Data for 2016
Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2016
Figures for 2016, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2016 covers 110 countries on 3 measures. Liechtenstein is highest, at 88.889; 2 countries share the lowest reading, 0.000. The middle country reads 3.932. Against 2015, 100 values changed (75 up, 25 down), 8 countries joined, 8 left.
Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary · Data for 2016
HighestLiechtenstein
88.889Lowest2 countries share it
0.000Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.
01Position · derived
The table
Every country and every column of Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2016, as published. UIS ranks nobody on this measure; the position is derived here by ordering the published values. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 110 countries · select a heading to sort
| derived | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | LiechtensteinLIEWestern Europe | 88.889 | 91.606 | 87.400 |
| 2 |  GrenadaGRDCaribbean | 69.332 | — | — |
| 3 |  LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe | 46.995 | 46.573 | 47.433 |
| 4 |  AndorraANDSouthern Europe | 42.883 | 40.067 | 46.215 |
| 5 |  MacauMACEastern Asia | 42.380 | 44.158 | 40.085 |
| 6 |  QatarQATWestern Asia | 37.879 | 33.244 | 47.649 |
| 7 |  ArubaABWCaribbean | 27.624 | 28.314 | 26.329 |
| 8 |  Saint LuciaLCACaribbean | 24.472 | — | — |
| 9 |  New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand | 19.839 | 16.045 | 24.824 |
| 10 |  CyprusCYPWestern Asia | 19.139 | 10.516 | 29.563 |
| 11 |  United KingdomGBRNorthern Europe | 18.096 | 16.906 | 19.635 |
| 12 |  SwitzerlandCHEWestern Europe | 17.588 | 17.678 | 17.499 |
| 13 |  AustraliaAUSAustralia and New Zealand | 17.487 | 14.150 | 22.014 |
| 14 |  British Virgin IslandsVGBCaribbean | 16.787 | — | — |
| 15 |  AustriaAUTWestern Europe | 16.349 | 16.332 | 16.368 |
| 16 |  JordanJORWestern Asia | 14.899 | 10.647 | 19.373 |
| 17 |  BahrainBHRWestern Asia | 12.609 | 10.951 | 15.031 |
| 18 |  BelgiumBELWestern Europe | 12.022 | 12.380 | 11.570 |
| 19 |  CanadaCANNorthern America | 11.892 | 9.694 | 14.692 |
| 20 |  CzechiaCZEEastern Europe | 11.510 | 10.687 | 12.615 |
| 21 |  DenmarkDNKNorthern Europe | 10.811 | 10.011 | 11.844 |
| 22 |  NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe | 10.744 | 11.110 | 10.349 |
| 23 |  Hong KongHKGEastern Asia | 10.657 | 11.917 | 9.270 |
| 24 |  FranceFRAWestern Europe | 9.892 | 9.470 | 10.397 |
| 25 |  MalaysiaMYSSouth-eastern Asia | 9.288 | 4.062 | 15.087 |
| 26 |  BeninBENWestern Africa | 8.878 | 10.823 | 8.073 |
| 27 |  LebanonLBNWestern Asia | 8.872 | — | — |
| 28 |  HungaryHUNEastern Europe | 8.856 | 8.137 | 9.713 |
| 29 |  MaltaMLTSouthern Europe | 8.433 | 8.290 | 8.613 |
| 30 |  IrelandIRLNorthern Europe | 8.188 | 8.312 | 8.056 |
| 31 |  SenegalSENWestern Africa | 8.121 | 7.340 | 8.589 |
| 32 |  GermanyDEUWestern Europe | 8.037 | 8.082 | 7.995 |
| 33 |  FinlandFINNorthern Europe | 7.806 | 6.439 | 9.365 |
| 34 |  LatviaLVANorthern Europe | 7.671 | 5.485 | 10.830 |
| 35 |  Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIHSouthern Europe | 7.301 | 6.081 | 8.867 |
| 36 |  NamibiaNAMSouthern Africa | 7.065 | 5.075 | 10.603 |
| 37 |  EstoniaESTNorthern Europe | 6.803 | 5.007 | 9.359 |
| 38 |  IcelandISLNorthern Europe | 6.778 | 6.700 | 6.914 |
| 39 |  SwedenSWENorthern Europe | 6.577 | 5.217 | 8.565 |
| 40 |  SlovakiaSVKEastern Europe | 6.021 | 5.765 | 6.393 |
