Australia Analytics

Recruitment Opportunities

Compare source markets by volume and grant rate before moving into the map or country details.

Current lens: All current data. High-volume threshold starts at 30,854 applications, the reasonable-volume screen for summary cards is 250, and above-average performance is 73.67%+

Source: data.gov.au Australian student visa grant rate data
Countries249
Lodged7,615,078
Granted5,610,235
Average Rate73.7%
Filters

Keep sector and location close to the top. Those two filters change the country picture fastest in the real dataset.

Opportunity Matrix

These buckets separate high-volume markets, caution markets, and smaller markets worth monitoring.

Volume line: 30,854 applications Summary cards use a 250-application screen Performance line: 73.67% average grant rate
Scale Now

High-volume markets already converting above the filtered average grant rate.

Singapore flag Singapore 56,987 apps
97.2% 0.8% share
Canada flag Canada 56,383 apps
97.4% 0.7% share
Malaysia flag Malaysia 52,199 apps
97.1% 0.7% share
Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia 47,658 apps
97.2% 0.6% share
Indonesia flag Indonesia 47,293 apps
97.0% 0.6% share
Hong Kong flag Hong Kong 42,929 apps
96.7% 0.6% share
High-Volume Caution

Big markets with grant rates below the filtered average. These matter, but need sharper targeting.

Montserrat flag Montserrat 32,897 apps
71.5% 0.4% share
Egypt flag Egypt 32,376 apps
72.3% 0.4% share
Lao People's Democratic Republic flag Lao People's Democratic Republic 32,248 apps
72.3% 0.4% share
Rwanda flag Rwanda 32,146 apps
72.2% 0.4% share
Denmark flag Denmark 32,108 apps
71.6% 0.4% share
Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau 31,930 apps
72.0% 0.4% share
Emerging Opportunities

Smaller-volume markets already performing above average and worth watching early.

Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka 28,501 apps
88.0% 0.4% share
Bhutan flag Bhutan 28,286 apps
91.8% 0.4% share
Philippines flag Philippines 26,495 apps
86.3% 0.4% share
Bangladesh flag Bangladesh 24,312 apps
85.5% 0.3% share
Viet Nam flag Viet Nam 20,977 apps
83.0% 0.3% share
Largest Markets

This chart answers where the current volume sits and whether scale is translating into approvals.

Market Shape

Relative scale by application volume, colored by approval quality. Large red blocks are immediate review candidates.

Full Ranking

Detailed country ranking with volume, grants, share, and grant rate. Use this when a short list needs exact ordering.

