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Table A-40-2. Number, percentage distribution, and percent change of students, by top 25 destinations of U.S. study abroad students: Academic years 1997–98 and 2007–08

	1997–98			2007–08			Percent change, 1997-98 to 2007–08
Destination	Rank	Number of students	Percent of total	Rank	Number of students	Percent of total	Percent change, 1997-98 to 2007–08
World total¹		113,959	100.0		262,416	100.0	130.3
United Kingdom	1	25,900	22.7	1	33,333	12.7	28.7
Italy	3	10,142	8.9	2	30,670	11.7	202.4
Spain	2	10,393	9.1	3	25,212	9.6	142.6
France	4	9,776	8.6	4	17,336	6.6	77.3
China	11	2,116	1.9	5	13,165	5.0	522.2

Australia	6	4,355	3.8	6	11,042	4.2	153.5
Mexico	5	7,574	6.6	7	9,928	3.8	31.1
Germany	7	4,146	3.6	8	8,253	3.1	99.1
Ireland	9	2,522	2.2	9	6,881	2.6	172.8
Costa Rica	8	2,973	2.6	10	6,096	2.3	105.0

Japan	10	2,285	2.0	11	5,710	2.2	149.9
Argentina	27	536	0.5	12	4,109	1.6	666.6
Greece	16	1,124	1.0	13	3,847	1.5	242.3
South Africa	23	617	0.5	14	3,700	1.4	499.7
Czech Republic	20	840	0.7	15	3,417	1.3	306.8

Austria	13	1,609	1.4	16	3,356	1.3	108.6
India	22	684	0.6	17	3,146	1.2	359.9
Ecuador	14	1,229	1.1	18	2,814	1.1	129.0
Chile	18	1,005	0.9	19	2,739	1.0	172.5
Brazil	26	555	0.5	20	2,723	1.0	390.6

New Zealand	28	509	0.4	21	2,629	1.0	416.5
Israel	12	1,988	1.7	22	2,322	0.9	16.8
Netherlands	17	1,090	1.0	23	2,038	0.8	87.0
Switzerland	21	697	0.6	24	1,942	0.7	178.6
Russia	15	1,145	1.0	25	1,857	0.7	62.2
¹ Includes countries not separately shown.
NOTE: Countries are in order of 2007–08 ranking. For more information on the Open Doors U.S. Study Abroad Survey, see supplemental note 3.
SOURCE: Open Doors: Report on International Educational Exchange. New York: Institute of International Education, 1998–99 and 2009.

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