The number of foreign students in higher education in Sweden peaked in the academic year 2010/11, when about 29,000 foreign students started studying in Sweden. The number of foreign students fell the following year, but has increased slightly since, reaching 25,500 by 2022-23. However, it dropped below 17,000 in 2020/21, a number that must be seen in relation with the COVID-19 pandemic. That year, over 75,000 students from Sweden studied at Swedish universities.
Number of new Swedish and foreign students in Swedish higher education institutions from academic year 2010 to 2023
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UKÄ. (May 24, 2023). Number of new Swedish and foreign students in Swedish higher education institutions from academic year 2010 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 06, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/564624/distribution-of-new-swedish-and-foreign-students-in-sweden/
UKÄ. "Number of new Swedish and foreign students in Swedish higher education institutions from academic year 2010 to 2023." Chart. May 24, 2023. Statista. Accessed January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/564624/distribution-of-new-swedish-and-foreign-students-in-sweden/
UKÄ. (2023). Number of new Swedish and foreign students in Swedish higher education institutions from academic year 2010 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 06, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/564624/distribution-of-new-swedish-and-foreign-students-in-sweden/
UKÄ. "Number of New Swedish and Foreign Students in Swedish Higher Education Institutions from Academic Year 2010 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 May 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/564624/distribution-of-new-swedish-and-foreign-students-in-sweden/
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Number of new Swedish and foreign students in Swedish higher education institutions from academic year 2010 to 2023 [Graph], UKÄ, May 24, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/564624/distribution-of-new-swedish-and-foreign-students-in-sweden/
