7,772

Total No. of individual UNVs

7,300

International UNV assignments

4,618

59 %

National UNV assignments

3,154

41 %

Countries of assignments

139

Countries of origin

163

from developing countries

75 %

from industrialized countries

25 %

Male

65 %

Female

35 %

Assignments by region

Africa

3,150

40%

Arab States

430

6 %

Asia and the Pacific

2,180

28 %

Europe, CIS and Baltic countries

654

8 %

The Americas and the Caribbean

1,358

18%

UNV Activities

Achieving the MDGs and reducing human poverty

33 %

Fostering democratic governance

22 %

Crisis prevention and recovery

45 %

Number of UNV assignments with main partners

UNDP/GOVT

4,439

United Nations

2,095

UNHCR

691

WFP

272

UNFPA

95

UNICEF

52

Others

128