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Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 1999

Figures for 1999, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten

Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 1999 covers 128 countries on 3 measures. Djibouti is highest, at 1,362.286; Philippines is lowest, at 0.230. The middle country reads 5.923. Against 1998, 76 values changed (18 up, 58 down), 52 countries joined, 7 left.

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Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary · Data for 1999

HighestDjibouti

1,362.286

LowestPhilippines

0.230

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

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 1999, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 128 countries · select a heading to sort

Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 1999: every country, as published by UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
DjiboutiDJIEastern Africa1,362.286—2,772.093
ComorosCOMEastern Africa646.071—1,127.151
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa298.867——
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe287.635——
TongaTONPolynesia282.548—627.118
CyprusCYPWestern Asia126.102—286.805
VanuatuVUTMelanesia121.765——
Republic of the CongoCOGMiddle Africa83.945—106.275
AngolaAGOMiddle Africa80.663—132.247
MalawiMWIEastern Africa76.439—105.515
GambiaGMBWestern Africa74.936—96.903
BhutanBTNSouthern Asia65.247—102.660
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia60.729—178.147
RwandaRWAEastern Africa54.350——
SamoaWSMPolynesia52.432—99.797
Trinidad and TobagoTTOCaribbean48.494—113.860
GabonGABMiddle Africa45.096—70.121
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa41.247—74.268
LesothoLSOSouthern Africa31.389—86.571
IcelandISLNorthern Europe27.169—71.799
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa24.764—47.828
Central African RepublicCAFMiddle Africa24.659—29.386
MauritaniaMRTWestern Africa24.623—29.803
EswatiniSWZSouthern Africa22.992—44.121
BurundiBDIEastern Africa22.116—31.389

02In 1999

At either end

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

Highest

  1. Djibouti1,362.286
  2. Comoros646.071
  3. Cabo Verde298.867
  4. Luxembourg287.635
  5. Tonga282.548

Lowest

  1. Philippines0.230
  2. United States0.315
  3. Argentina0.370
  4. Egypt0.426
  5. Russia0.534

Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.923. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

Each measure’s ends

031998 → 1999

Since 1998

What changed between 1998 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.

  • +52 / −7countries joined / left
  • 76values changed, of 76 in both
  • 18 · 58rose · fell
  • 0unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

  • Luxembourg318.271 → 287.635−30.636
  • Samoa65.587 → 52.432−13.155
  • Brunei72.540 → 60.729−11.812
  • Mali22.344 → 16.670−5.674
  • Eritrea18.023 → 14.522−3.501
+ Aruba+ Belgium+ Benin+ Burkina Faso+ Bangladesh+ Bahrain+ Barbados+ Bhutan+ Central African Republic+ Côte d’Ivoire+ Cameroon+ DR Congo+ Republic of the Congo+ Comoros+ Cabo Verde+ Cayman Islands+ Cyprus+ Djibouti+ Algeria+ Egypt+ Micronesia+ Gabon+ Georgia+ Gambia+ Iran+ Iraq+ Jamaica+ Kazakhstan+ Kuwait+ Lebanon+ Liberia+ Libya+ Lesotho+ Macau+ Moldova+ Mozambique+ Mauritius+ Malawi+ Nigeria+ Peru+ Paraguay+ Rwanda+ Senegal+ Eswatini+ Tajikistan+ Tonga+ Trinidad and Tobago+ Uganda+ Uzbekistan+ British Virgin Islands+ Vanuatu+ Yemen− Austria− Guinea− Myanmar− Namibia− Oman− Chad− Togo

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

Read before you use

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

How values are stored

  • 145 empty cells

    An empty cell means the publisher gave no figure. It is never a zero.

05The files

Download and cite

The table as a file, digit for digit, what this site changed, and a citation for this edition.

Licence in full

What this site changed: Reshaped into one row per country: regional and income-group totals are left out, only the columns listed are kept, each row gets its ISO 3166 code, and some country names are brought to one spelling. No value is recalculated, rescaled or rounded.

Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0 · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (1999). Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 1999 [data set], describing 1999. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/outbound-mobility/1999

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07Questions

Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 1999: questions and answers

Which country has the highest students studying abroad (outbound mobility) in Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 1999?

Djibouti, at 1,362.286, of the 128 countries in the file.

What year does Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 1999 describe?

1999.

How many countries does Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 1999 cover?

128.

Where can I download Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 1999?

On this page, as a CSV file holding every value exactly as published, or from the publisher’s own site, linked below.

Is Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 1999 the newest?

No. The newest held here is Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2023.

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