Table 23
HOST REGION AND COUNTRIES OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD
STUDENTS, ACADEMIC YEAR 1999/00 & 2000/01
Region/	Total	Total	%
Locality	1999/00	2000/01	Change
AFRICA	3,969	4,540	14.4
Africa, Unspecified	30	1	-96.7
East Africa	1,307	1,552	18.7
Eritrea	0	18	-
Ethiopia	0	12	-
Kenya	695	846	21.7
Madagascar	48	51	6.3
Malawi	3	30	900.0
Mauritius	0	4	-
Mozambique	12	66	450.0
Reunion	1	4	300.0
Rwanda	1	0	-100.0
Tanzania	253	295	16.6
Uganda	44	28	-36.4
Zambia	0	11	-
Zimbabwe	250	186	-25.6
East Africa, Unspecified	0	1	-
Central Africa	56	118	110.7
Cameroon	53	95	79.2
Central African Republic	0	13	-
Chad	1	0	-100.0
Congo	1	0	-100.0
Equatorial Guinea	0	8	-
Gabon	1	2	100.0
North Africa	601	751	25.0
Canary Islands	22	0	-100.0
Egypt	388	436	12.4
Morocco	132	245	85.6
Western Sahara	0	1	-
Tunisia	59	69	16.9
Southern Africa	969	1,225	26.4
Botswana	14	44	214.3
Namibia	48	38	-20.8
South Africa	899	1,107	23.1
Swaziland	8	31	287.5
Southern Africa, Unspecified	0	5	-
West Africa	1,006	893	-11.2
Benin	20	21	5.0
Burkina Faso	22	10	-54.5
Cote d'Ivoire	7	10	42.9
Gambia	13	23	76.9
Ghana	630	607	-3.7
Guinea	1	0	-100.0
Liberia	3	0	-100.0
Mali	82	57	-30.5
Mauritania	1	2	100.0
Niger	14	14	0.0
Nigeria	26	5	-80.8
Senegal	180	140	-22.2
Togo	5	4	-20.0
West Africa, Unspecified	2	0	-100.0
ASIA	8,834	9,247	4.7
East Asia	6,585	6,778	2.9
China	2,949	2,942	-0.2
Hong Kong	342	470	37.4
Japan	2,679	2,618	-2.3
Korea, Republic of	444	522	17.6
Macao	0	5	-
Mongolia	2	39	1850.0
Taiwan	169	182	7.7
South/Central Asia	1,285	1,259	-2.0
Bangladesh	21	49	133.3
Bhutan	1	0	-100.0
India	811	750	-7.5
Kazakhstan	2	2	0.0
Kyrgyzstan	9	0	-100.0
Nepal	389	395	1.5
Pakistan	3	3	0.0
Sri Lanka	46	59	28.3
Tajikistan	1	0	-100.0
Uzbekistan	2	1	-50.0
Southeast Asia	964	1,210	25.5
Cambodia	12	9	-25.0
Indonesia	189	213	12.7
Laos	1	2	100.0
Malaysia	26	77	196.2
Myanmar	1	0	-100.0
Philippines	107	108	0.9
Singapore	87	117	34.5
Thailand	399	496	24.3
Vietnam	142	188	32.4
EUROPE	89,593	97,271	8.6
Europe, Unspecified	51	377	639.2
Eastern Europe	3,526	3,695	4.8
Albania	42	0	-100.0
Armenia	0	7	-
Azerbaijan	1	0	-100.0
Belarus	16	0	-100.0
Bosnia & Herzegovina	4	19	375.0
Bulgaria	15	30	100.0
Croatia	94	42	-55.3
Czech Republic	1,248	1,273	2.0
Estonia	11	18	63.6
Georgia	0	1	-
Hungary	441	439	-0.5
Latvia	14	14	0.0
Lithuania	23	23	0.0
Macedonia	4	3	-25.0
Moldova	1	0	-100.0
Poland	244	273	11.9
Romania	75	71	-5.3
Russia	1,103	1,152	4.4
Slovakia	12	26	116.7
Slovenia	34	20	-41.2
Ukraine	77	132	71.4
Yugoslavia, Former	53	70	32.1
