NG Nigeria

Over 70% of students were enrolled in comprehen- sive universities in 2018, with most of the rest in short-cycle HEIs. [...] Just under 95% of students attended public providers in 2018, which was above the average for the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa. [...] Relative to GDP, Nigerian public spending on HE was slightly higher in 2018 than in 2006 at just under 0.5%, still below the averages for the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Global South. [...] FIGURE 7 — Change in real total public spending on higher education in FIGURE 8 — Total public spending on higher education relative to GDP in Nigeria, the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the Global South, Nigeria, the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the Global South, 2F0I0G6UR-2E0 61 8-  C(2h0an0g6e= in1 0re0a)l total public spending on higher education in country, region 20. [...] In GDP terms, total student aid disbursements were equal to less than 0.001% of GDP in 2018, which was the lowest recorded figure in the world.