Chevening Scholarships Programme
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, if she will provide a breakdown of the number people in the UK on Chevening scholarships in each of the last ten years by nationality.
Answered by Chris Elmore
I thank the Hon Member for his question. I will deposit in the library the full requested breakdown of Chevening scholarships by year and by country, but as a summary of the top-line findings, the table below sets out the top 20 countries for scholarships over the period 2015-25.
| Brazil | 611 |
| Indonesia | 598 |
| Mexico | 574 |
| Pakistan | 565 |
| India | 523 |
| Nigeria | 489 |
| Egypt | 486 |
| South Africa | 447 |
| Malaysia | 429 |
| Kenya | 347 |
| Syria | 290 |
| Argentina | 283 |
| Philippines | 282 |
| Vietnam | 255 |
| Thailand | 241 |
| Turkey | 236 |
| Ukraine | 226 |
| Ghana | 210 |
| Bangladesh | 179 |
| Mongolia | 142 |
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