Table 5 Norwegian students in tertiary education abroad, by gender and countries of destination. 1 October 1997, 2006 and 2007

5 Norwegian students in tertiary education abroad, by gender and countries of destination. 1 October 1997, 2006 and 2007
Countries of destination	Total			Men			Women

Countries of destination	1997	2006	2007	1997	2006	2007	1997	2006	2007

Total	10 825	11 746	11 201	4 922	4 900	4 691	5 903	6 846	6 510
Denmark	1 320	1 976	2 008	469	698	716	851	1 278	1 292
Sweden	847	732	731	331	301	322	516	431	409
France	337	252	225	143	88	79	194	164	146
Ireland	56	181	140	22	52	28	34	129	112
Italy	73	208	136	22	53	31	51	155	105
Netherlands	325	353	348	131	161	153	194	192	195
Poland	170	856	953	93	412	476	77	444	477
Spain	43	145	94	13	43	34	30	102	60
United Kingdom	3 546	2 372	2 350	1 508	965	947	2 038	1 407	1 403
Switzerland	209	103	72	77	41	23	132	62	49
Germany	819	324	274	363	124	110	456	200	164
Hungary	310	713	673	161	277	261	149	436	412
Slovak Republic	-	137	181	-	55	85	-	82	96
Czech Republic	-	238	247	-	110	122	-	128	125
Rest of Europe	187	162	168	83	81	83	104	81	85
Africa	27	61	60	11	27	28	16	34	32
Asia	43	141	114	22	79	62	21	62	52
Canada	126	184	175	72	83	76	54	101	99
USA	1 917	775	768	1 167	417	424	750	358	344
Rest of North- and Central America	11	20	13	4	4	3	7	16	10
South America	20	52	39	6	22	14	14	30	25
Australia	419	1 655	1 354	215	756	583	204	899	771
Rest of Oceania	20	105	74	9	50	29	11	55	45
Unknown	-	1	4	-	1	2	-	-	2