UK Student Visa Source Market List 2025
All source markets with 100 or more visa grants in 2025, ranked by volume. Blue entries have full intelligence dashboards — click to explore. Data source: Home Office Immigration Statistics year ending March 2026.
| Rank | Flag | Country | Visas Granted 2025 | YoY Change | Refusal Rate 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | India | 95,060 | +7.3% | 2.9% | |
| 2 | China | 86,350 | -14.0% | 0.1% | |
| 3 | Pakistan | 30,720 | -12.4% | 16.2% | |
| 4 | Nigeria | 30,017 | +60.3% | 10.5% | |
| 5 | Nepal | 19,533 | +60.2% | 5.3% | |
| 6 | United States | 16,239 | +9.4% | 0.4% | |
| 7 | Bangladesh | 10,803 | +71.2% | 8.6% | |
| 8 | Turkey | 5,506 | +25.9% | 2.0% | |
| 9 | Kuwait | 5,042 | +7.9% | 0.0% | |
| 10 | Saudi Arabia | 5,017 | +3.4% | 0.6% | |
| 11 | Malaysia | 4,786 | -9.9% | 0.0% | |
| 12 | Ghana | 3,927 | +44.1% | 14.1% | |
| 13 | Sri Lanka | 3,892 | +12.1% | 10.1% | |
| 14 | France | 3,865 | +2.9% | 0.6% | |
| 15 | Canada | 3,853 | +6.5% | 0.5% | |
| 16 | South Korea | 3,282 | +0.2% | 0.1% | |
| 17 | Hong Kong | 3,113 | +37.2% | 0.2% | |
| 18 | Thailand | 3,093 | -9.0% | 0.1% | |
| 19 | Taiwan | 3,019 | -3.9% | 0.0% | |
| 20 | Germany | 2,937 | +3.6% | 1.2% | |
| 21 | Kenya | 2,612 | +18.5% | 11.9% | |
| 22 | Italy | 2,495 | +2.9% | 0.6% | |
| 23 | Spain | 2,487 | +12.2% | 1.1% | |
| 24 | Vietnam | 2,442 | +18.0% | 3.1% | |
| 25 | Indonesia | 2,369 | -21.3% | 0.2% | |
| 26 | Singapore | 2,250 | +5.1% | 0.0% | |
| 27 | Japan | 2,172 | -5.2% | 0.0% | |
| 28 | Myanmar | 2,046 | +18.5% | 5.0% | |
| 29 | Egypt | 1,517 | -5.2% | 2.9% | |
| 30 | Iran | 1,244 | -35.0% | 18.1% | |
| 31 | Mexico | 1,097 | +8.4% | 0.0% | |
| 32 | Oman | 1,010 | +0.1% | 0.8% | |
| 33 | Australia | 971 | +11.7% | 0.0% | |
| 34 | Kazakhstan | 959 | +6.1% | 0.1% | |
| 35 | Jordan | 949 | -2.5% | 4.3% | |
| 36 | Qatar | 913 | -12.4% | 0.0% | |
| 37 | Uzbekistan | 910 | +15.2% | 1.0% | |
| 38 | Greece | 909 | -3.3% | 1.2% | |
| 39 | Morocco | 890 | -12.8% | 4.4% | |
| 40 | Norway | 878 | -10.7% | 0.6% | |
| 41 | Switzerland | 825 | -1.7% | 1.1% | |
| 42 | Azerbaijan | 819 | +19.0% | 2.5% | |
| 43 | Russia | 771 | -16.9% | 6.9% | |
| 44 | Portugal | 717 | +2.3% | 1.4% | |
| 45 | Brazil | 716 | -4.5% | 0.4% | |
| 46 | Algeria | 681 | +1.9% | 5.4% | |
| 47 | Cyprus | 678 | +5.9% | 0.0% | |
| 48 | Zimbabwe | 617 | +7.1% | 9.0% | |
| 49 | Colombia | 588 | -6.4% | 4.5% | |
| 50 | Netherlands | 575 | -4.6% | 0.9% | |
| 51 | Peru | 551 | +3.0% | 0.4% | |
| 52 | Uganda | 539 | +7.6% | 7.1% | |
