A reading of the latest statistics of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) for the map of "international student movement across the world" for the year 2019 reveals some surprising results regarding the Arab region, including that Arab countries attract more students from the rest of the Arab countries than Western countries famous for their prestigious universities.
Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey attract more Arab students than Western countries such as Britain and Canada, based only on the list of the 3 most attractive countries for Arab students.
The list of the five most attractive countries for Arab students:
1- America: 81 thousand and 403
2- France: 68 thousand and 140
3- Jordan: 34 thousand and 111
4- Saudi Arabia: 33 thousand and 431
5- Turkey: 23 thousand and 732
And if Saudi Arabia, then Syria, then Morocco is the leader in the list of the most Arab countries sending students to pursue their education abroad, then looking at the numbers from a relative angle shows a completely opposite and surprising arrangement, and what is meant by relativity is the number of students who study abroad in relation to the number of population.
Comoros tops the list with 6,414 students per million people, followed by Kuwait with 5,450 students per million, and Palestine comes in third place with 4,979 students, and at the bottom of the list we find Egypt (349 students), Somalia (399) and Algeria (598).
A map showing the 3 countries that attracted the most Saudi students (UNESCO)
As for the Arab countries that are the top in terms of the number of their students, they are as follows:
1- Saudi Arabia: 84,310 students
2- Syria: 53,612 students
3- Morocco: 51,164 students
The following is the ranking of Arab countries from largest to smallest in terms of the number of students abroad, with only the three countries that attract the most students:
Saudi Arabia
1 - the United States: 54 thousand and 709
2 - Britain: 7891
3 - Canada: 5349
Syria
1- Turkey: 15 thousand and 42
2- Saudi Arabia: 8937
3- Jordan: 7647
Morocco
1-France: 29,733
2-Ukraine: 3538
3-Germany: 3097
Turkey tops the list of countries most attracting Syrian students by a large margin (UNESCO)
Egypt:
34,922 students in total
1- UAE: 5256
2- Saudi Arabia: 4390
3- United States: 3762
Iraq:
30 thousand and 332
1- Jordan: 8042
2- Turkey: 5012
3- Malaysia: 3595
Algeria:
25 thousand and 729
1- France: 20 thousand and 491
2- Malaysia: 502
3 - Canada: 483
Palestine:
24 thousand and 896
1- Jordan: 10 thousand and 352
2- Emirates: 4134
3- Saudi Arabia: 3867
Yemen:
24 thousand and 881
1- Saudi Arabia: 9629
2- Malaysia: 7047
3- UAE: 2896
Jordan:
24 thousand and 815
1- UAE: 6107
2- Saudi Arabia: 4152
3- United States: 2254
France requires a list of the most destinations for Moroccan students to study abroad (UNESCO)
Kuwait:
22 thousand and 891
1- United States: 10 thousand and 98
2- Jordan: 4042
3- Britain: 3426
Tunisia:
22,352
1- France 9832
2- Germany 4286
3- Romania 1254
Lebanon:
16,929
1- France: 4582
2- UAE: 1610
3- United States: 1395
The Sultanate of Oman:
14 thousand and 338
1- UAE: 5237
2- The United States: 3219
3- Britain: 2559
Libya:
11,574
1 - Malaysia 3242
2 - Turkey 1943
3 - United States 1229
The Emirates:
11,240
1- Britain: 4069
2- The United States: 2941
3- India: 1121
Qatar:
6523
1- Jordan: 3393
2- Britain: 2885
3- United States: 1652
Comoros:
6414
1- Madagascar: 1674
2- France: 1503
3- UAE: 1219
Somalia:
6147
1- Malaysia 2016
2- Turkey 1735
3- Saudi Arabia 710
Bahrain:
5831
1- Britain: 1415
2- UAE 877
3- Jordan 635
Mauritania:
4567
1- Morocco 1150
2- France 1010
3- Saudi Arabia 968
Djibouti:
2363
1- France: 989
2- Morocco: 294
3- Malaysia: 249
Eritrea:
1876
1- Saudi Arabia 778
2- Malaysia 179
3- United States 144
Sudan: No statistics available.