Canada and Germany are the leading countries for the immigration of international students
Canada and Germany are the leading countries for the immigration of international students
The top two nations for foreign student immigration are Canada and Germany.
Compared to other Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, Canada and Germany have the highest rates of immigration for foreign students.
Nearly all of the 38 countries that make up the OECD have policies in place to retain foreign students after they graduate, according to its International Migration Outlook 2022. With the exception of Germany, none of these other nations have had as much success retaining graduates with international educations as Canada.
The study found that more than 60% of foreign students who arrived in Canada and Germany in 2015 for academic reasons were still living there five years later.
The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Governments from 37 democracies with market-based economies work together in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to create guidelines for public policy that will support long-term economic growth. The OECD offers a platform where states may exchange ideas, look for solutions to shared problems, pinpoint best practices, and establish rigorous criteria for economic policy.
The OECD has been a trustworthy source of fact-based policy analysis and economic data for more than 50 years. The United States is cooperating with other members to improve the OECD’s accountability, financial restraint, transparency, and responsiveness to member objectives.
OECD Member countries
20 countries originally ratified the Agreement on the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development on December 14, 1960. Since then, the Organization has added 18 more members. There total of 38 member countries in OECD
Canada joined the OECD on April 10, 1961, and Germany on 27 September 1961
The table has details of OECD member countries
| Country | Date | Country | Date |
| AUSTRIA | 29 September 1961 | AUSTRALIA | 7 June 1971 |
| BELGIUM | 13 September 1961 | CANADA | 10 April 1961 |
| CHILE | 7 May 2010 | COLOMBIA | 28 April 2020 |
| COSTA RICA | 25 May 2021 | CZECH REPUBLIC | 21 December 1995 |
| DENMARK | 30 May 1961 | ESTONIA | 9 December 2010 |
| FINLAND | 28 January 1969 | FRANCE | 7 August 1961 |
| GERMANY | 27 September 1961 | GREECE | 27 September 1961 |
| HUNGARY | 7 May 1996 | ICELAND | 5 June 1961 |
| IRELAND | 17 August 1961 | ISRAEL | 7 September 2010 |
| ITALY | 29 March 1962 | JAPAN | 28 April 1964 |
| KOREA | 12 December 1996 | LATVIA | 1 July 2016 |
| LITHUANIA | 5 July 2018 | LUXEMBOURG | 7 December 1961 |
| MEXICO | 18 May 1994 | NETHERLANDS | 13 November 1961 |
| NEW ZEALAND | 29 May 1973 | NORWAY | 4 July 1961 |
| POLAND | 22 November 1996 | PORTUGAL | 4 August 1961 |
| SLOVAK REPUBLIC | 14 December 2000 | SLOVENIA | 21 July 2010 |
| SPAIN | 3 August 1961 | SWEDEN | 28 September 1961 |
| UNITED KINGDOM | 2 May 1961 | UNITED STATES | 12 April 1961 |
| SWITZERLAND | 28 September 1961 | TURKEY | 2 August 1961 |
So far Canada and Germany are the top two countries in the OECD list that are the leading countries for the immigration of international students.
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