Four Essays on University Economics - KOPS - Universität Konstanz

3.7 Appendix
Return of foreign students
Table 3.7: List of major home countries of foreign students in Germany (only developing
and transition countries considered)
(a) for the year 2002
Total number of % of foreign student Number of % of KAAD
Rank Country students in Germany population in Germany KAAD scholars population
1 China 13,523 13.44 46 8.00
2 Poland 8,827 8.77 56 9.74
3 Russia 7,098 7.05 3 0.52
4 Bulgaria 6,954 6.91 4 0.70
5 Morocco 5,570 5.54 2 0.35
6 Turkey 5,188 5.16 3 0.52
7 Cameron 4,309 4.28 15 2.61
8 Ukraine 4,049 4.02 8 1.39
9 South Korea 3,729 3.71 1 0.17
10 Iran 2,929 2.91 5 0.87
11 Hungary 2,455 2.44 8 1.39
12 Romania 2,451 2.44 18 3.13
13 Indonesia 2,016 2.00 33 5.74
14 Georgia 1,973 1.96 1 0.17
15 India 1,745 1.73 6 1.04
(b) for the year 2003
Total number of % of foreign student Number of % of KAAD
Rank Country students in Germany population in Germany KAAD scholars population
1 China 19,374 16.13 37 8.03
2 Poland 10,284 8.56 50 10.85
3 Bulgaria 9,499 7.91 0 0.00
4 Russia 8,113 6.76 4 0.87
5 Morocco 6,159 5.13 1 0.22
6 Turkey 5,728 4.77 1 0.22
7 Ukraine 4,975 4.14 12 2.60
8 Cameron 4,709 3.92 6 1.30
9 South Korea 3,899 3.25 1 0.22
10 Romania 3,024 2.52 19 4.12
11 India 2,920 2.43 5 1.08
12 Iran 2,810 2.34 3 0.65
13 Hungary 2,667 2.22 9 1.95
14 Georgia 2,490 2.07 1 0.22
15 Indonesia 2,187 1.82 25 5.42
Source: Student Statistics Federal Statistical Office, HIS computations (available at: www.wissenschaftweltoffen.de);
KAAD Database
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