TABLE 33
LEADING PLACE OF ORIGIN OF IEP STUDENTS, 2000 - 2002
							2000	2001	2,002
	Place of	2000 Total	2001 Total	2002 Total	% Change		Student-	Student-	Student-	% Change
Rank	Origin	Students	Students	Students	2000-2002		Weeks	Weeks	Weeks	2000-2002
	WORLD TOTAL	85,238	78,521	51,179	-40.0		866,715	865,603	565,174	-34.8
1	Japan	19,585	16,470	13,047	-33.4		201,246	187,500	145,602	-27.6
2	Korea, Republic of	12,772	13,110	10,000	-21.7		157,379	175,218	129,341	-17.8
3	Taiwan	9,325	7,605	5,919	-36.5		80,035	77,718	64,114	-19.9
4	Brazil	6,020	5,253	2,363	-60.7		43,028	41,254	18,121	-57.9
5	Switzerland	1,494	1,584	1,564	4.7		13,399	13,529	12,380	-7.6
6	Thailand	2,009	1,929	1,245	-38.0		23,093	24,642	15,630	-32.3
7	France	1,683	1,587	1,231	-26.9		12,971	12,662	8,530	-34.2
8	Venezuela	2,614	2,487	1,216	-53.5		28,816	27,346	14,637	-49.2
9	Germany	1,332	1,396	1,199	-10.0		11,960	13,326	8,885	-25.7
10	Italy	2,471	1,924	1,171	-52.6		12,736	11,296	8,096	-36.4
11	Turkey	2,118	2,254	1,102	-48.0		24,032	24,264	11,224	-53.3
12	Colombia	2,549	2,255	1,089	-57.3		32,147	27,132	13,309	-58.6
13	China	1,839	1,760	1,048	-43.0		20,886	22,052	13,517	-35.3
14	Mexico	2,797	4,369	936	-66.5		27,718	43,907	10,998	-60.3
15	Saudi Arabia	2,458	2,191	756	-69.2		31,879	29,674	11,997	-62.4
16	Spain	1,265	742	539	-57.4		7,815	6,401	5,142	-34.2
17	Argentina	1,416	1,303	375	-73.5		10,098	9,215	3,807	-62.3
18	Chile	636	664	330	-48.1		4,774	5,157	2,489	-47.9
19	Poland	279	340	330	18.3		2,854	3,482	3,329	16.6
20	Peru	426	475	298	-30.0		4,993	5,773	3,700	-25.9