Open Doors 2008
Report on International Educational Exchange
Institute of International Education
Top 20 Places of Origin of IEP Students, 2006 & 2007
		2006	2007		2006	2007
		Total	Total	%	Student-	Student-	%
Rank	Place of Origin	Students	Students	Change	Weeks	Weeks	Change
	WORLD TOTAL	45,167	54,487	20.6	636,522	690,483	8.5
1	South Korea	10,026	12,586	25.5	141,336	171,872	21.6
2	Japan	7,453	7,917	6.2	94,649	84,220	-11.0
3	Saudi Arabia	5,047	6,117	21.2	126,996	110,428	-13.0
4	Taiwan	4,748	5,926	24.8	68,868	67,110	-2.6
5	China	1,461	3,134	114.5	18,686	44,642	138.9
6	Brazil	1,572	2,177	38.5	14,351	19,108	33.1
7	Turkey	969	1,519	56.8	12,095	18,929	56.5
8	Thailand	975	1,279	31.2	13,105	14,673	12.0
9	Vietnam	517	1,099	112.6	9,821	16,019	63.1
10	France	1,008	976	-3.2	7,688	7,462	-2.9
11	Switzerland	936	753	-19.6	9,030	7,230	-19.9
12	Colombia	668	731	9.4	8,429	8,317	-1.3
13	Mexico	827	708	-14.4	8,837	10,891	23.2
14	Venezuela	561	686	22.3	8,008	8,604	7.4
15	Italy	769	682	-11.3	4,626	5,299	14.6
16	Spain	679	619	-8.8	4,420	4,551	3.0
17	Germany	535	541	1.1	5,704	6,038	5.9
18	Hong Kong	283	372	31.4	4,244	4,296	1.2
19	Indonesia	244	339	38.9	3,124	2,796	-10.5
20	Russia	223	289	29.6	2,424	3,043	25.5
	* Data not available.