Analysis of the distribution by geographic origins
Analysis of the distribution by geographic origins (stocks) of students registered
1998/1999 | 2002/2003 | ||||
| xxx | Number | Percentage of foreign students | Number | Percentage of foreign students | Percentage of the total student population |
| Africa | 59327 | 48,5% | 93585 | 52% | 6,5% |
| Europe | 37341 | 30,5% | 44875 | 25% | 3% |
| Asia/Oceania | 16647 | 13,6% | 29317 | 16,1% | 2% |
| America | 8875 | 7,2% | 12493 | 7% | 0,8% |
| TOTAL | 122190 | xxx | 180270 | xxx | xxx |
NB: Rounded figures, source MJENR
France continues to be the favourite place for education in Francophone Africa, whose students represent 52% of the total number of foreign students, i.e. 35,000 students more than in 1998 (+ 48.5%).
with a strong predominance of North African countries, which represent 50% of African student numbers.
And within North Africa, Morocco from where France receives 28,500 students, followed a long way behind by Algeria (17,000 students) and Tunisia (8,253).
Europe represents a quarter of the student numbers.
In Asia it is very clearly China in first place, both in terms of relative influence (30%) and growth in numbers (+ 58% students registered or new arrivals -+ 81% - of the number of visas issued in 2002 in relation 2001).
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