| 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