Table C4. Foreign students by 50 major host countries, 1985 and 1995 or LYA (in decreasing order)
|
Host countries |
Year |
Number of foreign students |
Year |
Number of Foreign students |
Annual average growth rate % |
|
United States |
1985 |
343 780 |
1995 |
453 787 |
2,8 |
|
United Kingdom |
1985 |
53 694 |
1995 |
197 188 |
13,9 |
|
Germany |
1990 |
107 005 |
1995 |
159 894 |
8,4 |
|
France |
1985 |
131 979 |
1995 |
130 431 |
-0,1 |
|
Russian Fed. |
1985 |
. |
1995 |
67 025 |
. |
|
Japan |
1985 |
12 442 |
1995 |
53 847 |
15,8 |
|
Australia1 |
1985 |
16 075 |
1995 |
47 834 |
11,5 |
|
Belgium |
1985 |
24 761 |
1995 |
34 966 |
3,5 |
|
Canada2 |
1985 |
29 496 |
1995 |
31 435 |
0,6 |
|
Austria |
1985 |
15 388 |
1995 |
26 883 |
5,7 |
|
Switzerland |
1985 |
17 396 |
1995 |
24 093 |
3,3 |
|
China |
1985 |
3 250 |
1993 |
22 755 |
27,5 |
|
Italy |
1985 |
26 268 |
1995 |
22 369 |
-1,6 |
|
Spain |
1985 |
… |
1994 |
21 403 |
… |
|
Ukraine |
1985 |
… |
1994 |
18 302 |
… |
|
Lebanon |
1985 |
23 157 |
1995 |
18 253 |
-2,4 |
|
Romania |
1985 |
10 774 |
1995 |
16 000 |
4,0 |
|
Turkey |
1985 |
7 021 |
1994 |
14 719 |
8,6 |
|
Holy See |
1985 |
9 775 |
1995 |
14 403 |
4,0 |
|
Argentina |
1985 |
... |
1994 |
12 678 |
... |
|
South Africa |
1985 |
... |
1994 |
12 625 |
... |
|
Syrian Arab Rep. |
1985 |
12 909 |
1994 |
11 790 |
-1,0 |
|
Sweden |
1984 |
10 401 |
1995 |
11 402 |
0,9 |
|
Norway |
1985 |
... |
1995 |
11 225 |
... |
|
Jordan |
1984 |
2 231 |
1995 |
10 008 |
14,6 |
|
Denmark |
1985 |
3 167 |
1995 |
8 982 |
11,0 |
|
Bulgaria |
1985 |
7 254 |
1995 |
8 342 |
1,4 |
|
Netherlands2 |
1985 |
4 171 |
1995 |
6 858 |
5,1 |
|
Egypt |
1985 |
12 235 |
1995 |
6 726 |
-5,8 |
|
Hungary |
1985 |
2 485 |
1994 |
6 399 |
11,1 |
|
Portugal |
1985 |
2 047 |
1994 |
6 140 |
13,0 |
|
New Zealand |
1985 |
2 618 |
1995 |
5 883 |
8,4 |
|
Ireland |
1985 |
2 606 |
1995 |
5 794 |
8,3 |
|
Saudi Arabia |
1985 |
17 607 |
1995 |
5 361 |
-11,2 |
|
Poland |
1985 |
2 986 |
1995 |
5 202 |
5,7 |
|
Philippines |
1984 |
4 460 |
1995 |
4 864 |
0,8 |
|
Cuba |
1985 |
3 161 |
1995 |
4 245 |
3,0 |
|
Morocco |
1985 |
2 064 |
1994 |
3 617 |
6,4 |
|
Kazakstan |
1985 |
. |
1995 |
2 928 |
. |
|
Czech Rep. |
1990 |
3 122 |
1994 |
2 836 |
-2,4 |
|
Tunisia |
1985 |
1 349 |
1995 |
2 697 |
7,2 |
|
Kuwait |
1985 |
5 985 |
1995 |
2 694 |
-7,7 |
|
Belarus |
1985 |
. |
1995 |
2 686 |
. |
|
Finland |
1985 |
979 |
1994 |
2 566 |
11,3 |
|
Algeria |
1983 |
2 479 |
1992 |
2 550 |
0,3 |
|
Korea, Rep. of |
1985 |
978 |
1995 |
1 983 |
7,3 |
|
Slovakia |
1985 |
. |
1995 |
1 797 |
. |
|
Latvia |
1985 |
. |
1993 |
1 572 |
. |
|
Greece |
1982 |
6 683 |
1991 |
1 513 |
-15,2 |
|
Cyprus |
1985 |
544 |
1995 |
1 511 |
10,8 |
1. Data refer to universities and degree-granting institutions only.
2. Data refer to universities only.