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Rank Country Apps Grants Share Rate
1
Singapore flag Singapore
56,987 55,402 0.75% 97.2%
2
Canada flag Canada
56,383 54,920 0.74% 97.4%
3
Malaysia flag Malaysia
52,199 50,699 0.69% 97.1%
4
Saudi Arabia flag Saudi Arabia
47,658 46,309 0.63% 97.2%
5
Indonesia flag Indonesia
47,293 45,886 0.62% 97.0%
6
Hong Kong flag Hong Kong
42,929 41,523 0.56% 96.7%
7
Japan flag Japan
40,293 38,970 0.53% 96.7%
8
China flag China
39,204 37,605 0.51% 95.9%
9
United States flag United States
39,105 37,807 0.51% 96.7%
10
Thailand flag Thailand
38,608 37,139 0.51% 96.2%
11
Cambodia flag Cambodia
33,979 32,415 0.45% 95.4%
12
Montserrat flag Montserrat
32,897 23,517 0.43% 71.5%
13
Egypt flag Egypt
32,376 23,410 0.43% 72.3%
14
Lao People's Democratic Republic flag Lao People's Democratic Republic
32,248 23,298 0.42% 72.3%
15
Rwanda flag Rwanda
32,146 23,223 0.42% 72.2%
16
Denmark flag Denmark
32,108 22,999 0.42% 71.6%
17
Guinea-Bissau flag Guinea-Bissau
31,930 23,003 0.42% 72.0%
18
Tokelau flag Tokelau
31,841 22,784 0.42% 71.6%
19
Turks and Caicos Islands flag Turks and Caicos Islands
31,838 22,970 0.42% 72.2%
20
El Salvador flag El Salvador
31,796 22,831 0.42% 71.8%
21
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of flag Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
31,763 22,807 0.42% 71.8%
22
Marshall Islands flag Marshall Islands
31,674 22,667 0.42% 71.6%
23
Congo flag Congo
31,655 22,921 0.42% 72.4%
24
Fiji flag Fiji
31,650 22,659 0.42% 71.6%
25
French Polynesia flag French Polynesia
31,642 22,831 0.42% 72.2%
26
Belgium flag Belgium
31,610 22,659 0.42% 71.7%
27
Azerbaijan flag Azerbaijan
31,595 22,751 0.41% 72.0%
28
Samoa flag Samoa
31,578 22,591 0.41% 71.5%
29
Suriname flag Suriname
31,571 22,717 0.41% 72.0%
30
Gabon flag Gabon
31,561 22,659 0.41% 71.8%
31
Lesotho flag Lesotho
31,508 22,647 0.41% 71.9%
32
Liberia flag Liberia
31,507 22,814 0.41% 72.4%
33
Kenya flag Kenya
31,503 30,053 0.41% 95.4%
34
Grenada flag Grenada
31,499 22,749 0.41% 72.2%
35
Barbados flag Barbados
31,356 22,438 0.41% 71.6%
36
Oman flag Oman
31,253 22,273 0.41% 71.3%
37
Brazil flag Brazil
31,243 22,062 0.41% 70.6%
38
Sierra Leone flag Sierra Leone
31,226 22,711 0.41% 72.7%
39
Mali flag Mali
31,211 22,279 0.41% 71.4%
40
Colombia flag Colombia
31,189 22,311 0.41% 71.5%
41
Guadeloupe flag Guadeloupe
31,188 22,348 0.41% 71.7%
42
Armenia flag Armenia
31,150 22,374 0.41% 71.8%
43
Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha flag Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
31,096 22,206 0.41% 71.4%
44
Saint Martin (French part) flag Saint Martin (French part)
31,058 22,334 0.41% 71.9%
45
Slovenia flag Slovenia
31,055 22,449 0.41% 72.3%
46
Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba flag Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba
31,046 22,197 0.41% 71.5%
47
Bahamas flag Bahamas
31,045 22,048 0.41% 71.0%
48
Hungary flag Hungary
31,036 22,236 0.41% 71.7%
