Number of Foreign Students as Percent of Total University Enrollment in Selected OECD Countries: 1998 statistics

[Covers students enrolled in a program at the university level or its equivalent] Example of data: 0.15 percent of United States students are Canadian citizens]


COUNTRY			COUNTRY OF DESTINATION					COUNTRY OF DESTINATION					COUNTRY OF DESTINATION					COUNTRY OF DESTINATION					COUNTRY OF DESTINATION
OF
ORIGIN	United					Czech										Korea,		New							United
	States	Australia	Austria	Belgium	Canada	Republic	Denmark	Finland	France	Germany	Hungary	Iceland	Ireland	Italy	Japan	South	Luxembourg	Zealand	Norway	Poland	Spain	Sweden	Switzerland	Turkey	Kingdom

Total	3.24	12.59	11.49	4.03	3.78	1.89	6.01	1.73	7.30	8.16	2.61	2.40	4.84	1.24	0.90	0.10	30.46	3.67	3.16	0.46	1.66	4.48	15.95	1.32	10.81
United States	(X)	0.23	0.17	0.08	0.38	0.02	0.13	0.06	0.11	0.19	0.15	0.20	0.88	0.01	0.03	0.01	-	0.18	0.17	0.02	0.03	0.16	0.22	-	0.50
Australia	0.02	(X)	0.02	-	0.04	-	0.02	0.01	-	0.01	-	0.02	0.05	-	0.01	-	-	-	0.01	-	-	0.02	0.03	-	0.06
Austria	0.01	0.02	(X)	0.02	0.01	-	0.02	0.01	0.02	0.32	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.01	-	-	-	-	0.01	-	0.03	0.05	0.46	-	0.05
Belgium	0.01	0.01	0.04	(X)	0.02	-	0.01	0.01	0.09	0.05	-	-	0.04	0.01	-	-	3.43	-	0.01	-	0.05	0.01	0.16	-	0.11
Canada	0.15	0.17	0.02	0.02	(X)	0.01	0.03	0.03	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.05	0.05	-	-	-	-	0.02	0.03	0.01	-	0.02	0.09	-	0.15
Czech Republic	-	-	0.09	-	-	(X)	-	-	-	0.05	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	0.02	-	-	0.05	-	0.01
Denmark	0.01	0.02	0.03	0.01	0.01	-	(X)	0.01	0.02	0.03	0	0.37	0.02	-	-	-	-	0.01	0.34	-	0.02	0.23	0.06	-	0.09
Finland	0.01	0.01	0.07	0.01	0.01	-	0.05	(X)	0.01	0.05	0.01	0.20	0.06	-	-	-	-	-	0.07	-	0.01	0.84	0.04	-	0.13
France	0.04	0.03	0.15	0.08	0.41	-	0.06	0.02	(X)	0.30	0.01	0.06	0.34	0.03	-	-	11.72	0.02	0.05	-	0.22	0.08	1.68	-	0.65
Germany	0.06	0.15	2.19	0.13	0.09	0.02	0.32	0.07	0.26	(X)	0.18	0.17	0.37	0.05	-	-	0.98	0.10	0.16	0.01	0.18	0.25	3.58	0.00	0.67
Greece	0.02	0.01	0.14	0.06	0.01	0.31	0.01	0.01	0.13	0.40	0.34	0.01	0.02	0.61	-	-	0.16	-	0.01	-	0.01	0.06	0.20	0.09	1.30
Hungary	0.01	0.01	0.36	0.02	0.01	0.01	0.01	0.03	0.02	0.10	(X)	-	-	0.01	-	-	0	-	0.01	0.01	-	0.04	0.08	-	0.04
Iceland	-	-	0.01	-	-	-	0.34	0.02	-	0.01	-	(X)	-	-	-	-	0	-	0.11	-	-	0.12	-	-	0.01
Ireland	0.01	0.05	0.02	0.02	0.01	-	0.02	0.01	0.03	0.03	-	0.02	(X)	-	-	-	0	-	0.01	-	0.02	0.02	0.02	-	0.84
Italy	0.02	0.03	2.68	0.13	0.02	-	0.04	0.02	0.18	0.33	0.01	0.04	0.07	(X)	-	-	2.56	-	0.02	-	0.17	0.05	2.49	-	0.27
Japan	0.32	0.33	0.12	0.03	0.15	-	0.02	0.02	0.06	0.09	0.01	0.04	0.03	0.01	(X)	0.02	-	0.22	0.01	-	-	0.02	0.06	-	0.28
Korea, South	0.29	0.30	0.13	0.01	0.09	-	0	-	0.07	0.24	x	-	-	0.01	0.46	(X)	-	0.12	-	-	0.01	0.01	0.03	-	0.12
Luxembourg	-	-	0.12	0.01	-	-	0	-	0.05	0.06	-	-	0.01	-	-	-	(X)	-	-	-	-	-	0.13	-	0.03
Mexico	0.06	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.07	-	0.01	-	0.03	0.02	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.01	-	-	0.05	0.01	0.04	-	0.05
Netherlands	0.01	0.05	0.04	1.57	0.02	-	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.11	-	0.01	0.03	-	-	-	0.05	0.01	0.05	-	0.05	0.06	0.15	-	0.13
New Zealand	0.01	0.62	-	-	0.01	-	0.01	-	-	-	-	0.01	-	-	-	-	-	(X)	-	-	-	0.01	-	-	0.02
Norway	0.02	0.07	0.04	0.01	0.02	0.01	0.63	0.02	0.02	0.05	0.11	0.31	0.04	-	-	-	-	0.01	(X)	0.01	0.01	0.35	0.08	-	0.19
Poland	0.01	0.02	0.28	0.05	0.01	0.03	0.11	0.02	0.07	0.33	0.02	0.05	-	-	-	-	0.05	-	0.04	(X)	-	0.14	0.17	-	0.03
Portugal	0.01	0.01	0.02	0.02	0.01	-	0.01	0.01	0.17	0.08	-	0.01	0.01	-	-	-	5.99	-	0.01	-	0.04	0.01	0.23	-	0.10
Spain	0.03	0.01	0.12	0.07	0.02	-	0.04	0.01	0.17	0.25	-	0.06	0.16	0.01	-	-	0.54	-	0.02	-	(X)	0.04	0.96	-	0.35
Sweden	0.03	0.06	0.11	0.01	0.03	0.01	0.24	0.15	0.04	0.05	0.03	0.22	0.04	0.01	-	-	-	0.04	0.31	0.01	0.02	(X)	0.12	-	0.15
Switzerland	0.01	0.02	0.11	0.02	0.02	-	0.03	0.01	0.04	0.09	-	0.01	0.02	-	-	-	-	-	0.02	-	0.01	0.04	(X)	-	0.06
Turkey	0.06	0.02	0.47	0.10	0.01	-	0.13	0.02	0.10	1.24	0.01	-	-	0.01	-	-	-	-	0.03	-	-	0.03	0.30	(X)	0.09
United Kingdom	0.05	0.82	0.08	0.05	0.12	0.08	0.20	0.05	0.17	0.13	0.01	0.05	1.22	0.01	0.01	-	0.16	0.04	0.20	-	0.13	0.15	0.20	0.01	(X)

