The UK’s international market share of international students stood
at around 11 per cent in 2004, having reduced from 16 per cent or so in
1998. In terms of market share the UK remains second to the USA (which
has also lost market share, but which still dominates the market with a
share of over 20 per cent). Despite this reduction in market share, the
number of international students globally has been increasing to such an
extent that the number of such students in this country has grown rapidly,
as is shown in Figure 2 below