Data for 2018
Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2018
Figures for 2018, as UIS published them · stored as published, never rewritten
Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2018 covers 127 countries on 3 measures. Andorra is highest, at 245.047; North Korea is lowest, at 0.243. The middle country reads 5.838. Against 2017, 118 values changed (73 up, 45 down), 9 countries joined, 9 left.
Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary · Data for 2018
HighestAndorra
245.047LowestNorth Korea
0.243Shaded 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, 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.
Showing 25 of 127 countries · select a heading to sort
ANDSouthern Europe | 245.047 | 260.075 | 229.5833 |
BMUNorthern America | 224.719 | 201.518 | 258.2841 |
LUXWestern Europe | 164.510 | 165.926 | 162.9799 |
SMRSouthern Europe | 128.510 | 187.951 | 87.4315 |
LIEWestern Europe | 127.681 | 177.214 | 100.1471 |
VGBCaribbean | 98.884 | 82.589 | 127.5935 |
CYPWestern Asia | 56.168 | 52.402 | 60.4320 |
SYCEastern Africa | 49.081 | 43.999 | 58.9762 |
WSMPolynesia | 41.846 | 22.979 | 77.5316 |
MCOWestern Europe | 39.255 | 35.774 | 44.4285 |
BTNSouthern Asia | 38.389 | 37.730 | 38.9772 |
LCACaribbean | 38.244 | 31.065 | 52.4797 |
CPVWestern Africa | 31.704 | 29.130 | 35.4061 |
MRTWestern Africa | 27.174 | 21.652 | 30.0827 |
QATWestern Asia | 26.626 | 7.277 | 71.0446 |
BRNSouth-eastern Asia | 25.109 | 24.064 | 26.5730 |
MDAEastern Europe | 23.981 | 19.890 | 29.2111 |
AZEWestern Asia | 22.021 | 7.778 | 36.8141 |
MNESouthern Europe | 21.883 | 20.052 | 24.1646 |
SVKEastern Europe | 21.769 | 20.149 | 24.0975 |
KWTWestern Asia | 21.163 | 10.868 | 39.7912 |
MUSEastern Africa | 20.639 | 16.346 | 26.5074 |
NPLSouthern Asia | 20.308 | 12.980 | 28.7905 |
ISLNorthern Europe | 18.526 | 17.794 | 19.8032 |
BIHSouthern Europe | 16.175 | 15.456 | 17.1299 |
ALBSouthern Europe | 14.226 | 14.264 | 14.1689 |
LSOSouthern Africa | 14.177 | 12.713 | 16.4182 |
UZBCentral Asia | 14.102 | 4.588 | 20.4457 |
KAZCentral Asia | 13.925 | 3.083 | 26.8335 |
OMNWestern Asia | 13.581 | 9.261 | 19.6427 |
PSEWestern Asia | 12.720 | 7.619 | 20.4632 |
HKGEastern Asia | 12.259 | 11.407 | 13.1673 |
BHRWestern Asia | 12.047 | 8.374 | 17.2804 |
BGREastern Europe | 10.606 | 11.317 | 9.7810 |
MKDSouthern Europe | 9.484 | 8.804 | 10.3309 |
NAMSouthern Africa | 9.255 | 6.656 | 14.5118 |
LTUNorthern Europe | 8.799 | 9.074 | 8.4432 |
TUNNorthern Africa | 8.771 | 5.796 | 13.8407 |
BDIEastern Africa | 8.665 | 10.236 | 7.7013 |
BLZCentral America | 8.636 | 6.115 | 12.7788 |
CMRMiddle Africa | 8.342 | 7.133 | 9.4066 |
AFGSouthern Asia | 8.236 | 10.937 | 7.3541 |
MACEastern Asia | 8.196 | 7.652 | 8.8993 |
LKASouthern Asia | 8.116 | 5.335 | 12.2624 |
ESTNorthern Europe | 8.093 | 8.024 | 8.1915 |
NERWestern Africa | 8.042 | 6.533 | 8.6428 |
JORWestern Asia | 7.797 | 4.600 | 11.5245 |
