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Study visas granted: record highs and lows

The extremes of study visas granted as published by Home Office, across the 14 periods held here (2014 to Year ending June 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

623,6982022

Lowest published

250,1212020

The full series

Study visas granted: 2014 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0200k400k600k20142016201820202022202420262014: 293,648 visas · published 27 August 20262015: 272,919 visas · published 27 August 20262016: 294,454 visas · published 27 August 20262017: 330,101 visas · published 27 August 20262018: 354,878 visas · published 27 August 20262019: 404,410 visas · published 27 August 20262020: 250,121 visas · published 27 August 20262021: 435,110 visas · published 27 August 20262022: 623,698 visas · published 27 August 20262023: 604,253 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 435,468 visas · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 385,974 visas · published 27 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpin
The chart as a table
PeriodStudy visas granted
2014293,648 visas
2015272,919 visas
2016294,454 visas
2017330,101 visas
2018354,878 visas
2019404,410 visas
2020250,121 visas
2021435,110 visas
2022623,698 visas
2023604,253 visas
Year ending June 2025435,468 visas
Year ending June 2026385,974 visas

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.