Africa	0.16	0.25	0.41	0.62	0.59	0.12	0.14	0.25	3.14	0.76	0.08	0.01	0.21	0.13	0.01	-	0.33	0.04	0.33	0.04	0.17	0.15	0.93	0.04	0.76
Asia	2.08	8.62	1.59	0.72	1.44	0.26	0.70	0.40	0.81	2.91	0.42	0.12	1.07	0.17	1.29	0.08	0.05	2.49	0.59	0.09	0.06	0.81	1.06	0.96	3.61
Europe	0.48	1.17	8.88	2.42	0.91	1.12	2.55	0.93	1.84	3.93	1.91	1.89	2.54	0.85	0.04	-	26.21	0.24	1.91	0.30	1.04	3.10	11.95	0.32	5.39
North America	0.33	0.30	0.24	0.13	0.59	0.03	0.17	0.10	0.23	0.26	0.17	0.25	0.96	0.04	0.04	0.01	-	0.22	0.21	0.03	0.14	0.22	0.40	-	0.80
Oceania	0.03	0.67	0.02	0.01	0.05	-	0.03	0.01	0.01	0.01	-	0.04	0.05	0	0.01	-	-	0.61	0.01	-	-	0.02	0.03	-	0.09
South America	0.17	0.06	0.13	0.10	0.12	0.03	0.07	0.02	0.17	0.19	0.01	0.07	-	0.04	0.02	-	0.11	0.03	0.08	-	0.25	0.13	0.47	-	0.13
Not specified	-	1.51	0.22	0.02	0.08	0.34	2.36	0.03	1.10	0.09	-	0.01	-	-	-	-	3.76	0.04	-	-	-	0.04	1.10	-	0.03

- Represents or rounds to zero. X Not applicable. Source: Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, Paris, France, Education at a Glance, annual, (copyright).

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Students are classified as foreign students if they do not hold the citizenship of the country for which the data are collected. The data are collected through the host countries, not through the sending countries, and therefore relate to incoming students to a particular country, rather than to students from that country going abroad. Students studying in countries which did not report to the OECD are not included in this indicator. As a consequence, all statements on students studying abroad underestimate the real number of students abroad, since non-OECD countries and non-reporting countries are excluded.

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These tables are based on figures supplied by the United States Census Bureau, U.S. Department of Commerce and are subject to revision by the Census Bureau.

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