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Leading Countries of Origin


Open Doors 2005
LEADING PLACES OF ORIGIN OF IEP STUDENTS, 2001 - 2004
2001 2002 2003 2004
Place of 2001 Total 2002 Total 2003 Total 2004 Total % Change Student- Student- Student- Student- % Change
Rank Origin Students Students Students Students 2001-2004 Weeks Weeks Weeks Weeks 2001-2004
WORLD TOTAL 78,521 51,179 43,003 44,565 -43.2 865,603 565,174 495,939 490,122 -43.4
1 Japan 16,470 13,047 10,519 10,804 -34.4 187,500 145,602 122,084 113,358 -39.5
2 Korea, Republic of 13,110 10,000 10,412 10,386 -20.8 175,218 129,341 132,965 127,591 -27.2
3 Taiwan 7,605 5,919 4,235 5,126 -32.6 77,718 64,114 52,707 54,774 -29.5
4 Brazil 5,253 2,363 1,359 1,402 -73.3 41,254 18,121 11,782 11,169 -72.9
5 Turkey 2,254 1,102 1,034 1,133 -49.7 24,264 11,224 12,408 11,776 -51.5
6 France 1,587 1,231 1,156 1,093 -31.1 12,662 8,530 10,231 8,008 -36.8
7 Thailand 1,929 1,245 943 1,088 -43.6 24,642 15,630 12,899 11,998 -51.3
8 China, PRC 1,760 1,048 796 1,026 -41.7 22,052 13,517 9,276 11,891 -46.1
9 Germany 1,396 1,199 849 950 -31.9 13,326 8,885 7,266 7,622 -42.8
10 Mexico 1,924 1,171 1,408 949 -50.7 11,296 8,096 8,034 11,958 5.9
11 Italy 4,369 936 883 917 -79.0 43,907 10,998 8,942 4,917 -88.8
12 Switzerland 1,584 1,564 732 729 -54.0 13,529 12,380 6,577 6,458 -52.3
13 Spain 742 539 728 721 -2.8 6,401 5,142 6,200 5,348 -16.5
14 Colombia 2,255 1,089 858 700 -69.0 27,132 13,309 10,850 8,777 -67.7
15 Venezuela 2,487 1,216 742 648 -73.9 27,346 14,637 8,800 7,506 -72.6
16 China, Hong Kong 356 157 130 366 2.8 3,619 2,022 1,711 5,158 42.5
17 Peru 475 298 269 342 -28.0 5,773 3,700 3,218 3,783 -34.5
18 Saudi Arabia 2,191 756 348 334 -84.8 29,674 11,997 5,466 4,586 -84.5
19 Russia 400 292 273 296 -26.0 4,353 3,103 2,894 2,785 -36.0
20 Vietnam 280 179 245 292 4.3 4,591 2,350 2,857 4,578 -0.3