International student mobility and highly skilled migration: a comparative study of Canada, the United States, and the United Kingdom

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Table 5 Top 10 counties/regions sending international students to Canada, the US, and the UK, 2008

	Canada		United States		United Kingdom
	Country of origin	% as total international students	Country of origin	% as total international students	Country of origin	% as total international students
1	China	23.7	India	15.4	China	13.8
2	South Korea	15.4	China	14.6	India	10.0
3	United States	6.4	South Korea	11.2	Ireland	4.5
4	France	4.8	Canada	4.4	Nigeria	4.2
5	India	4.1	Japan	4.4	United States	4.2
6	Japan	3.7	Taiwan	4.2	Germany	4.1
7	Saudi Arabia	2.6	Mexico	2.2	France	3.8
8	Taiwan	2.3	Turkey	2.0	Malaysia	3.7
9	Hong Kong	2.3	Vietnam	1.9	Greece	3.5
10	Mexico	2.2	Saudi Arabia	1.9	Pakistan	2.8
	Total top 5 2008^a	54.3	Total top 5 2008^a	50.0	Total top 5 2008^a	36.6
	Total top 5 1999^a	46.2	Total top 5 1999^a	41.6	Total top 5 1999^a	39.4

Citizenship and Immigration Canada CIC (2009b); Higher Education Statistics Agency HESA (2010b, 2001b); Institute of International Education IIE (2010); Canada data include foreign students in educational programs at all levels.
^a Calculated by authors; The top five sending countries and their ranks may change over years.