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.