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Arabic in the World

Arabic in the World

Where Arabic is studied and taught beyond the Arab world: university departments, institutes, academic chairs, associations and peer-reviewed journals.

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Map of Arabic teaching around the world

Each circle is a country with Arabic programmes, institutions or teachers, sized by how much is there. Click one to open its page.

Asia

Afghanistan Azerbaijan Bangladesh 6 institutions Brunei 27 institutions Cambodia China 8 institutions Georgia India 261 institutions Indonesia 108 institutions · 1 professor · 1 work Iran 12 institutions Japan 7 institutions Kazakhstan 4 institutions Kyrgyzstan 48 institutions Malaysia 21 institutions Myanmar Pakistan 11 institutions Philippines Singapore South Korea 9 institutions Sri Lanka Taiwan 2 institutions Tajikistan Thailand Timor-Leste Türkiye 79 institutions Turkmenistan Uzbekistan 5 institutions Vietnam

Africa

Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso 25 institutions Burundi Cabo Verde Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Côte d’Ivoire Democratic Republic of the Congo Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Eswatini Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea-Bissau Kenya Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria 13 institutions Republic of the Congo Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Senegal 5 institutions Seychelles Sierra Leone South Africa Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe

Europe

Albania Austria Belarus Belgium 9 institutions Bosnia and Herzegovina 26 institutions Bulgaria Cyprus Czechia 3 institutions Denmark 3 institutions Finland 1 institution France 18 institutions Germany 24 institutions Hungary 2 institutions Ireland Italy 20 institutions Luxembourg Malta Monaco Montenegro Netherlands 7 institutions North Macedonia Norway 2 institutions Poland 5 institutions Portugal Romania Russia 10 institutions Serbia Slovakia Spain 13 institutions Sweden 4 institutions Switzerland Ukraine United Kingdom 11 institutions Vatican City

North America

Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada 13 institutions Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Lucia Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Trinidad and Tobago United States 32 institutions

South America

Argentina Bolivia Brazil 60 institutions Chile Colombia Ecuador Guyana Paraguay Peru Uruguay Venezuela

Oceania

Australia 4 institutions Fiji Kiribati Marshall Islands Micronesia Nauru New Zealand Palau Papua New Guinea Samoa Solomon Islands Tonga Tuvalu Vanuatu

Arab countries — programmes teaching Arabic to speakers of other languages

Algeria 3 programmes Bahrain Egypt 11 programmes Iraq Jordan 11 programmes Kuwait 1 programme Lebanon 5 programmes Libya Mauritania Morocco 8 programmes Oman 2 programmes Palestine 3 programmes Qatar 3 programmes Saudi Arabia 24 programmes Somalia South Sudan Sudan 2 programmes Syria Tunisia 4 programmes United Arab Emirates 5 programmes Yemen