Open Doors 2008
Report on International Educational Exchange
Table 21
HOST REGIONS AND DESTINATIONS OF U.S. STUDY ABROAD
STUDENTS, 2005/06 & 2006/07
Destination	2005/06	2006/07	% Change
AFRICA	8,459	10,066	19.0
East Africa	2,135	2,211	3.6
Angola	1	1	0.0
Burundi	0	1	-
Eritrea	8	1	-87.5
Ethiopia	56	84	50.0
Kenya	694	686	-1.2
Madagascar	120	89	-25.8
Malawi	64	120	87.5
Mauritius	122	9	-92.6
Mozambique	19	14	-26.3
Reunion	1	0	-100.0
Rwanda	44	59	34.1
Somalia	1	1	0.0
Tanzania	557	630	13.1
Uganda	327	357	9.2
Zambia	112	133	18.8
Zimbabwe	9	26	188.9
Central Africa	85	179	110.6
Cameroon	66	142	115.2
Central African Republic	0	2	-
Chad	0	4	-
Congo	0	1	-
Congo/Zaire, Former	3	3	0.0
Equatorial Guinea	11	16	45.5
Gabon	5	1	-80.0
Sao Tome & Principe	0	10	-
North Africa	1,451	1,658	14.3
Algeria	1	0	-100.0
Egypt	983	1,100	11.9
Morocco	370	491	32.7
Sudan	43	4	-90.7
Tunisia	54	63	16.7
Southern Africa	2,900	3,646	25.7
Botswana	130	194	49.2
Lesotho	54	14	-74.1
Namibia	181	146	-19.3
South Africa	2,512	3,216	28.0
Swaziland	23	76	230.4
West Africa	1,888	2,372	25.6
Benin	26	43	65.4
Burkina Faso	19	34	78.9
Cape Verde	14	1	-92.9
Côte d’Ivoire/Ivory Coast	12	0	-100.0
Gambia	31	44	41.9
Ghana	1,205	1,645	36.5
Guinea	1	1	0.0
Guinea-Bissau	1	0	-100.0
Liberia	3	25	733.3
Mali	66	39	-40.9
Mauritania	1	0	-100.0
Niger	22	16	-27.3
Nigeria	37	22	-40.5
Senegal	440	475	8.0
Sierra Leone	8	15	87.5
Togo	2	12	500.0
ASIA	20,811	24,969	20.0
East Asia	15,882	18,971	19.4
China	8,830	11,064	25.3
Hong Kong	915	1,059	15.7
Japan	4,411	5,012	13.6
Korea, South	1,267	1,312	3.6
Macau	0	3	-
Mongolia	92	54	-41.3
Taiwan	367	467	27.2
South & Central Asia	2,417	2,820	16.7
Afghanistan	0	5	-
Bangladesh	55	36	-34.5
Bhutan	38	11	-71.1
India	2,115	2,627	24.2
Kazakhstan	22	12	-45.5
Kyrgyzstan	1	2	100.0
Maldives	1	0	-100.0
Nepal	41	87	112.2
Pakistan	13	5	-61.5
Sri Lanka	123	28	-77.2
Tajikistan	3	3	0.0
Uzbekistan	5	4	-20.0
Southeast Asia	2,512	3,178	26.5
Brunei	1	0	-100.0
Cambodia	79	158	100.0
East Timor	1	1	0.0
Indonesia	57	132	131.6
Laos	22	38	72.7
Malaysia	108	121	12.0
Myanmar	26	27	3.8
Philippines	100	130	30.0
Singapore	423	437	3.3
Thailand	1,305	1,584	21.4
Vietnam	390	550	41.0
EUROPE	130,274	138,871	6.6
Albania	36	17	-52.8
Andorra	0	2	-
Armenia	61	61	0.0
Austria	2,792	2,810	0.6
Azerbaijan	9	78	766.7
Belarus	1	1	0.0
Belgium	1,126	1,171	4.0
Bosnia & Herzegovina	48	56	16.7
Bulgaria	97	86	-11.3
Croatia	177	259	46.3
Cyprus*	125	192	53.6
Czech Republic	2,846	3,145	10.5
Denmark	1,624	1,634	0.6
Estonia	20	67	235.0
Finland	150	278	85.3
France	15,602	17,233	10.5
Georgia	20	69	245.0
Germany	6,858	7,355	7.2
Gibraltar	8	2	-75.0
Greece	3,227	3,417	5.9
Hungary	720	857	19.0
Iceland	82	190	131.7
Ireland	5,499	5,785	5.2
Italy	26,078	27,831	6.7
