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Chemistry In Africa's Least Developed Countries
An Overview of Capacity Building and Research Support
Report prepared by C. F. Garbers (1998)

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    TABLE 1

    Africa: Enrolled Students; Graduates in Natural Science and Research Output in Chemistry

COUNTRY

THIRD LEVEL STUDENTS (YEAR)
(1)

GRADUATES IN NATURAL SCIENCE (YEAR)
(2)

CA ABSTRACTS 1987
(3)

CA ABSTRACTS 1996
(3)

ISI
CHEMISTRY ABSTRACTS
(4)

 

NORTH AFRICA
Algeria

303111 ('93)

1404 ('93)

56

165

45

Egypt

708417 ('91)

3852 ('93)

753

2560

579

Libya

72899 ('92)

N.A

34

22

10

Morocco

250919 ('95)

6947 ('95)

48

246

125

Tunisia

102682 ('95)

958 ('95)

85

171

37

Western Sahara
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA  
Angola

6331* ('92)

38** ('92)

0

4

0

Benin

10986 ('94)

32 ('86)

1

11

0

Botswana

5062* ('95)

22 ('91)

4

8

3

Burkina Faso

8815 ('95)

402** ('92)

6

8

3

Burundi

4256 ('93)

132 ('92)

2

7

0

Cameroon

33177 ('91)

N.A

16

38

9

Central African Republic

3783* ('92)

N.A

1

1

0

Chad

2941* ('94)

69 ('93)

0

0

0

Comoros

229 ('93)

N.A

0

0

0

Congo

13806 ('93)

55 ('88)

4

4

1

Côte d'Ivoire

23642 ('87)

N.A

23

14

0

Djibouti

61 ('93)

N.A

0

1

0

Equatorial Guinea

578 ('91)

N.A

0

0

0

Eritrea

3137 ('95)

132 ('95)

0

0

0

Ethiopia

26218 ('92)

247 ('92)

10

42

15

Gabon

3000* ('92)

-

3

11

2

Gambia

1591 ('95)

N.A

0

7

0

Ghana

9609 ('91)

290 ('91)

13

30

8

Guinea

5366 ('91)

327** ('88)

2

1

0

Kenya

35421* ('91)

1099** ('91)

58

97

13

Lesotho

4001 ('94)

39 ('93)

1

1

1

Liberia

-

-

1

0

0

Madagascar

42681 ('93)

652 ('92)

5

12

0

Malawi

7308 ('93)

75 ('94)

2

1

0

Mali

6703 ('91)

N.A

1

4

0

Mauritania

8495 ('94)

15 ('94)

0

0

0

Mauritius

2161* ('94)

14 ('92)

0

0

0

Mozambique

5250 ('94)

25 ('94)

1

2

0

Namibia

11344 ('94)

9 ('91)

2

1

0

Niger

4513 ('92)

N.A

9

16

2

Nigeria

335824 ('90)

3311 ('90)

381

384

101

Rwanda

3389 ('90)

12 ('90)

3

1

0

Senegal

23001 ('93)

222 ('89)

22

33

9

Sierra Leone

4742 ('91)

N.A

5

12

0

Somalia

15672 ('87)

N.A

1

1

0

South Africa

869610 ('95)
(note 5)

2854 ('94)

1270

1359

250

Sudan

60134 ('90)

210** ('91)

42

9

7

Swaziland

4183 ('94)

57 ('95)

1

2

0

Tanzania

5254 ('90)

N.A

18

23

8

Togo

10994 ('95)

22 ('89)

1

4

0

Uganda

24122 ('94)

280 ('94)

4

3

0

Zaire

61422 ('89)

N.A

6

8

5

Zambia

15343 ('90)

62 ('89)

5

10

3

Zimbabwe

61553 ('92)

221 ('90)

17

35

9

1) All institutions: universities and equivalent institutions; distance learning institutions, and other third level institutions.

* Refers to universities and equivalent institutions only.

Source: UNESCO Statistical Yearbook - 1996

2) Third level graduates in natural science (degree and postgraduate qualification). Natural Science includes Biological, Science, Chemistry, Geological Science, Physics, Astronomy, Meteorology, and Oceanography.

** Denotes qualifications including those not at degree level.

3) 'Abstracts of papers by country' are based on the assumption that the address of the first author corresponds to the place of work. This is not always true.

The numbers include journals articles, conference papers, and technical reports.

4) Abstracted from Institute for Scientific Information (USA) Database: SCI (Science Citation Index). Mrs. A. Pouris, Foundation for Research Development, Pretoria, is thanked for this analysis.

5) National Commission on Higher Education (1996). Figure includes 147 645 students trained at post-secondary level in private institutions.

 

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