49
Namibia flag Namibia
31,032 22,287 0.41% 71.8%
50
North Macedonia flag North Macedonia
31,032 22,185 0.41% 71.5%
51
Ireland flag Ireland
31,003 22,016 0.41% 71.0%
52
Bermuda flag Bermuda
30,974 22,307 0.41% 72.0%
53
Jersey flag Jersey
30,955 22,316 0.41% 72.1%
54
Bahrain flag Bahrain
30,949 22,228 0.41% 71.8%
55
Nigeria flag Nigeria
30,918 22,066 0.41% 71.4%
56
Bolivia flag Bolivia
30,908 22,156 0.41% 71.7%
57
Zambia flag Zambia
30,906 22,140 0.41% 71.6%
58
Curaçao flag Curaçao
30,903 22,016 0.41% 71.2%
59
Italy flag Italy
30,891 22,142 0.41% 71.7%
60
Taiwan, Province of China flag Taiwan, Province of China
30,866 22,161 0.41% 71.8%
61
Spain flag Spain
30,863 22,179 0.41% 71.9%
62
Australia flag Australia
30,856 22,084 0.41% 71.6%
63
Myanmar flag Myanmar
30,854 22,192 0.41% 71.9%
64
Mauritania flag Mauritania
30,848 22,035 0.41% 71.4%
65
Kazakhstan flag Kazakhstan
30,835 22,255 0.40% 72.2%
66
Guyana flag Guyana
30,831 22,012 0.40% 71.4%
67
Togo flag Togo
30,825 22,103 0.40% 71.7%
68
Saint Pierre and Miquelon flag Saint Pierre and Miquelon
30,821 22,054 0.40% 71.6%
69
South Sudan flag South Sudan
30,812 22,082 0.40% 71.7%
70
Germany flag Germany
30,758 22,095 0.40% 71.8%
71
Gambia flag Gambia
30,745 21,953 0.40% 71.4%
72
Niger flag Niger
30,743 22,215 0.40% 72.3%
73
Guam flag Guam
30,735 22,100 0.40% 71.9%
74
Ghana flag Ghana
30,714 22,159 0.40% 72.2%
75
Belize flag Belize
30,708 22,127 0.40% 72.1%
76
Palau flag Palau
30,703 22,234 0.40% 72.4%
77
Korea, Republic of flag Korea, Republic of
30,702 21,894 0.40% 71.3%
78
Chad flag Chad
30,679 21,807 0.40% 71.1%
79
United States Minor Outlying Islands flag United States Minor Outlying Islands
30,670 22,138 0.40% 72.2%
80
Vanuatu flag Vanuatu
30,659 21,838 0.40% 71.2%
81
Papua New Guinea flag Papua New Guinea
30,656 21,985 0.40% 71.7%
82
Burkina Faso flag Burkina Faso
30,608 21,981 0.40% 71.8%
83
Moldova, Republic of flag Moldova, Republic of
30,573 22,320 0.40% 73.0%
84
Peru flag Peru
30,560 21,863 0.40% 71.5%
85
Sao Tome and Principe flag Sao Tome and Principe
30,559 21,737 0.40% 71.1%
86
South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands flag South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands
30,547 21,623 0.40% 70.8%
87
Slovakia flag Slovakia
30,535 21,862 0.40% 71.6%
88
Bulgaria flag Bulgaria
30,513 21,871 0.40% 71.7%
89
Latvia flag Latvia
30,506 22,018 0.40% 72.2%
90
Congo, Democratic Republic of the flag Congo, Democratic Republic of the
30,500 21,895 0.40% 71.8%
91
Somalia flag Somalia
30,491 21,878 0.40% 71.8%
92
Seychelles flag Seychelles
30,455 21,919 0.40% 72.0%
93
Portugal flag Portugal
30,453 21,864 0.40% 71.8%
94
Costa Rica flag Costa Rica
30,450 21,776 0.40% 71.5%
95
Switzerland flag Switzerland
30,442 21,771 0.40% 71.5%
96
Norfolk Island flag Norfolk Island
30,434 22,022 0.40% 72.4%
97
Cocos (Keeling) Islands flag Cocos (Keeling) Islands
30,431 21,810 0.40% 71.7%
98
Lithuania flag Lithuania
30,425 21,901 0.40% 72.0%