Eastern Europe, Unspecified	14	82	485.7
Western Europe	86,016	93,199	8.4
Austria	2,246	2,396	6.7
Belgium	823	670	-18.6
Denmark	718	817	13.8
Finland	211	182	-13.7
France	11,924	11,905	-0.2
Germany	4,744	5,116	7.8
Gibraltar	1	0	-100.0
Greece	1,449	1,754	21.0
Iceland	75	123	64.0
Ireland	3,810	3,973	4.3
Italy	12,930	16,127	24.7
Liechtenstein	1	0	-100.0
Luxembourg	462	407	-11.9
Malta	72	118	63.9
Monaco	13	9	-30.8
Netherlands	1,545	1,635	5.8
Norway	277	215	-22.4
Portugal	60	77	28.3
Spain	13,974	16,016	14.6
Sweden	538	543	0.9
Switzerland	845	827	-2.1
United Kingdom	29,289	30,289	3.4
Western Europe, Unspecified	9	0	-100.0
LATIN AMERICA	20,116	22,387	11.3
Latin America, Unspecified	14	13	-7.1
Caribbean	2,811	3,286	16.9
Anguilla	26	23	-11.5
Antigua	4	11	175.0
Bahamas	411	515	25.3
Barbados	131	147	12.2
British Virgin Islands	57	97	70.2
Cayman Islands	39	61	56.4
Cuba	553	905	63.7
Dominica	22	12	-45.5
Dominican Republic	542	527	-2.8
Grenada	15	14	-6.7
Guadeloupe	36	26	-27.8
Haiti	65	58	-10.8
Jamaica	548	462	-15.7
Martinique	81	46	-43.2
Netherlands Antilles	16	22	37.5
St. Kitts-Nevis	35	20	-42.9
St. Lucia	2	10	400.0
St. Vincent	0	2	-
Trinidad & Tobago	121	123	1.7
Turks & Caicos Islands	9	9	0.0
Caribbean, Unspecified	98	196	100.0
Central America/Mexico	12,414	13,677	10.2
Belize	568	556	-2.1
Costa Rica	3,421	3,641	6.4
El Salvador	77	78	1.3
Guatemala	389	473	21.6
Honduras	309	311	0.6
Mexico	7,374	8,360	13.4
Nicaragua	201	162	-19.4
Panama	75	96	28.0
South America	4,877	5,411	10.9
Argentina	985	1,258	27.7
Bolivia	158	177	12.0
Brazil	717	760	6.0
Chile	937	1,233	31.6
Colombia	44	13	-70.5
Ecuador	1,286	1,311	1.9
Guyana	17	1	-94.1
Paraguay	34	47	38.2
Peru	349	356	2.0
Suriname	2	0	-100.0
Uruguay	9	49	444.4
Venezuela	339	206	-39.2
MIDDLE EAST	4,127	1,659	-59.8
Bahrain	0	2	-
Cyprus	15	37	146.7
Iran	0	1	-
Israel	3,898	1,248	-68.0
Jordan	86	83	-3.5
Kuwait	2	3	50.0
Lebanon	13	19	46.2
Palestinian Authority	1	1	0.0
Saudi Arabia	2	1	-50.0
Syria	5	3	-40.0
Turkey	99	234	136.4
United Arab Emirates	5	5	0.0
Yemen	1	3	200.0
Middle East, Unspecified	0	19	-
NORTH AMERICA	1,342	1,108	-17.4
Bermuda	67	68	1.5
Canada	1,275	1,040	-18.4
OCEANIA	7,231	9,302	28.6
Australia	6,329	8,066	27.4
Cook Islands	1	1	0.0
Federated Sts. of Micronesia	2	1	-50.0
Fiji	34	8	-76.5
French Polynesia	20	24	20.0
Marshall Islands	0	7	-
New Zealand	799	1,120	40.2
Papua New Guinea	2	10	400.0
Tonga	0	5	-
Vanuatu	0	2	-
Western Samoa	26	35	34.6
Pacific Islands, Unspecified	18	23	27.8
Multi-Country	8,373	8,650	3.3
TOTAL	143,590	154,168	7.4