Ghana: net flow of mobile students

The net flow of internationally inbound and outbound students in Ghana reached an estimated value of minus 12.5 thousand in 2020. This meant that, there were more Ghanaians studying abroad (outbound students) than foreigners studying in Ghana (inbound students). Moreover, 2015 was the year that saw the number of inbound students outweighing that of outbound students, with the net flow registered at 4,581.

Net flow of internationally mobile students in Ghana from 2011 to 2020

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October 2021

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Ghana

Survey time period

2011 to 2020

Supplementary notes

* UNESCO Institute for Statistics estimation from 2011 to 2014, and in 2019.

The source mentions that students considered here are those who have crossed a national or territorial border for the purpose of education and are now enrolled outside their country of origin.

It explains that the net flow ratio of mobile students is the "Number of tertiary students from abroad (inbound students) studying in a given country minus the number of students at the same level from a given country studying abroad (outbound students)".

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