| 41 |  KyrgyzstanKGZCentral Asia | 5.931 | 4.572 | 7.599 |
| 42 |  ItalyITASouthern Europe | 5.102 | 5.289 | 4.865 |
| 43 |  United StatesUSANorthern America | 5.036 | 3.954 | 6.418 |
| 44 |  GeorgiaGEOWestern Asia | 4.932 | 2.658 | 7.401 |
| 45 |  Saudi ArabiaSAUWestern Asia | 4.922 | 4.388 | 5.432 |
| 46 |  RomaniaROUEastern Europe | 4.825 | 3.878 | 5.932 |
| 47 |  BulgariaBGREastern Europe | 4.575 | 3.471 | 5.866 |
| 48 |  MauritiusMUSEastern Africa | 4.547 | 3.876 | 5.397 |
| 49 |  NigerNERWestern Africa | 4.485 | 3.371 | 5.086 |
| 50 |  South AfricaZAFSouthern Africa | 4.285 | 3.220 | 5.755 |
| 51 |  SerbiaSRBSouthern Europe | 4.256 | 3.866 | 4.739 |
| 52 |  CubaCUBCaribbean | 4.240 | 3.307 | 5.465 |
| 53 |  LithuaniaLTUNorthern Europe | 4.111 | 3.252 | 5.244 |
| 54 |  ArmeniaARMWestern Asia | 4.100 | 3.579 | 4.765 |
| 55 |  RussiaRUSEastern Europe | 3.943 | — | — |
| 56 |  NorwayNORNorthern Europe | 3.921 | 3.513 | 4.489 |
| 57 |  GhanaGHAWestern Africa | 3.790 | 3.770 | 3.804 |
| 58 |  BelarusBLREastern Europe | 3.730 | 2.310 | 5.463 |
| 59 |  JapanJPNEastern Asia | 3.729 | 3.584 | 3.860 |
| 60 |  MoldovaMDAEastern Europe | 3.629 | 1.918 | 5.830 |
| 61 |  BurundiBDIEastern Africa | 3.572 | 1.328 | 4.683 |
| 62 |  PolandPOLEastern Europe | 3.420 | 2.965 | 4.076 |
| 63 |  GreeceGRCSouthern Europe | 3.345 | 3.549 | 3.153 |
| 64 |  SloveniaSVNSouthern Europe | 3.311 | 3.181 | 3.488 |
| 65 |  UkraineUKREastern Europe | 3.204 | — | — |
| 66 |  BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia | 3.170 | 2.539 | 4.121 |
| 67 |  Burkina FasoBFAWestern Africa | 2.973 | 2.361 | 3.277 |
| 68 |  OmanOMNWestern Asia | 2.945 | 2.168 | 4.055 |
| 69 |  BotswanaBWASouthern Africa | 2.631 | 2.105 | 3.378 |
| 70 |  SpainESPSouthern Europe | 2.531 | 2.431 | 2.646 |
| 71 |  ArgentinaARGSouth America | 2.473 | 2.392 | 2.602 |
| 72 |  EgyptEGYNorthern Africa | 2.139 | 1.140 | 3.100 |
| 73 |  Côte d’IvoireCIVWestern Africa | 2.133 | 2.092 | 2.161 |
| 74 |  TunisiaTUNNorthern Africa | 2.117 | 1.099 | 3.814 |
| 75 |  MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa | 2.036 | 0.719 | 2.683 |
| 76 |  KazakhstanKAZCentral Asia | 2.010 | — | — |
| 77 |  AzerbaijanAZEWestern Asia | 2.009 | 1.049 | 3.051 |
| 78 |  Dominican RepublicDOMCaribbean | 1.959 | 1.561 | 2.661 |
| 79 |  South KoreaKOREastern Asia | 1.931 | 2.591 | 1.468 |
| 80 |  MoroccoMARNorthern Africa | 1.748 | 1.351 | 2.101 |
| 81 |  MadagascarMDGEastern Africa | 1.657 | 1.018 | 2.248 |
| 82 |  TürkiyeTURWestern Asia | 1.314 | 0.905 | 1.661 |
| 83 |  ThailandTHASouth-eastern Asia | 1.310 | 1.237 | 1.409 |
| 84 |  HondurasHNDCentral America | 1.179 | 0.898 | 1.555 |
| 85 |  Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa | 0.990 | 0.708 | 1.403 |
| 86 |  CameroonCMRMiddle Africa | 0.973 | 0.842 | 1.087 |
| 87 |  MongoliaMNGEastern Asia | 0.941 | 0.797 | 1.135 |
| 88 |  KenyaKENEastern Africa | 0.886 | 0.702 | 1.015 |
| 89 |  RwandaRWAEastern Africa | 0.726 | 0.568 | 0.852 |
| 90 |  TajikistanTJKCentral Asia | 0.632 | 0.532 | 0.702 |
| 91 |  AlgeriaDZANorthern Africa | 0.499 | — | — |
| 92 |  DR CongoCODMiddle Africa | 0.438 | 0.473 | 0.419 |
| 93 |  Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia | 0.436 | 0.225 | 0.769 |
| 94 |  IranIRNSouthern Asia | 0.430 | 0.425 | 0.434 |
| 95 |  CroatiaHRVSouthern Europe | 0.428 | 0.372 | 0.501 |
| 96 |  El SalvadorSLVCentral America | 0.393 | 0.342 | 0.452 |
| 97 |  MozambiqueMOZEastern Africa | 0.381 | 0.304 | 0.441 |
