Data for 2008

Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2008

Name: Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2008
Creator: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS)
License: https://uis.unesco.org/

Figures for 2008, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2008 covers 82 countries on 3 measures. Liechtenstein is highest, at 81.625; 4 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 2.229. Against 2007, 66 values changed (44 up, 22 down), 13 countries joined, 14 left.

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Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary · Data for 2008

HighestLiechtenstein

81.625

Lowest4 countries share it

0.000

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

82countries
3measures per country
2008the year it describes
79distinct values16 decimals, as published
Sep 10, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY-SA 4.0licence

01Position · derived

The table

Every country and every column of Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2008, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.

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Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2008: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
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1	Liechtenstein`LIE`Western Europe	81.625	84.09	80.41
2	Macau`MAC`Eastern Asia	49.782	40.04	59.44
3	Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	43.806	—	—
4	Cayman Islands`CYM`Caribbean	37.939	—	—
5	Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	36.222	33.01	41.86
6	Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	27.935	13.23	42.08
7	Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	20.339	18.70	21.92
8	Austria`AUT`Western Europe	15.969	—	—
9	United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	14.672	12.24	17.93
10	Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	14.125	13.88	14.36
11	France`FRA`Western Europe	11.247	10.30	12.41
12	Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	10.456	6.67	14.46
13	Namibia`NAM`Southern Africa	10.169	—	—
14	Kyrgyzstan`KGZ`Central Asia	9.429	9.61	9.19
15	Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	9.080	—	—
16	Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	7.572	7.15	8.22
17	Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	7.430	7.90	6.86
18	Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	7.167	9.50	4.41
19	Czechia`CZE`Eastern Europe	7.109	6.60	7.75
20	Benin`BEN`Western Africa	6.495	9.47	5.40
21	Canada`CAN`Northern America	6.468	5.07	8.30
22	Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	5.568	3.78	8.28
23	Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	5.529	4.21	6.25
24	Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	4.990	5.60	4.34
25	Serbia`SRB`Southern Europe	4.739	—	—
26	Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	4.614	4.52	4.74
27	Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	4.479	3.10	6.23
28	Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	4.329	4.13	4.68
29	Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	3.737	3.20	4.48
30	Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	3.650	2.90	4.53
31	Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	3.504	2.48	4.78
32	Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	3.392	3.08	3.81
33	Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	3.389	2.69	4.72
34	Croatia`HRV`Southern Europe	3.298	—	—
35	Armenia`ARM`Western Asia	3.287	2.57	4.25
36	Azerbaijan`AZE`Western Asia	3.031	—	—
37	Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	3.008	—	—
38	Hong Kong`HKG`Eastern Asia	2.914	2.98	2.85
39	Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	2.769	2.60	3.01
40	Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	2.619	1.87	3.53
41	Slovakia`SVK`Eastern Europe	2.265	1.62	3.24
42	Oman`OMN`Western Asia	2.192	—	—
43	Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	2.118	2.16	2.07
44	North Macedonia`MKD`Southern Europe	2.043	1.46	2.71
45	Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	1.883	—	—
46	Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	1.717	0.93	2.42
47	Tajikistan`TJK`Central Asia	1.584	2.24	1.25
48	Estonia`EST`Northern Europe	1.514	1.32	1.83
49	Chile`CHL`South America	1.510	1.51	1.51
50	Russia`RUS`Eastern Europe	1.448	—	—
51	Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	1.447	—	—
52	Lithuania`LTU`Northern Europe	1.443	1.28	1.68
53	Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	1.311	1.04	1.66
54	South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	1.258	1.60	1.05
55	Slovenia`SVN`Southern Europe	1.179	1.19	1.16
56	Latvia`LVA`Northern Europe	1.155	—	—
57	Ukraine`UKR`Eastern Europe	1.144	—	—
58	Moldova`MDA`Eastern Europe	1.123	—	—
59	Belarus`BLR`Eastern Europe	1.085	—	—
60	Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	0.932	—	—
61	Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	0.798	0.61	0.94
62	Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	0.797	0.59	1.12
63	Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	0.695	—	—
64	Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	0.691	0.60	0.82
65	El Salvador`SLV`Central America	0.628	0.56	0.71
66	Georgia`GEO`Western Asia	0.478	—	—
67	Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	0.449	0.38	0.53
68	Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	0.421	—	—
69	Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	0.371	—	—
70	DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	0.296	0.32	0.29
71	Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	0.203	—	—
72	China`CHN`Eastern Asia	0.191	0.18	0.20
73	Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	0.122	—	—
74	Uzbekistan`UZB`Central Asia	0.104	—	—
75	Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	0.101	—	—
76	Venezuela`VEN`South America	0.091	—	—
77	Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	0.081	—	—
78	Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	0.036	0.03	0.04
=79	Anguilla`AIA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.00
=79	Palestine`PSE`Western Asia	0.000	0.00	0.00
=79	Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.00
=79	Turks and Caicos Islands`TCA`Caribbean	0.000	0.00	0.00

02In 2008

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.

Highest

1Liechtenstein81.625
2Macau49.782
3Luxembourg43.806
4Cayman Islands37.939
5Qatar36.222

Lowest

79Turks and Caicos Islandsshared0.000
79Palestineshared0.000
79Saint Kitts and Nevisshared0.000
79Anguillashared0.000
78Iran0.036

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 2.229. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

Female
HighestLiechtenstein84.09
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 2.64
Male
HighestLiechtenstein80.41
Lowest4 share it
Middle country: 4.03

032007 → 2008

Since 2007

What changed between 2007 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

+13 / −14countries joined / left
66values changed, of 69 in both
44 · 22rose · fell
3unchanged

Rose most

Cayman Islands33.546 → 37.939+4.392
Cyprus25.150 → 27.935+2.786
Saint Lucia6.537 → 9.080+2.543
Austria13.553 → 15.969+2.416
Oman0.268 → 2.192+1.924

Fell most

Liechtenstein86.478 → 81.625−4.853
Switzerland17.980 → 14.125−3.855
Denmark5.467 → 2.769−2.698
Kyrgyzstan11.365 → 9.429−1.936
Ireland8.804 → 7.167−1.637

+ Benin

+ Côte d’Ivoire

+ DR Congo

+ Guinea

+ Luxembourg

+ Namibia

+ Philippines

+ Qatar

+ Singapore

+ Turks and Caicos Islands

+ Chad

+ Tunisia

+ Venezuela

− American Samoa

− Barbados

− Bhutan

− Cameroon

− Algeria

− Egypt

− Greece

− Guyana

− Lebanon

− Myanmar

− Niger

− Togo

− United States Virgin Islands

− Yemen

Changes in value, not in places: a country’s place also moves when others do. Every country’s full history is charted on the statistic page.

04Caveats

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What this edition’s numbers are and are not, worked out from the file itself.

How values are stored

79 distinct values among 82
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 4 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
UIS publishes values only; the order is this site’s.
56 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

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Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2008). Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2008 [data set], describing 2008. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inbound-mobility/2008

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