Open Doors 2009 Report on International Educational Exchange
Institute of International Education
Figure 13A: Top 25 Places of Origin of IEP Students, 2007 & 2008
		2007	2008		2007	2008
		Total	Total	%	Student-	Student-	%
Rank	Place of Origin	Students	Students	Change	Weeks	Weeks	Change
	WORLD TOTAL	54,487	57,666	5.8	690,483	737,411	6.8
1	South Korea	12,586	13,055	3.7	171,872	171,556	-0.2
2	Japan	7,917	7,613	-3.8	84,220	78,680	-6.6
3	Taiwan	5,926	5,144	-13.2	67,110	61,462	-8.4
4	Saudi Arabia	6,117	4,357	-28.8	110,428	74,700	-32.4
5	China	3,134	3,747	19.6	44,642	53,992	20.9
6	Brazil	2,177	2,853	31.1	19,108	23,075	20.8
7	Turkey	1,519	2,087	37.4	18,929	25,192	33.1
8	Vietnam	1,099	1,478	34.5	16,019	25,036	56.3
9	Thailand	1,279	1,143	-10.6	14,673	15,988	9.0
10	Libya	145	1,068	636.6	2,163	13,740	535.2
11	Spain	619	936	51.2	4,551	6,884	51.3
12	Colombia	731	926	26.7	8,317	12,319	48.1
13	Italy	682	909	33.3	5,299	7,348	38.7
14	France	976	807	-17.3	7,462	6,534	-12.4
15	Venezuela	686	771	12.4	8,604	12,112	40.8
16	Switzerland	753	671	-10.9	7,230	5,355	-25.9
17	Germany	541	604	11.6	6,038	7,066	17.0
18	Mexico	708	595	-16.0	10,891	6,885	-36.8
19	India	241	488	102.5	3,434	9,661	181.3
20	Russia	289	404	39.8	3,043	4,994	64.1
21	United Arab Emirates	227	391	72.2	3,596	5,209	44.9
22	Poland	166	371	123.5	2,608	5,099	95.5
23	Kuwait	176	269	52.8	2,493	3,169	27.1
24	Chile	261	261	0.0	3,206	2,523	-21.3
25	Kazakhstan	64	258	303.1	581	3,909	572.8