TABLE 33
LEADING PLACES OF ORIGIN OF IEP STUDENTS, 2001 - 2003
							2001	2002	2003
	Place	2001 Total	2002 Total	2003 Total	% Change		Student-	Student-	Student-	% Change
Rank	of Origin	Students	Students	Students	2001-2003		Weeks	Weeks	Weeks	2001-2003
	WORLD TOTAL	78,521	51,179	43,003	-45.2		865,603	565,174	495,939	-42.7
1	Japan	16,470	13,047	10,519	-36.1		187,500	145,602	122,084	-34.9
2	Korea, Republic of	13,110	10,000	10,412	-20.6		175,218	129,341	132,965	-24.1
3	Taiwan	7,605	5,919	4,235	-44.3		77,718	64,114	52,707	-32.2
4	Italy	1,924	1,171	1,408	-26.8		11,296	8,096	8,034	-28.9
5	Brazil	5,253	2,363	1,359	-74.1		41,254	18,121	11,782	-71.4
6	France	1,587	1,231	1,156	-27.2		12,662	8,530	10,231	-19.2
7	Turkey	2,254	1,102	1,034	-54.1		24,264	11,224	12,408	-48.9
8	Thailand	1,929	1,245	943	-51.1		24,642	15,630	12,899	-47.7
9	Mexico	4,369	936	883	-79.8		43,907	10,998	8,942	-79.6
10	Colombia	2,255	1,089	858	-62.0		27,132	13,309	10,850	-60.0
11	Germany	1,396	1,199	849	-39.2		13,326	8,885	7,266	-45.5
12	China	1,760	1,048	796	-54.8		22,052	13,517	9,276	-57.9
13	Venezuela	2,487	1,216	742	-70.2		27,346	14,637	8,800	-67.8
14	Switzerland	1,584	1,564	732	-53.8		13,529	12,380	6,577	-51.4
15	Spain	742	539	728	-1.9		6,401	5,142	6,200	-3.1
16	Saudi Arabia	2,191	756	348	-84.1		29,674	11,997	5,466	-81.6
17	Chile	664	330	344	-48.2		5,157	2,489	3,076	-40.4
18	Ecuador	449	234	298	-33.6		4,571	2,550	3,699	-19.1
19	Russia	400	292	273	-31.8		4,353	3,103	2,894	-33.5
20	Peru	475	298	269	-43.4		5,773	3,700	3,218	-44.3