LBNWestern Asia | 7.748 | 4.943 | 11.4261 |
MNGEastern Asia | 7.726 | 7.488 | 8.0545 |
SENWestern Africa | 7.522 | 6.653 | 8.1140 |
MLTSouthern Europe | 7.347 | 6.757 | 8.1001 |
TGOWestern Africa | 7.243 | 6.856 | 7.4326 |
GEOWestern Asia | 7.040 | 6.313 | 7.7721 |
ROUEastern Europe | 6.963 | 8.011 | 5.7239 |
RWAEastern Africa | 6.698 | 5.661 | 7.5543 |
IRLNorthern Europe | 6.461 | 7.205 | 5.6557 |
LVANorthern Europe | 6.373 | 5.811 | 7.1524 |
ARMWestern Asia | 6.334 | 2.891 | 10.5578 |
LAOSouth-eastern Asia | 6.291 | 4.161 | 8.5424 |
SRBSouthern Europe | 6.115 | 5.802 | 6.5229 |
NORNorthern Europe | 5.966 | 6.268 | 5.5489 |
HRVSouthern Europe | 5.915 | 6.000 | 5.8036 |
KGZCentral Asia | 5.886 | 2.307 | 10.3548 |
BLREastern Europe | 5.838 | 3.512 | 8.4484 |
BENWestern Africa | 5.777 | 6.215 | 5.5768 |
BFAWestern Africa | 5.603 | 4.972 | 5.9598 |
CHEWestern Europe | 5.377 | 5.504 | 5.2506 |
GRDCaribbean | 5.366 | 4.288 | 6.6747 |
GRCSouthern Europe | 5.096 | 5.180 | 5.0160 |
AUTWestern Europe | 5.029 | 4.822 | 5.2617 |
MARNorthern Africa | 4.985 | 4.095 | 5.8268 |
MYSSouth-eastern Asia | 4.874 | 4.335 | 5.4979 |
UKREastern Europe | 4.863 | 4.069 | 5.7102 |
SAUWestern Asia | 4.737 | 3.325 | 6.1162 |
HUNEastern Europe | 4.539 | 4.832 | 4.1959 |
AREWestern Asia | 4.461 | 3.811 | 4.9933 |
ISRWestern Asia | 4.341 | 2.502 | 6.8215 |
PRTSouthern Europe | 4.228 | 4.286 | 4.1620 |
SVNSouthern Europe | 4.173 | 4.228 | 4.0990 |
ITASouthern Europe | 4.016 | 3.691 | 4.4210 |
DEUWestern Europe | 3.918 | 4.215 | 3.6337 |
FINNorthern Europe | 3.841 | 4.660 | 2.9155 |
FRAWestern Europe | 3.807 | 3.747 | 3.8796 |
CZEEastern Europe | 3.745 | 4.090 | 3.2866 |
SWENorthern Europe | 3.703 | 3.383 | 4.1833 |
GHAWestern Africa | 3.694 | 2.635 | 4.4693 |
KOREastern Asia | 3.292 | 4.075 | 2.7187 |
MDGEastern Africa | 3.246 | 3.610 | 2.9000 |
URYSouth America | 3.195 | — | — |
ECUSouth America | 3.090 | 2.850 | 3.3568 |
BELWestern Europe | 3.082 | 2.789 | 3.4471 |
KHMSouth-eastern Asia | 3.029 | 2.484 | 3.5025 |
PAKSouthern Asia | 3.008 | 1.455 | 4.2713 |
CANNorthern America | 2.971 | 2.701 | 3.3153 |
SLVCentral America | 2.364 | 2.206 | 2.5490 |
CHNEastern Asia | 2.226 | 2.321 | 2.1241 |
COLSouth America | 2.069 | 2.053 | 2.0859 |
ESPSouthern Europe | 2.061 | 1.997 | 2.1353 |
HNDCentral America | 1.989 | 1.874 | 2.1404 |
NLDWestern Europe | 1.958 | 1.982 | 1.9319 |
DNKNorthern Europe | 1.911 | 1.864 | 1.9724 |
NZLAustralia and New Zealand | 1.872 | 1.459 | 2.4417 |
DZANorthern Africa | 1.859 | 1.346 | 2.6768 |
POLEastern Europe | 1.765 | 1.948 | 1.4989 |
CRICentral America | 1.739 | 1.438 | 2.0892 |
IRNSouthern Asia | 1.594 | 1.548 | 1.6345 |
BGDSouthern Asia | 1.592 | 0.770 | 2.1518 |
GBRNorthern Europe | 1.583 | 1.274 | 1.9916 |
MOZEastern Africa | 1.480 | 1.215 | 1.6988 |
CHLSouth America | 1.329 | 1.186 | 1.4892 |
MMRSouth-eastern Asia | 1.164 | 0.904 | 1.5306 |
