International students (inbound) - Lowy Institute Southeast Asia Influence Index

International students (inbound)

Students from a partner country enrolled in tertiary education in a Southeast Asian country

Type: Indicator
Weighting: 1x
Source: Sources vary by partner

Country

Edition

International students (inbound)

Which partner sends the most inbound international students to Southeast Asia?

1 China 100.0

60.7% 64.7K 2023
2 Indonesia 17.5

10.7% 11.4K 2023
3 India 7.5

4.7% 5.0K 2023
4 Myanmar 5.8

3.7% 3.9K 2023
5 Malaysia 5.2

3.3% 3.5K 2023
6 Timor-Leste 4.0

2.6% 2.7K 2023
7 Philippines 3.0

2.0% 2.1K 2023
8 Japan 2.6

1.8% 1.9K 2023
9 Thailand 2.4

1.6% 1.7K 2023
10 Cambodia 2.2

1.5% 1.6K 2023
11 South Korea 1.8

1.3% 1.4K 2023
12 Vietnam 1.7

1.2% 1.3K 2023
13 Singapore 1.3

0.9% 1.0K 2023
14 United States 1.0

0.8% 847 2023
15 Australia 0.8

0.7% 704 2023
16 Brunei 0.8

0.6% 677 2023
17 France 0.7

0.6% 600 2023
18 Laos 0.6

0.5% 571 2023
19 United Kingdom 0.4

0.4% 415 2023
20 Russia 0.1

0.2% 247 2023
21 Canada 0.0

0.2% 180 2023

Intra-regional

Southeast Asian countries’ influence on each other

Extra-regional

Partners exerting influence from outside the region