Classroom Desk Shortage Estimates
Country Primaryschool population Secondary school population Total school population Primary pupil: teacher ratio Deskshortage factor Estimated desk shortage
Angola 1 846 330 2 827 923 4 674 253 - 60% 2 804 552
Benin 1 370 072 1 338 751  2 708 823 47 50% 1 354 412
Botswana 312 095 225 553 537 648 25% 134 412
Burkina Faso 2 203 652 2 104 403 4 308 055 47 50% 2 154 028
Burundi 1 220 785 1 291 091 2 511 876 49 50% 1 255 938
Cameroon 2 571 272 2 703 712 5 274 984 48 35% 1 846 244
CentraAfrican Rep. 662 276 667 60 1 329 879 - 45% 598 446
Chad 1 639 483 1 525 985 3 165 468 63 45% 1 424 461
Congo (Brazzaville) 681 221 629 079 1 310 300 83 40% 524 120
Congo (Kinshasa) 9 567 571 7 899 709 17 467 280 34 40% 6 986 912
Cote d’Ivoire 2 902 268 3 078 054 5 980 322 42 35% 2 093 113
Equatorial Guinea 66 456 77 821 144 277 32 35% 50 497
Eritrea 588 811 689 916 1 278 727 48 40% 511 491
Ethiopia 8 588 612 14 529 272 23 117 884 72 40% 9 247 154
Gabon 218 028 226 726 444 754 36 35% 155 664
Gambia 220 150 187 608 407 758 35 35% 142 715<
Ghana 3 315 232 3 099 207 6 414 439 33 35% 2 245 054
Guinea 1 483 379 1 389 580 2 872 959 45 45% 1 292 832
Guinea-Bissau 255 721 171 662 427 383 44 45% 192 322
Kenya 5 416 772 5 052 694 10 469 466 40 50% 5 234 733
Lesotho 320 939 243 862 564 801 42 35% 197 680
Liberia 555 762 460 818 1 016 580 38 50% 508 290
Madagascar 2 598 249 2 959 486 5 557 735 54 45% 2 500 981
Malawi 2 345 245 1 822 144 4 167 389 - 45% 1 875 325
Mali 2 266 706 1 827 408 4 094 114 54 45% 1 842 351
Mozambique 3 833 913 2 322 897 6 156 810 66 80% 4 925 448
Namibia 406 901 262 925 669 826 31 20% 133 965
Niger 2 280 246 2 078 749 4 358 995 44 35% 1 525 648
Nigeria 21 644 599 18 681 240 40 325 839 37 30% 12 097 752
Rwanda 1 435 619 1 431 601 2 867 220 62 40% 1 146 888
Senegal 1 841 652 1 902 529 3 744 181 42 35% 1 310 463
Sierra Leone 832 806 711 355 1 544 161 67 45% 694 872
Somalia 1 464 295 851 517 2 315 812 - 60% 1 389 487
South Africa 7 176 089 4 931 590 12 107 679 36 30% 3 632 3 4
Sudan 5 424 324 4 000 833 9 425 157 29 60% 5 655 094
Swaziland 199 699 151 079 350 778 32 40$ 140 311
Tanzania 7 113 061 5 403 428 12 516 489 56 45% 5 632 420
Togo 994 853 988 165 1 983 018 34 35% 694 056
Uganda 6 085 627 4 074 323 10 159 950 52 45% 4 571 978
Zambia 2 308 246 1 444 836 3 753 082 51 45% 1 688 887
Zimbabwe 2 405 993 104 741 4 510 734 39 65% 2 931 977
118 665 010 108 371 8752 227 036 885
42.00% 95 345 276

Source: UNESCO, Institute for Statistics
Compiled: 26 July 2007
(census data 2005)
Emily Rummo: Stanford GSB (MNA)
Proxy for school facilities/desk
shortages