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South Africa: Inbound internationally mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa, both sexes

28,606count · 2023-15.7% since 2013

Inbound internationally mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator E.5T8.FOREIGN.ORG40540. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
202328,606
202225,945
202128,424
202029,816
201933,281
201834,787
201734,626
201635,164
201534,279
201434,000
201333,940
201232,905
201161,396
201048,234
200943,587
200846,857
200741,713
200635,928
200535,094
200436,302
200336,203
200231,724UIS_EST
200125,546UIS_EST
200021,318UIS_EST

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Published by UIS, produced by UNESCO Institute for Statistics. Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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UIS (2026). Inbound internationally mobile students from sub-Saharan Africa, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-e-5t8-foreign-org40540 (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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