UK Transnational and Onshore International Student Enrolments by Country, 2018-2024

UK higher education enrolments for 34 non-EEA/EFTA source countries from the 2018/19 to 2023/24 academic years. The dataset, created by Suresh Gamlath, includes transnational education (TNE) and onshore international student figures, paired with source-country GDP per capita data from the International Monetary Fund. It supports a panel analysis examining the relationship between TNE expansion and onshore recruitment.

Use Cases

• Estimate cross-elasticity between onshore and transnational enrolment growth based on the panel model described.
• Analyze the impact of source-country income growth on transnational education demand based on GDP per capita data.
• Test the substitutability assumption between transnational and onshore international student recruitment for UK policy.
• Model UK higher education as an export industry based on enrolment and economic data.

Strengths

• Covers 34 source countries over 6 academic years (2018/19 to 2023/24), providing a multi-year panel.
• Integrates data from the authoritative Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and the International Monetary Fund.
• Analysis includes robustness checks, such as a subsample for countries below USD 15,000 GDP per capita.

Limitations

• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect geographic bias inherent to the selected 34 non-EEA/EFTA source countries.

Provenance

Source

Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) and International Monetary Fund.

Collection Method

Publicly available data aggregated for empirical study.

Time Range

Academic years 2018/19 to 2023/24.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-06 18:39:23; freshness should be verified.

Geography

United Kingdom and 34 non-EEA/EFTA source countries.