down 18.5% falling
86 Mali 0.8% 2015 — falling
87 Sri Lanka 0.8% 2019 up 46.3% rising
88 El Salvador 0.7% 2018 down 3.2% rising
89 Laos 0.6% 2019 down 17.8% falling
90 Iran 0.6% 2018 up 1,208.9% volatile
91 China 0.5% 2019 up 115.6% rising
92 Lesotho 0.5% 2018 down 4.8% volatile
93 Chile 0.5% 2018 down 69.9% volatile
94 Mozambique 0.4% 2018 down 4.0% flat
95 Vietnam 0.4% 2016 up 75.6% rising
96 Brazil 0.3% 2018 up 2.3% rising
97 Colombia 0.2% 2018 — rising
98 India 0.2% 2019 up 88.8% rising
99 Comoros 0.0% 2014 — flat
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, male (%)
Unit
%
Source
UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
140 places, 1,903 data points, 1997–2019
Last refreshed

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