Overall data

The table below gives an overview of global data, estimating the number of student veterinary assistants, the number of students per year and the cost of study per student as well as means of financing.

There are figures missing from this table. The countries studied need to confirm or complete these figures.

NB:

• The number of qualified practising veterinary assistants represents those veterinary assistants with the relevant qualification who are currently in employment.
• The number of students being trained represents all students irrespective of their training format (initial, professional retraining or sandwich training).
• The cost of training a student veterinary assistant represents the costs incurred by the training body as well as the cost of salarying students.