today plate 210 · people on the move · 2023 data

South Korea turned from student sender into student host

  • 127.6k Foreign students at South Korean universities and colleges in 2023, more than double the 59.2k of 2010.
  • −24% Korean students studying abroad fell from 118.2k in 2010 to 89.7k in 2023 (UNESCO estimates).
  • 2020 The year arrivals passed departures: by 2023 Korea hosted 1.4 foreign students for every Korean abroad, up from 0.5.
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