99
Haiti flag Haiti
30,423 21,868 0.40% 71.9%
100
Honduras flag Honduras
30,402 21,796 0.40% 71.7%
101
Malta flag Malta
30,397 21,803 0.40% 71.7%
102
Cyprus flag Cyprus
30,395 21,787 0.40% 71.7%
103
Heard Island and McDonald Islands flag Heard Island and McDonald Islands
30,382 21,947 0.40% 72.2%
104
French Southern Territories flag French Southern Territories
30,376 21,751 0.40% 71.6%
105
Luxembourg flag Luxembourg
30,368 21,843 0.40% 71.9%
106
Norway flag Norway
30,328 21,635 0.40% 71.3%
107
Saint Barthélemy flag Saint Barthélemy
30,328 21,847 0.40% 72.0%
108
Comoros flag Comoros
30,321 21,597 0.40% 71.2%
109
New Caledonia flag New Caledonia
30,318 21,624 0.40% 71.3%
110
Russia flag Russia
30,311 21,651 0.40% 71.4%
111
Martinique flag Martinique
30,303 21,690 0.40% 71.6%
112
Kuwait flag Kuwait
30,290 21,746 0.40% 71.8%
113
Afghanistan flag Afghanistan
30,284 21,674 0.40% 71.6%
114
Mayotte flag Mayotte
30,272 21,828 0.40% 72.1%
115
Lebanon flag Lebanon
30,259 21,706 0.40% 71.7%
116
Equatorial Guinea flag Equatorial Guinea
30,257 21,348 0.40% 70.6%
117
Serbia flag Serbia
30,245 21,632 0.40% 71.5%
118
Wallis and Futuna flag Wallis and Futuna
30,238 21,665 0.40% 71.7%
119
Brunei flag Brunei
30,223 21,754 0.40% 72.0%
120
Libya flag Libya
30,211 21,635 0.40% 71.6%
121
Sweden flag Sweden
30,210 21,658 0.40% 71.7%
122
Yemen flag Yemen
30,206 21,785 0.40% 72.1%
123
Falkland Islands (Malvinas) flag Falkland Islands (Malvinas)
30,191 21,623 0.40% 71.6%
124
Uzbekistan flag Uzbekistan
30,187 21,526 0.40% 71.3%
125
Poland flag Poland
30,178 21,628 0.40% 71.7%
126
Antigua and Barbuda flag Antigua and Barbuda
30,162 21,645 0.40% 71.8%
127
Micronesia, Federated States of flag Micronesia, Federated States of
30,161 21,522 0.40% 71.4%
128
Puerto Rico flag Puerto Rico
30,157 21,675 0.40% 71.9%
129
French Guiana flag French Guiana
30,142 21,687 0.40% 72.0%
130
Cameroon flag Cameroon
30,120 21,691 0.40% 72.0%
131
Syria flag Syria
30,114 21,394 0.40% 71.0%
132
Kyrgyzstan flag Kyrgyzstan
30,113 21,735 0.40% 72.2%
133
Palestine flag Palestine
30,112 21,599 0.40% 71.7%
134
Tuvalu flag Tuvalu
30,104 21,673 0.40% 72.0%
135
Ethiopia flag Ethiopia
30,095 21,500 0.40% 71.4%
136
Iraq flag Iraq
30,081 21,597 0.40% 71.8%
137
United Arab Emirates flag United Arab Emirates
30,077 21,651 0.39% 72.0%
138
Northern Mariana Islands flag Northern Mariana Islands
30,072 21,542 0.39% 71.6%
139
Gibraltar flag Gibraltar
30,071 21,558 0.39% 71.7%
140
Albania flag Albania
30,070 21,811 0.39% 72.5%
141
Liechtenstein flag Liechtenstein
30,064 21,427 0.39% 71.3%
142
Turkmenistan flag Turkmenistan
30,044 21,300 0.39% 70.9%
143
France flag France
30,027 21,566 0.39% 71.8%
144
Tajikistan flag Tajikistan
30,024 21,700 0.39% 72.3%
145
Uganda flag Uganda
30,022 21,653 0.39% 72.1%
146
Antarctica flag Antarctica
29,999 21,477 0.39% 71.6%
147
Argentina flag Argentina
29,980 21,564 0.39% 71.9%
148
Georgia flag Georgia
29,977 21,419 0.39% 71.5%
149
Czechia flag Czechia
