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

31,903count · 2018-37.1% 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 Japan from 1998 to 2018.

19982018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
201831,903
201731,762
201631,649
201530,557
201433,882
201333,427
201233,500
201135,880
201040,256
200945,327
200850,682
200755,002
200658,848
200563,492
200460,628
200364,219
200263,295
200156,623
200058,931
199958,092
199856,790

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 2026-11-08). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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