In year 2005, there were 42 712 Malaysian students went abroad for study. 38 784 of them chose to study in OECD countries while the rest went to non-OECD countries. Below here shows the breakdown of destinations where Malaysian students chose to go:
Malaysia students go to… / Percentage (%) [ Number (2005) ]
Australia — 36.41 ( 15552 )
United Kingdom — 26.86 ( 11474 )
United States — 15.02 ( 6415 )
Japan — 4.48 ( 1915 )
New Zealand — 2.79 ( 1190 )
Ireland — 2.25 ( 960 )
Germany — 1.33 ( 566 )
France — 0.81 ( 345 )
Korea — 0.50 ( 212 )
Netherlands — 0.09 ( 40 )
Sweden — 0.09 ( 40 )
Finland — 0.03 ( 14 )
Denmark — 0.03 ( 11 )
Switzerland — 0.02 ( 10 )
Belgium — 0.02 ( 9 )
Norway — 0.02 ( 9 )
Spain — 0.01 ( 6 )
Austria — 0.01 ( 5 )
Czech Republic — 0.01 ( 4 )
Hungary — 0.01 ( 4 )
Turkey — 0.00 ( 2 )
Poland — 0.00 ( 1 )
Total OECD destinations : 90.80 ( 38784 )
Total Non-OECD destinations: 9.20 ( 3928 )
Source: OECD Education at a Glance 2007 – Indicator C3: Who studies abroad and where?
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