| 98 |  LaosLAOSouth-eastern Asia | 0.376 | 0.256 | 0.494 |
| 99 |  ChileCHLSouth America | 0.369 | 0.381 | 0.356 |
| 100 |  PhilippinesPHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0.337 | 0.222 | 0.478 |
| 101 |  ChinaCHNEastern Asia | 0.313 | 0.274 | 0.355 |
| 102 |  MexicoMEXCentral America | 0.298 | — | — |
| 103 |  UzbekistanUZBCentral Asia | 0.273 | — | — |
| 104 |  VietnamVNMSouth-eastern Asia | 0.244 | 0.148 | 0.357 |
| 105 |  BrazilBRASouth America | 0.240 | 0.183 | 0.316 |
| 106 |  ColombiaCOLSouth America | 0.164 | 0.152 | 0.178 |
| 107 |  IndiaINDSouthern Asia | 0.138 | 0.098 | 0.174 |
| 108 |  IndonesiaIDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.101 | 0.086 | 0.116 |
| =109 |  PalestinePSEWestern Asia | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| =109 |  SeychellesSYCEastern Africa | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
02In 2016
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
- 1Liechtenstein88.889
- 2Grenada69.332
- 3Luxembourg46.995
- 4Andorra42.883
- 5Macau42.380
Lowest
- 109Seychellesshared0.000
- 109Palestineshared0.000
- 108Indonesia0.101
- 107India0.138
- 106Colombia0.164
A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 3.932. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest
Liechtenstein91.606Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 3.339
Male
Highest
Liechtenstein87.400Lowest2 share it
Middle country: 4.815
032015 → 2016
Since 2015
What changed between 2015 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +8 / −8countries joined / left
- 100values changed, of 102 in both
- 75 · 25rose · fell
- 2unchanged
Rose most
- Saint Lucia19.405 → 24.472+5.068
- Macau39.690 → 42.380+2.690
- Malta6.212 → 8.433+2.221
- Australia15.469 → 17.487+2.018
- Jordan12.911 → 14.899+1.989
Fell most
- Senegal15.794 → 8.121−7.673
- Brunei4.868 → 3.170−1.699
- Namibia8.561 → 7.065−1.496
- New Zealand21.139 → 19.839−1.300
- Bahrain13.874 → 12.609−1.265
+ Cameroon+ DR Congo+ Spain+ Greece+ Iceland+ Kenya+ Mozambique+ British Virgin Islands
− Bermuda
− Ecuador
− Lesotho
− North Macedonia
− Mali
− Portugal
− Sint Maarten
− ZimbabweChanges 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.
109 distinct values among 110
Values are stored exactly as published, to 16 decimals. 2 countries share 0.000. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
The position is ours
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20 empty cells
An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2016). Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2016 [data set], describing 2016. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/inbound-mobility/2016
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07Questions
Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2016: questions and answers
Which country has the highest international students (inbound mobility) in Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2016?
Liechtenstein, at 88.889, of the 110 countries in the file.
What year does Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2016 describe?
2016.
How many countries does Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2016 cover?
110.
Where can I download Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2016?
On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.
Is Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2016 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Inbound Mobility Rate, Tertiary, 2024.