Table 5 Norwegian students in tertiary education abroad, by gender and Countries of destination. 1 October 1998, 2007 and 2008

5 Norwegian students in tertiary education abroad, by gender and Countries of destination. 1 October 1998, 2007 and 2008
Countries of destination	Total			Men			Women

Countries of destination	1998	2007	2008	1998	2007	2008	1998	2007	2008

Total	11 850	11 201	11 286	5 207	4 691	4 666	6 643	6 510	6 620
Denmark	1 451	2 008	2 060	482	716	673	969	1 292	1 387
Sweden	780	731	762	302	322	333	478	409	429
France	314	225	178	128	79	69	186	146	109
Ireland	88	140	125	28	28	23	60	112	102
Italy	74	136	83	23	31	31	51	105	52
Netherlands	419	348	354	156	153	160	263	195	194
Poland	237	953	1 079	129	476	506	108	477	573
Spain	50	94	68	13	34	24	37	60	44
United Kingdom	3 889	2 350	2 515	1 609	947	1 026	2 280	1 403	1 489
Switzerland	214	72	62	77	23	25	137	49	37
Germany	751	274	233	311	110	85	440	164	148
Hungary	393	673	665	203	261	254	190	412	411
Slovak Republic		181	219		85	100		96	119
Czech Republic		247	234		122	118		125	116
Rest of Europe	210	168	178	89	83	82	121	85	96
Africa	34	60	56	14	28	23	20	32	33
Asia	49	114	102	27	62	56	22	52	46
Canada	120	175	173	66	76	78	54	99	95
USA	1 841	768	790	1 093	424	412	748	344	378
Rest of North and Central America	14	13	9	4	3	2	10	10	7
South America	23	39	35	8	14	15	15	25	20
Australia	864	1 354	1 233	433	583	547	431	771	686
Rest of Oceania	35	74	71	12	29	24	23	45	47
Unknown	-	4	2	-	2	-	-	2	2