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India: Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, both sexes

375,055count · 2018+101.5% since 2008

Students who have crossed a national or territorial border for the purpose of education and are now enrolled outside their country of origin. Annual figures for India from 1998 to 2018.

19982018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
2018375,055
2017341,442
2016305,364
2015257,006
2014215,954
2013190,637
2012192,035
2011206,680
2010210,817
2009205,781
2008186,113
2007163,800
2006147,687
2005147,428
2004135,345
2003121,233
2002103,827
200178,588
200066,792
199960,164
199859,112

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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World Bank (2026). Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-total-outbound-internationally-mobile-tertiary-students-studying-abroa (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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