29,974 21,541 0.39% 71.9%
150
Israel flag Israel
29,964 21,363 0.39% 71.3%
151
Morocco flag Morocco
29,963 21,630 0.39% 72.2%
152
Tanzania, United Republic of flag Tanzania, United Republic of
29,960 21,549 0.39% 71.9%
153
Holy See flag Holy See
29,934 21,508 0.39% 71.9%
154
Mongolia flag Mongolia
29,920 21,411 0.39% 71.6%
155
Cook Islands flag Cook Islands
29,905 21,413 0.39% 71.6%
156
Senegal flag Senegal
29,897 21,558 0.39% 72.1%
157
Maldives flag Maldives
29,873 21,306 0.39% 71.3%
158
Finland flag Finland
29,865 21,415 0.39% 71.7%
159
Greece flag Greece
29,852 21,570 0.39% 72.3%
160
Andorra flag Andorra
29,847 21,419 0.39% 71.8%
161
Nicaragua flag Nicaragua
29,813 21,507 0.39% 72.1%
162
Virgin Islands, U.S. flag Virgin Islands, U.S.
29,804 21,359 0.39% 71.7%
163
Pitcairn flag Pitcairn
29,776 21,321 0.39% 71.6%
164
Burundi flag Burundi
29,774 21,399 0.39% 71.9%
165
Belarus flag Belarus
29,759 21,643 0.39% 72.7%
166
Montenegro flag Montenegro
29,755 21,400 0.39% 71.9%
167
Isle of Man flag Isle of Man
29,741 21,493 0.39% 72.3%
168
Mozambique flag Mozambique
29,721 21,368 0.39% 71.9%
169
Ecuador flag Ecuador
29,707 21,363 0.39% 71.9%
170
Saint Lucia flag Saint Lucia
29,692 21,395 0.39% 72.1%
171
Sudan flag Sudan
29,685 21,245 0.39% 71.6%
172
Saint Kitts and Nevis flag Saint Kitts and Nevis
29,674 21,480 0.39% 72.4%
173
Turkey flag Turkey
29,671 21,274 0.39% 71.7%
174
Dominica flag Dominica
29,666 21,480 0.39% 72.4%
175
Guernsey flag Guernsey
29,660 21,462 0.39% 72.4%
176
Iran, Islamic Republic of flag Iran, Islamic Republic of
29,652 21,419 0.39% 72.2%
177
Christmas Island flag Christmas Island
29,641 21,259 0.39% 71.7%
178
Benin flag Benin
29,633 21,289 0.39% 71.8%
179
Madagascar flag Madagascar
29,621 21,271 0.39% 71.8%
180
Niue flag Niue
29,602 21,326 0.39% 72.0%
181
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines flag Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
29,598 21,372 0.39% 72.2%
182
Anguilla flag Anguilla
29,594 21,113 0.39% 71.3%
183
Virgin Islands, British flag Virgin Islands, British
29,594 21,346 0.39% 72.1%
184
Bouvet Island flag Bouvet Island
29,592 21,208 0.39% 71.7%
185
Botswana flag Botswana
29,564 21,218 0.39% 71.8%
186
Qatar flag Qatar
29,558 21,225 0.39% 71.8%
187
Timor-Leste flag Timor-Leste
29,533 21,393 0.39% 72.4%
188
Ukraine flag Ukraine
29,532 21,010 0.39% 71.1%
189
Malawi flag Malawi
29,506 21,252 0.39% 72.0%
190
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of flag Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
29,506 21,222 0.39% 71.9%
191
Croatia flag Croatia
29,496 21,229 0.39% 72.0%
192
Tonga flag Tonga
29,496 21,053 0.39% 71.4%
193
Zimbabwe flag Zimbabwe
29,489 21,082 0.39% 71.5%
194
Eritrea flag Eritrea
29,471 20,980 0.39% 71.2%
195
Jamaica flag Jamaica
29,468 21,283 0.39% 72.2%
196
Iceland flag Iceland
29,463 21,117 0.39% 71.7%
197
Dominican Republic flag Dominican Republic
29,430 21,181 0.39% 72.0%
198
Greenland flag Greenland
