GLOBAL ELT ANNUAL REPORT 2025
About the report
In light of regulatory changes in major English Language Teaching (ELT) destinations, visa processing challenges, and shifts in student demand for ELT abroad, a range of new implications has arisen for language education providers.
BONARD’s international education experts have compiled the most comprehensive overview of the sector’s performance in 2024, and have analysed preliminary data from 2025 to forecast where the sector is heading.
"By 2024, the global ELT sector regained 73% of its 2019 student volume and 75% of student weeks, compared to pre-pandemic totals of 1.3 million students and 10 million student weeks. Only Ireland and Malta surpassed their 2019 student week levels, while all other destinations remained below pre-pandemic performance."
Ivana Bartosik, International Education Director
GLOBAL ELT ANNUAL REPORT 2025