ZA - South Africa

Just under 85% of students attended public providers in 2018, which was close to the average in the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa. [...] South Africa public spending on HE rose relative to GDP from under 0.6% in 2006 to 0.85% in 2018, going from below to above 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 South Africa, the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the Global South Africa, the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa and the rest of the Global SoFIuGtUhR, E2 0 60 - 6 C-2ha0n1g8e i(n2 r0e0al6 to=t1a0l p0u)blic spending on higher education in country, region S. [...] This put South Africa far above the averages for the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa and the Global South. [...] FIGURE 13 — Total disbursements to students in financial aid relative to FIGURE 14 — Change in amounts disbursed to students by form of gross domestic product in South Africa, the rest of Sub-Saharan Africa financial aid in South Africa and other Global South countries that offer aFnIdG UtRhEe r1e9s -t S otufd tehnet fGinalonbciaall aSido suptehn, d2in0g0 o6r -t2ot0a1l 8disbursements to students i.