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

13,270count · 2023+87.7% since 2013

Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, both sexes (UIS estimate) (number). UNESCO Institute for Statistics indicator OE.5T8.40510. Annual figures for South Africa from 2000 to 2023.

20002023

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
202313,270UIS_EST
202212,604UIS_EST
202112,633UIS_EST
202013,282
201912,581UIS_EST
201811,966
201710,703
201610,075
20159,036
20148,193UIS_EST
20137,069UIS_EST
20126,577UIS_EST
20116,577UIS_EST
20106,646UIS_EST
20096,672UIS_EST
20085,782UIS_EST
20075,983UIS_EST
20065,861UIS_EST
20055,740UIS_EST
20045,788UIS_EST
20036,380UIS_EST
20026,428UIS_EST
20016,160UIS_EST
20005,677UIS_EST

Source

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). Total outbound internationally mobile tertiary students studying abroad, all countries, both sexes. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/uis-oe-5t8-40510 (accessed 2026-11-15). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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