29 December 2006
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 December 2006.
Total UNV volunteers in service at end of month | 5,204 | |
Total No. of assignments in 2006 | 7,798 | |
Total No. of volunteers in 2006 | 7,569 | |
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Serving UNV volunteers by gender | | |
Male | 3,425 | 65.8% |
Female | 1,779 | 34.2% |
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UNV volunteers by volunteer modality | | |
International UN Volunteers | 3,520 | 67.6% |
National UN Volunteers | 1,684 | 32.4% |
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Number of countries where UNV volunteers are serving | 134 | |
Number of countries where UNV volunteers come from | 157 | |
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Regions where UNV volunteers are serving | | |
Africa | 2,864 | 55% |
Arab States | 552 | 10.6% |
Asia and the Pacific | 903 | 17.4% |
Europe and the CIS | 312 | 6.0% |
Latin America and Caribbean | 573 | 11% |
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Largest UNV operations | | |
Congo, Democratic Republic | 783 | |
Liberia | 325 | |
Sudan | 282 | |
India | 222 | |
Cote d'Ivoire | 218 | |
Haiti | 205 | |
Kosovo | 183 | |
Timor-Leste | 137 | |
Zambia | 134 | |
Burundi | 127 | |
Ethiopia | 122 | |