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

24,118count · 2018+54.9% 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 Sri Lanka from 1998 to 2018.

19982018

Every year

YearValue (count)Note
201824,118
201720,876
201618,751
201517,354
201416,253
201316,042
201216,442
201116,583
201016,923
200916,560
200815,567
200713,194
200611,166
200510,079
20049,475
20039,841
20028,943
20017,290
20006,711
19996,233
19985,997

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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