From 2016 to 2023, the total number of students enrolled in higher education in Belgium increased year on year. In the academic year of 2016/'17, there were almost 237,000 students enrolled in higher education, whereas in the year 2022/'23, the number of students enrolled in higher education in Belgium increased to almost 279,000.
Total number of students enrolled in higher education in Belgium from 2016 to 2023
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Agentschap voor Hoger Onderwijs, Volwassenenonderwijs, Kwalificaties en Studietoelagen. (December 31, 2022). Total number of students enrolled in higher education in Belgium from 2016 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 19, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/999498/total-number-of-students-enrolled-in-higher-education-in-belgium/
Agentschap voor Hoger Onderwijs, Volwassenenonderwijs, Kwalificaties en Studietoelagen. "Total number of students enrolled in higher education in Belgium from 2016 to 2023." Chart. December 31, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/999498/total-number-of-students-enrolled-in-higher-education-in-belgium/
Agentschap voor Hoger Onderwijs, Volwassenenonderwijs, Kwalificaties en Studietoelagen. (2022). Total number of students enrolled in higher education in Belgium from 2016 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 19, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/999498/total-number-of-students-enrolled-in-higher-education-in-belgium/
Agentschap voor Hoger Onderwijs, Volwassenenonderwijs, Kwalificaties en Studietoelagen. "Total Number of Students Enrolled in Higher Education in Belgium from 2016 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 31 Dec 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/999498/total-number-of-students-enrolled-in-higher-education-in-belgium/
Agentschap voor Hoger Onderwijs, Volwassenenonderwijs, Kwalificaties en Studietoelagen, Total number of students enrolled in higher education in Belgium from 2016 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/999498/total-number-of-students-enrolled-in-higher-education-in-belgium/ (last visited March 19, 2024)
Total number of students enrolled in higher education in Belgium from 2016 to 2023 [Graph], Agentschap voor Hoger Onderwijs, Volwassenenonderwijs, Kwalificaties en Studietoelagen, December 31, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/999498/total-number-of-students-enrolled-in-higher-education-in-belgium/