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Taith Programme Guide 2024

Version 1.0, January 2024

Annex 1 – Country / territory group categories

Successful applications will receive funding towards delivering international mobilities, including subsistence grants for participants to cover the costs of living in a destination country. 

Destination countries are classified into three country groups based on their relative cost of living. For the duration of the mobility, participants will receive the relevant subsistence amount (calculated as a day rate), depending on the total mobility duration and destination country. 

Applying organisations are asked at the application stage to specify the total number of anticipated mobilities per destination country and are grouped into the following three categories:

  • Group 1 (Higher cost of living)
  • Group 2 (Medium cost of living)
  • Group 3 (Lower cost of living)

Wales (for the purposes of inward mobility) and the UK (in instances where domestic mobility is permitted) will be classified as Group 1 countries to reflect the higher cost of living in the United Kingdom. 

The Taith programme is open to all countries in the world, but travel advice provided by the UK government’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) must be adhered to.

A full classification for each country or region is found below:


Group 1 (Higher cost of living countries/territories) 

Australia
Austria
Bahamas
Barbados
Belgium
Canada
Denmark
Finland
France
Hong Kong
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Japan

Luxembourg
Macao
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Qatar
Seychelles
Singapore
Sweden
Switzerland
United Arab Emirates
United Kingdom
United States

Group 2 (Medium cost of living countries/territories)

Antarctica and Oceania (not otherwise listed)
Africa (not otherwise listed)
Asia (not otherwise listed)
Central America (not otherwise listed)
South America (not otherwise listed)
Europe (not otherwise listed)
Bahrain
Belize
Cambodia
Côte d’Ivoire
Croatia
Cuba
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Estonia
Ethiopia
Germany
Greece
Italy
Jamaica
Kuwait

Latvia
Lebanon
Maldives
Malta
Namibia
Nigeria
Oman
Palestine
Panama
Portugal
Puerto Rico
Senegal
Slovakia
Slovenia
South Africa
South Korea
Spain
Taiwan
Trinidad And Tobago
Uruguay

Group 3 (Lower cost of living countries)

Albania
Algeria
Argentina
Armenia
Azerbaijan
Bangladesh
Belarus
Bolivia
Bosnia And Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
Bulgaria
Cameroon
Chile
China
Colombia
Costa Rica
Dominican Republic
Ecuador
Egypt
El Salvador
Fiji
Georgia
Ghana
Honduras
Hungary
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Kazakhstan
Kenya
Kosovo
Lesotho
Lithuania

Malaysia
Mauritius
Mexico
Moldova
Mongolia
Montenegro
Morocco
Myanmar
Nepal
Nicaragua
North Macedonia
Pakistan
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland
Romania
Russia
Rwanda
Serbia
Somalia
Sri Lanka
Syria
Tanzania
Thailand
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda
Ukraine
Uzbekistan
Venezuela
Vietnam
Zambia
Zimbabwe