| 53 | South Africa | 535 | -9.8% | 7.3% | |
| 54 | Cameroon | 503 | +46.2% | 19.8% | |
| 55 | Lebanon | 479 | -13.5% | 4.0% | |
| 56 | Poland | 470 | +2.6% | 0.0% | |
| 57 | Philippines | 454 | +7.1% | 3.0% | |
| 58 | Ukraine | 450 | +38.0% | 2.4% | |
| 59 | Belgium | 417 | -8.1% | 1.0% | |
| 60 | Sweden | 406 | -4.2% | 1.5% | |
| 61 | Bahrain | 401 | -9.9% | 0.5% | |
| 62 | Iraq | 401 | +29.4% | 20.4% | |
| 63 | Mauritius | 376 | +3.3% | 0.8% | |
| 64 | Chile | 358 | +0.6% | 0.0% | |
| 65 | Austria | 354 | +6.3% | 1.7% | |
| 66 | Romania | 354 | -6.8% | 0.8% | |
| 67 | Tanzania | 321 | +5.2% | 1.8% | |
| 68 | Palestine | 273 | +59.6% | 7.1% | |
| 69 | United Arab Emirates | 261 | -32.6% | 0.0% | |
| 70 | Czechia | 255 | +0.0% | 0.0% | |
| 71 | Bulgaria | 240 | +27.7% | 1.6% | |
| 72 | Afghanistan | 235 | -37.2% | 47.7% | |
| 73 | Albania | 231 | -24.0% | 5.3% | |
| 74 | Sudan | 227 | -8.1% | 26.5% | |
| 75 | Brunei | 220 | -8.7% | 0.9% | |
| 76 | Hungary | 216 | +24.1% | 0.9% | |
| 77 | Georgia | 212 | -1.9% | 1.9% | |
| 78 | Israel | 209 | -6.7% | 7.9% | |
| 79 | Zambia | 202 | +3.6% | 5.6% | |
| 80 | New Zealand | 197 | -2.0% | 0.5% | |
| 81 | Cambodia | 195 | -1.5% | 2.0% | |
| 82 | Syria | 191 | -17.0% | 20.4% | |
| 83 | Denmark | 182 | +4.0% | 1.1% | |
| 84 | Maldives | 177 | -2.7% | 2.7% | |
| 85 | Botswana | 168 | +14.3% | 2.3% | |
| 86 | St Kitts and Nevis | 167 | +9.2% | 8.7% | |
| 87 | Dominica | 162 | -3.6% | 3.0% | |
| 88 | Libya | 156 | +7.6% | 13.8% | |
| 89 | Malawi | 145 | -1.4% | 7.6% | |
| 90 | Tajikistan | 145 | +29.5% | 0.0% | |
| 91 | Angola | 144 | -17.7% | 0.0% | |
| 92 | Macau | 141 | -4.7% | 0.7% | |
| 93 | Mongolia | 138 | -6.1% | 4.8% | |
| 94 | Finland | 134 | +3.1% | 0.0% | |
| 95 | Serbia | 133 | +27.9% | 2.9% | |
| 96 | Ecuador | 126 | -6.7% | 3.1% | |
| 97 | Slovakia | 125 | +6.8% | 2.3% | |
| 98 | Ivory Coast | 123 | +70.8% | 0.0% | |
| 99 | Tunisia | 119 | -11.2% | 3.3% | |
| 100 | Somalia | 118 | +3.5% | 24.4% | |
| 101 | Ethiopia | 115 | +22.3% | 2.5% | |
| 102 | Lithuania | 107 | +32.1% | 2.7% | |
| 103 | Luxembourg | 106 | +16.5% | 0.9% | |
| 104 | Sierra Leone | 106 | +14.0% | 15.2% | |
| 105 | Argentina | 104 | -8.8% | 1.0% |
Source: Home Office Immigration Statistics year ending March 2026. Includes all nationalities with 100 or more sponsored study visa grants in 2025. Countries shown in blue have full intelligence dashboards — click to explore visa trends, refusal rates, course level data, agent landscape and recruiter insights.