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UNV volunteer statistics, Feb 2008

07 April 2008

This table contains basic statistics on UNV volunteers, among others the total number of volunteers, assignments and in which region they are working, as of February 2008.

Total UNV volunteers in service at end of February 2008

5,553

Total No. of assignments in 2008

5,663

cumulative in 2008 

Total No. of volunteers in 2008

5,593

cumulative in 2008 

Gender

Male

3,600

65%

Female

1,953

35%

Type of assignment

International

3,538

66%

National

1,853

34%

Number of countries of assignment

127

Number of home countries

151

Regions in which UNV volunteers are serving

Africa

2,738

49%

Arab States

777

14%

Asia and the Pacific

1,151

21%

Europe and the CIS

274

5%

Latin America and Caribbean

613

11%

Largest UNV operations

Congo, Democratic Republic

651

12% 

Sudan 

474

9% 

Cote d'Ivoire 

286

5% 

Liberia

274

5% 

Nepal

248

4% 

India

231

4% 

Haiti

207

4% 

Ethiopia

193

3%

Kosovo

176

3% 

Timor-Leste

171

3%



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