The market share and number of foreign students who studied in OECD countries in year 2005:
Countries of destinations / Market share %, 2005 ( Total from all countries, 2005 )
United States — 21.65 ( 590167 )
United Kingdom — 11.68 ( 318399 )
Germany — 9.53 ( 259797 )
France — 8.68 ( 236518 )
Australia — 6.49 ( 177034 )
Japan — 4.62 ( 125917 )
Canada — 2.76 ( 75249 )
New Zealand — 2.55 ( 69390 )
Spain — 1.67 ( 45603 )
Belgium — 1.66 ( 45290 )
Italy — 1.65 ( 44921 )
Sweden — 1.44 ( 39298 )
Switzerland — 1.35 ( 36827 )
Austria — 1.27 ( 34484 )
Netherlands — 1.16 ( 31584 )
Czech Republic — 0.68 ( 18522 )
Turkey — 0.67 ( 18166 )
Denmark — 0.64 ( 17430 )
Portugal — 0.62 ( 17010 )
Greece — 0.58 ( 15690 )
Korea — 0.57 ( 15497 )
Hungary — 0.50 ( 13601 )
Norway — 0.49 ( 13400 )
Ireland — 0.47 ( 12889 )
Poland — 0.37 ( 10185 )
Finland — 0.31 ( 8442 )
Mexico — 0.07 ( 1892 )
Slovak Republic — 0.06 ( 1678 )
Luxembourg — 0.02 ( 652 )
Iceland — 0.02 ( 484 )
Source: OECD – Education at a Glance 2007 – Indicator C3: Who studies abroad and where?
