5,647

%

Total No. of assignments in 2008

6,214
(cumulative in 2008)

Total No. of volunteers in 2008

6,111
(cumulative in 2008)

Regions in which UNV volunteers are serving

Africa

2,821

50%

Arab States

834

15%

Asia & the Pacific

1,137

20%

Europe and the CIS

265

5%

Latin America and Caribbean

590

10%

Type of assignment

International

3,786

67%

National

1,861

33%

Gender

Male

3,689

65%

Female

1,958

35%

Number of countries of assignment

123

Number of home countries

156

Largest UNV programmes

Congo, Democratic Republic

672

12%

Sudan 

511

9%

Cote d'Ivoire 

303

5%

Liberia

286

5%

Nepal

274

5%

India

224

4%

Haiti

213

4%

Ethiopia

199

4%

Kosovo

172

3%

Timor-Leste

167

 3%