This table provides metadata for the actual indicator available from UK statistics closest to the corresponding global SDG indicator. Please note that even when the global SDG indicator is fully available from UK statistics, this table should be consulted for information on national methodology and other UK-specific metadata information.
| Indicator available |
Gross Official Development Assistance (ODA) for scholarships |
|---|---|
| Indicator description |
Official Development Assistance flows to developing countries quantify the public effort that donors provide to developing countries for scholarships. |
| Geographical coverage |
United Kingdom |
| Unit of measurement |
GBP (£ thousands), constant USD ($ thousands) at 2020 prices |
| Definitions |
Official Development Assistance (ODA) - resource flows to developing countries and multilateral organisations provided by official agencies (e.g. the UK Government) or their executive agencies. Each transaction is administered for the promotion of the economic development and welfare of developing countries as its main objective and is concessional in character. More information on ODA can be found on the OECD website. ODA recipients are broken down in groups according to their Gross National Income (GNI) per capita. Country income classification - the Development Assistance Committee (DAC) list of countries eligible to receive ODA is based on Gross National Income per capita as published by the World Bank. All low and middle income countries are included, with the exception of G8 members, EU members, and countries with a firm date for entry into the EU. The list also includes all Least Developed Countries (LDCs) as defined by the United Nations (UN). LDCs - Least Developed Countries LMICs - Lower-middle Income Countries UMICs - Upper Middle Income Countries Other LICs - Other Low Income Countries Unspecified - ODA that cannot be allocated to a single country Sector Purpose Codes (CRS codes) - the DAC Secretariat maintains various code lists which are used by donors to report on their aid flows to the DAC databases. In addition, these codes are used to classify information in the DAC databases. This indicator is based on gross ODA flows grouped under Type of Aid code E01 (Scholarships/training in donor country) CRS. The sector classification codes can be found on the OECD website. |
| Available disaggregations |
Recipient country income classification, development assistance sector, type of study (for the education sector) |
| Calculations |
The bilateral ODA data underlying the United Kingdom Statistics on International Development (SID) (see Source 1) were filtered for rows where the type of aid was scholarships/training in donor country (code E01). Amount extended was then summed for each SID sector and country income classification. The education sector was further broken down by SectorPurposeText variable. The indicator requires gross disbursements of ODA, so the amount extended value was used to do the sums, rather than the headline ODA value. The constant USD conversion was done using methodology specified by the OECD. The GBP values were converted with the USD exchange rate for the respective year, and then a deflator with base year 2020 was applied to transform the current USD values to constant 2020 USD values (see Source 2). |
| Other information |
The type of study disaggregation is only available after 2017 because the earlier SID dataset does not contain the CRS descriptive variable used to disaggregate the Education sector. Data follows the UN specification for this indicator. This indicator has been identified in collaboration with topic experts. |
| Data last updated | 29 March 2023 |
| Metadata last updated | 29 March 2023 |