Open Doors 2006
Report on International Educational Exchange
Institute of International Education
LEADING PLACES OF ORIGIN OF IEP STUDENTS, 2003 - 2005
							2003	2004	2005
	Place of	2003 Total	2004 Total	2005 Total	% Change		Student-	Student-	Student-	% Change
Rank	Origin	Students	Students	Students	2003-2005		Weeks	Weeks	Weeks	2003-2005
	WORLD TOTAL	43,003	44,565	43,580	1.3		495,939	490,122	557,311	12.4
1	Korea, Republic of	10,412	10,386	9,612	-7.7		132,965	127,591	133,549	0.4
2	Japan	10,519	10,804	8,984	-14.6		122,084	113,358	130,426	6.8
3	Taiwan	4,235	5,126	4,971	17.4		52,707	54,774	62,696	19.0
4	Saudi Arabia	348	334	1,540	342.5		5,466	4,586	20,100	267.7
5	China	796	1,026	1,267	59.2		9,276	11,891	19,092	105.8
6	Brazil	1,359	1,402	1,127	-17.1		11,782	11,169	7,933	-32.7
7	Thailand	943	1,088	1,028	9.0		12,899	11,998	15,281	18.5
8	Switzerland	732	729	1,001	36.7		6,577	6,458	9,286	41.2
9	Mexico	1,408	949	984	-30.1		8,034	11,958	9,818	22.2
10	Italy	883	917	973	10.2		8,942	4,917	6,262	-30.0
11	Turkey	1,034	1,133	826	-20.1		12,408	11,776	10,921	-12.0
12	Colombia	858	700	797	-7.1		10,850	8,777	8,710	-19.7
13	Spain	728	721	708	-2.7		6,200	5,348	5,299	-14.5
14	Germany	849	950	694	-18.3		7,266	7,622	8,571	18.0
15	France	1,156	1,093	653	-43.5		10,231	8,008	5,170	-49.5
16	Vietnam	245	292	630	157.1		2,857	4,578	7,598	165.9
17	Venezuela	742	648	387	-47.8		8,800	7,506	4,973	-43.5
18	Poland	214	263	376	75.7		2,272	3,001	4,769	109.9
19	Ecuador	298	205	290	-2.7		3,699	2,549	3,240	-12.4
20	Peru	269	342	260	-3.3		3,218	3,783	2,880	-10.5