International Students as at 1 July 2007
This report is part of the School Roll Summary report: July 2007. It provides a snapshot of foreign fee-paying students in New Zealand schools as at 1 July 2007.
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Foreign fee-paying students
At July 2007, there were 10,204 foreign fee-paying students. After decreasing for the last three years, the number has increased this year by 559 students (5.8 %). This compares with a decrease of 1,654 students (14.6 %) in the previous year.
There were 2,873 foreign fee-paying students in Years 1-8. This is an increase of 418 students (17.0 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 409 (14.3 %) in the previous year. The majority of these students (87.2 per cent) were from South Korea.
There were 7,331 foreign fee-paying students in Years 9-15. This is an increase of 141 students (2.0 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 1,245 (14.8 %) in the previous year.
Foreign fee-paying students comprise 1.3 % of the New Zealand school population, the same proportion as last year.
Almost half (49.9 %) of foreign fee-paying students were attending schools in the Auckland region in July 2007. There were 18.7 % in Canterbury, 6.2 % in Waikato and 5.7 % in Wellington.
The majority of foreign fee-paying students are from Asia (87.7 %). The largest group by far comes from South Korea with 5,050 students (49.5 % of all foreign fee-paying students). The next largest group is from Japan with 1,308 students (12.8 %) and then China, with 1,279 students (12.5 %).
Table 1: Foreign Fee-Paying Students in Top Ten Countries at 1 July 2005-2007
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2005 |
2006 |
2007 |
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Country |
Number of FFPs |
% of total |
Country |
Number of FFPs |
% of total |
Country |
Number of FFPs |
% of total |
|
|
1 |
SOUTH KOREA |
5,080 |
45.0 |
SOUTH KOREA |
4,503 |
46.7 |
SOUTH KOREA |
5,050 |
49.5 |
|
2 |
CHINA |
2,051 |
18.2 |
CHINA |
1,411 |
14.6 |
JAPAN |
1,308 |
12.8 |
|
3 |
JAPAN |
1,594 |
14.1 |
JAPAN |
1,384 |
14.3 |
CHINA |
1,279 |
12.5 |
|
4 |
THAILAND |
770 |
6.8 |
THAILAND |
614 |
6.4 |
THAILAND |
632 |
6.2 |
|
5 |
GERMANY |
416 |
3.7 |
GERMANY |
446 |
4.6 |
GERMANY |
503 |
4.9 |
|
6 |
TAIWAN |
333 |
2.9 |
TAIWAN |
273 |
2.8 |
TAIWAN |
276 |
2.7 |
|
7 |
VIET NAM |
165 |
1.5 |
VIET NAM |
138 |
1.4 |
BRAZIL |
153 |
1.5 |
|
8 |
MALAYSIA |
119 |
1.1 |
BRAZIL |
99 |
1.0 |
VIET NAM |
147 |
1.4 |
|
9 |
BRAZIL |
116 |
1.0 |
FIJI |
95 |
1.0 |
FIJI |
118 |
1.2 |
|
10 |
FIJI |
77 |
0.7 |
MALAYSIA |
82 |
0.9 |
MALAYSIA |
69 |
0.7 |
The number of foreign fee-paying students from South Korea has increased by 547 students (12.1 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 577 students (11.4 %) in the previous year.
The number of foreign fee-paying students from Japan has decreased by 76 students (5.5 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 210 students (13.2 %) in the previous year.
The number of foreign fee-paying students from China has decreased by 132 students (9.4 %) since July 2006. This compares with a decrease of 640 students (31.3 %) in the previous year.
Foreign fee-paying students from Europe, which make up 6.8 % of overall enrolments by foreign fee-paying students, increased by 74 students (12.0 %) in 2007.
Foreign fee-paying students from the Pacific region, which make up 2.2 % of overall enrolments by foreign fee-paying students, increased by 11 students (5.1 %) in 2007.
Related Pages on Education Counts
Other reports can be found on the International Students statistics index page.
The July School Roll Return data collection page provides links to data, publications and indicators based on that collection.