Percentages calculated based on the countries featured in the Higher Education Policy Observatory
Supplementary notes
The source states the following:
"This indicator consider whether the organisation in charge of providing financial support to students administers national scholarship programmes for students to undertake higher education studies.Â
Only national programs funded through public resources for domestic students to study in domestic institutions are considered (i.e. international scholarship for foreign students to study in the country or for national students to study abroad are not considered)."
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Share of countries with a financial agency support for higher education 2024
In 2024, around ** percent of countries worldwide documented in the HE Policy Observatory reported having a national agency in charge of student financial aid to higher education. Central and Eastern Europe was the world region with the highest share of countries that provided such aid, reaching over eighty percent. On the other hand, the Arab States presented the lowest figure, with only around ** percent of their countries providing such financial support.
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