29,408 20,976 0.39% 71.3%
199
Åland Islands flag Åland Islands
29,408 21,230 0.39% 72.2%
200
Mauritius flag Mauritius
29,400 21,012 0.39% 71.5%
201
Trinidad and Tobago flag Trinidad and Tobago
29,388 21,010 0.39% 71.5%
202
Djibouti flag Djibouti
29,360 20,864 0.39% 71.1%
203
Guatemala flag Guatemala
29,354 21,352 0.39% 72.7%
204
Angola flag Angola
29,353 21,016 0.39% 71.6%
205
Estonia flag Estonia
29,349 21,021 0.39% 71.6%
206
Western Sahara flag Western Sahara
29,314 21,026 0.38% 71.7%
207
Kiribati flag Kiribati
29,259 20,930 0.38% 71.5%
208
Central African Republic flag Central African Republic
29,224 20,767 0.38% 71.1%
209
Monaco flag Monaco
29,190 20,739 0.38% 71.1%
210
Romania flag Romania
29,159 20,839 0.38% 71.5%
211
Sint Maarten (Dutch part) flag Sint Maarten (Dutch part)
29,139 21,046 0.38% 72.2%
212
American Samoa flag American Samoa
29,100 20,951 0.38% 72.0%
213
Chile flag Chile
29,098 20,926 0.38% 71.9%
214
New Zealand flag New Zealand
29,088 20,739 0.38% 71.3%
215
Réunion flag Réunion
29,087 20,768 0.38% 71.4%
216
Jordan flag Jordan
29,085 20,917 0.38% 71.9%
217
San Marino flag San Marino
29,069 20,923 0.38% 72.0%
218
United Kingdom flag United Kingdom
29,045 20,999 0.38% 72.3%
219
British Indian Ocean Territory flag British Indian Ocean Territory
29,010 20,917 0.38% 72.1%
220
Panama flag Panama
28,942 20,885 0.38% 72.2%
221
Cabo Verde flag Cabo Verde
28,937 20,787 0.38% 71.8%
222
Macao flag Macao
28,911 20,856 0.38% 72.1%
223
South Africa flag South Africa
28,903 20,619 0.38% 71.3%
224
Cayman Islands flag Cayman Islands
28,878 20,796 0.38% 72.0%
225
Uruguay flag Uruguay
28,868 20,766 0.38% 71.9%
226
Eswatini flag Eswatini
28,852 20,804 0.38% 72.1%
227
Svalbard and Jan Mayen flag Svalbard and Jan Mayen
28,830 20,710 0.38% 71.8%
228
Faroe Islands flag Faroe Islands
28,802 20,440 0.38% 71.0%
229
Cuba flag Cuba
28,768 20,781 0.38% 72.2%
230
Algeria flag Algeria
28,766 20,809 0.38% 72.3%
231
Guinea flag Guinea
28,746 20,779 0.38% 72.3%
232
Solomon Islands flag Solomon Islands
28,622 20,559 0.38% 71.8%
233
Bosnia and Herzegovina flag Bosnia and Herzegovina
28,612 20,435 0.38% 71.4%
234
Aruba flag Aruba
28,539 20,443 0.37% 71.6%
235
Austria flag Austria
28,502 20,440 0.37% 71.7%
236
Sri Lanka flag Sri Lanka
28,501 25,090 0.37% 88.0%
237
Nauru flag Nauru
28,472 20,343 0.37% 71.5%
238
Paraguay flag Paraguay
28,344 20,501 0.37% 72.3%
239
Bhutan flag Bhutan
28,286 25,972 0.37% 91.8%
240
Netherlands flag Netherlands
28,191 20,200 0.37% 71.7%
241
Côte d'Ivoire flag Côte d'Ivoire
28,101 20,106 0.37% 71.6%
242
Mexico flag Mexico
27,793 19,928 0.36% 71.7%
243
Tunisia flag Tunisia
26,706 19,187 0.35% 71.9%
244
Philippines flag Philippines
26,495 22,869 0.35% 86.3%
245
Bangladesh flag Bangladesh
24,312 20,797 0.32% 85.5%
246
Viet Nam flag Viet Nam
20,977 17,408 0.28% 83.0%
247
Nepal flag Nepal
20,092 14,040 0.26% 69.9%
248
India flag India
17,181 11,061 0.23% 64.4%
249
Pakistan flag Pakistan
15,558 6,530 0.20% 42.0%