EGYNorthern Africa | 1.143 | 0.720 | 1.5659 |
INDSouthern Asia | 1.114 | 0.710 | 1.4991 |
ZAFSouthern Africa | 1.016 | 0.783 | 1.3515 |
RUSEastern Europe | 0.995 | 1.185 | 0.7803 |
CUBCaribbean | 0.846 | 0.715 | 1.0420 |
AUSAustralia and New Zealand | 0.835 | 0.731 | 0.9711 |
JPNEastern Asia | 0.832 | 1.018 | 0.6614 |
BRASouth America | 0.801 | 0.760 | 0.8558 |
MEXCentral America | 0.737 | 0.689 | 0.7859 |
IDNSouth-eastern Asia | 0.647 | 0.568 | 0.7337 |
TURWestern Asia | 0.626 | 0.527 | 0.7130 |
PHLSouth-eastern Asia | 0.625 | 0.664 | 0.5756 |
USANorthern America | 0.454 | 0.447 | 0.4638 |
PRICaribbean | 0.389 | 0.352 | 0.4413 |
ARGSouth America | 0.267 | 0.227 | 0.3318 |
PRKEastern Asia | 0.243 | 0.347 | 0.1912 |
02In 2018
At either end
The 5 countries at each end of the headline, then the highest and lowest on each other measure.
Highest
Andorra245.047
Bermuda224.719
Luxembourg164.510
San Marino128.510
Liechtenstein127.681
Lowest
North Korea0.243
Argentina0.267
Puerto Rico0.389
United States0.454
Philippines0.625
Neither end is better. The values describe a shape, not a score. The middle country reads 5.838. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.
Each measure’s ends
Female
Highest
Andorra260.075
Lowest
Argentina0.227
Middle country: 4.741
Male
Highest
Bermuda258.2841
Lowest
North Korea0.1912
Middle country: 6.0380
032017 → 2018
Since 2017
What changed between 2017 and this one: who joined or left, and how far the headline moved.
- +9 / −9countries joined / left
- 118values changed, of 118 in both
- 73 · 45rose · fell
- 0unchanged
Rose most
Saint Lucia25.849 → 38.244+12.396
Seychelles36.826 → 49.081+12.255
Luxembourg156.169 → 164.510+8.341
Qatar20.859 → 26.626+5.767
Moldova19.550 → 23.981+4.430
Fell most
Bermuda242.858 → 224.719−18.139
Monaco49.849 → 39.255−10.594
Brunei28.800 → 25.109−3.691
Macau10.698 → 8.196−2.501
Liechtenstein129.811 → 127.681−2.130
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.
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS) (2018). Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/outbound-mobility/2018
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07Questions
Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2018: questions and answers
Which country has the highest students studying abroad (outbound mobility) in Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2018?
Andorra, at 245.047, of the 127 countries in the file.
What year does Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2018 describe?
2018.
How many countries does Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2018 cover?
127.
Where can I download Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2018?
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Is Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2018 the newest?
No. The newest held here is Outbound Mobility Ratio, Tertiary, 2023.