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China: Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North America and Western Europe, both sexes

580,053count · 2023+37.7% since 2013

Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North America and Western Europe, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator OE.5T8.40500. Annual figures for China from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2023580,053
2022600,023
2021612,368
2020668,075
2019625,320UIS_EST
2018601,350
2017570,014
2016540,918
2015516,049
2014472,944
2013421,167
2012383,697UIS_EST
2011335,218UIS_EST
2010296,060UIS_EST
2009256,326UIS_EST
2008230,404UIS_EST
2007223,172UIS_EST
2006205,724UIS_EST
2005209,834
2004193,080UIS_EST
2003160,341UIS_EST
2002122,256UIS_EST
2001101,936UIS_EST
200087,031UIS_EST

Source

Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UIS (2026). Outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying in North America and Western Europe, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-oe-5t8-40500 (accessed 2026-11-10). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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