The latest Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) International Trade in Services data1 shows international education activity contributed
$17.2 billion in export income to the Australian economy in 2008-09, up 23.2 per cent from the previous financial year. Further details on these statistics are available in the AEI Research Snapshot on
Export Income from Education Services in 2008-09 also released in November 2009.
The level of export income generated is generally a reflection of the enrolments by international students from each market and the education sector of their enrolment. The table below shows the export income attributed to the top 50 student nationalities.
Australia's Exports of Education Services by Top 50 international student nationalities ($million)
| Nationality |
2006-07
|
2007-08
|
2008-09
|
|
Nationality |
2006-07
|
2007-08
|
2008-09
|
| China |
2,506
|
3,059
|
3,787
|
|
Zimbabwe |
70
|
83
|
93
|
| India |
1,298
|
1,971
|
2,819
|
|
France |
71
|
82
|
89
|
| Republic of Korea |
903
|
1,019
|
1,107
|
|
Kenya |
57
|
63
|
71
|
| Malaysia |
643
|
711
|
808
|
|
Iran |
43
|
52
|
66
|
| Thailand |
456
|
544
|
669
|
|
Poland |
59
|
63
|
62
|
| Vietnam |
243
|
359
|
591
|
|
Peru |
22
|
40
|
60
|
| Hong Kong |
578
|
566
|
557
|
|
Egypt |
24
|
46
|
58
|
| Indonesia |
478
|
505
|
553
|
|
Norway |
65
|
56
|
58
|
| Nepal |
99
|
268
|
505
|
|
Czech Republic |
54
|
57
|
56
|
| Brazil |
234
|
311
|
407
|
|
Turkey |
29
|
41
|
54
|
| Sri Lanka |
197
|
258
|
315
|
|
Sweden |
56
|
53
|
52
|
| Japan |
364
|
335
|
290
|
|
Papua New Guinea |
43
|
47
|
51
|
| Singapore |
268
|
273
|
289
|
|
Mexico |
33
|
38
|
39
|
| Saudi Arabia |
68
|
154
|
283
|
|
Slovakia |
38
|
39
|
38
|
| Colombia |
100
|
168
|
238
|
|
Chile |
18
|
25
|
37
|
| Taiwan |
232
|
235
|
235
|
|
Russian Federation |
23
|
27
|
34
|
| USA |
227
|
223
|
216
|
|
Italy |
22
|
28
|
31
|
| Mauritius |
78
|
116
|
198
|
|
United Arab Emirates |
23
|
27
|
31
|
| Bangladesh |
199
|
207
|
193
|
|
Zambia |
28
|
30
|
31
|
| Pakistan |
95
|
142
|
179
|
|
Hungary |
20
|
24
|
30
|
| United Kingdom |
153
|
172
|
176
|
|
Burma (Myanmar) |
15
|
20
|
27
|
| Canada |
118
|
131
|
142
|
|
Lebanon |
16
|
22
|
27
|
| Germany |
131
|
136
|
134
|
|
Switzerland |
26
|
27
|
27
|
| New Zealand |
95
|
138
|
129
|
|
Fiji |
19
|
20
|
22
|
| Philippines |
65
|
85
|
122
|
|
Portugal |
15
|
17
|
22
|
| The full table of all nationalities is available from the ABS website in the electronic version of the publication International Trade in Services as Table 10.4 at Table 10: Education services by Country. |
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Of the total export income generated by education services in 2008-09, $16.6 billion was from spending on fees and goods and services by onshore students2 and a further $553 million was earned through offshore educational activities3. The table below shows onshore education services exports by the type of student expenditure (i.e. goods and services; and fees). A table showing a further breakdown by education sector is available from the ABS website as Table 12.1 at Table 12: Type of expenditure by Educational sector.
Education services by Type of expenditure ($million)
| Type of expenditure |
2006-07
|
2007-08
|
2008-09
|
| Goods and services |
6,541
|
8,200
|
10,211
|
| Fees |
4,428
|
5,186
|
6,259
|
| Total |
11,109
|
13,538
|
16,610
|
1 All export income data in this snapshot are sourced from the Australian Bureau of Statistics’ publication International Trade in Services, by Country, by State and by Detailed Services Category, Financial Year, 2008-09 (ABS Catalogue no. 5368.0.55.003).
2 Includes international students on student visas only.
3 These include education consultancy services and services through educational institutions. It does not include income generated by offshore campuses of Australian institutions.
(c) Australian Education International
RSS feed from Australian Immigration Visas