Kosovo	0	5	-
Latvia	14	10	-28.6
Lithuania	97	155	59.8
Luxembourg	424	382	-9.9
Macedonia	14	10	-28.6
Malta	133	82	-38.3
Moldova	2	1	-50.0
Monaco	12	42	250.0
Montenegro	16	0	-100.0
Netherlands	1,785	2,139	19.8
Norway	311	298	-4.2
Poland	626	532	-15.0
Portugal	101	79	-21.8
Romania	206	180	-12.6
Russia	1,923	1,716	-10.8
Serbia	25	45	80.0
Slovakia	52	76	46.2
Slovenia	19	16	-15.8
Spain	21,881	24,005	9.7
Sweden	856	934	9.1
Switzerland	1,589	1,771	11.5
Turkey*	694	924	33.1
Ukraine	172	163	-5.2
United Kingdom	32,109	32,705	1.9
Vatican City/Holy See	7	5	-28.6
LATIN AMERICA	33,902	36,339	7.2
Caribbean	3,164	3,713	17.4
Anguilla	5	8	60.0
Antigua & Barbuda	0	1	-
Aruba	5	0	-100.0
Bahamas	515	657	27.6
Barbados	143	187	30.8
British Virgin Islands	112	75	-33.0
Cayman Islands	19	19	0.0
Cuba	140	220	57.1
Dominica	112	192	71.4
Dominican Republic	922	948	2.8
Grenada	5	25	400.0
Guadeloupe	0	42	-
Haiti	3	39	1,200.0
Jamaica	727	790	8.7
Martinique	82	110	34.1
Montserrat	13	1	-92.3
Netherlands Antilles	81	66	-18.5
St. Kitts & Nevis	24	26	8.3
St. Lucia	16	30	87.5
Trinidad & Tobago	144	229	59.0
Turks & Caicos Islands	74	48	-35.1
Caribbean, Unspecified	22	0	-100.0
Central America & Mexico	19,086	19,029	-0.3
Belize	812	1,319	62.4
Costa Rica	5,518	5,383	-2.4
El Salvador	261	271	3.8
Guatemala	710	1,095	54.2
Honduras	649	499	-23.1
Mexico	10,022	9,461	-5.6
Nicaragua	463	563	21.6
Panama	651	438	-32.7
South America	11,652	13,597	16.7
Argentina	2,865	3,617	26.2
Bolivia	225	215	-4.4
Brazil	2,328	2,524	8.4
Chile	2,578	2,824	9.5
Colombia	37	51	37.8
Ecuador	2,171	2,813	29.6
Falkland Islands	0	1	-
French Guiana	2	1	-50.0
Guyana	29	36	24.1
Paraguay	34	39	14.7
Peru	1,135	1,230	8.4
Suriname	12	0	-100.0
Uruguay	91	81	-11.0
Venezuela	145	165	13.8
MIDDLE EAST	2,585	2,759	6.7
Bahrain	1	33	3,200.0
Iran	7	2	-71.4
Israel	1,981	2,226	12.4
Jordan	309	231	-25.2
Kuwait	1	2	100.0
Lebanon	46	14	-69.6
Oman	23	21	-8.7
Palestinian Authority	25	7	-72.0
Qatar	2	2	0.0
Saudi Arabia	1	3	200.0
Syria	39	21	-46.2
United Arab Emirates	146	173	18.5
Yemen	4	24	500.0
NORTH AMERICA	1,094	1,327	21.3
Bermuda	79	105	32.9
Canada	1,015	1,222	20.4
OCEANIA	14,033	13,820	-1.5
Australia	10,980	10,747	-2.1
Cook Islands	2	1	-50.0
Fiji	314	180	-42.7
French Polynesia	72	62	-13.9
Kiribati	0	3	-
Marshall Islands	4	4	0.0
Micronesia	24	15	-37.5
New Caledonia	0	3	-
New Zealand	2,542	2,718	6.9
Niue	5	0	-100.0
Norfolk Island	1	0	-100.0
Palau	11	2	-81.8
Papua New Guinea	2	10	400.0
Samoa	62	35	-43.5
Tonga	12	39	225.0
Tuvalu	1	0	-100.0
Vanuatu	1	1	0.0
ANTARCTICA	57	62	8.8
MULTI-DESTINATION	12,319	13,573	10.2
TOTAL	223,534	241,791	8.2
* Cyprus and Turkey were previously classified in the Middle East category
but were moved to the Europe category in 2004/05.