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UNV volunteers statistics, March 2007

09 May 2007

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 March 2007.

Total UNV volunteers in service at end of March 2007

5,060

Total No. of assignments in 2007

5,487

cumulative in 2007 

Total No. of volunteers in 2007

5,463

cumulative in 2007 

Gender

Male

3,290

65%

Female

1,770

35%

Type of assignment

International

3,470

69%

National

1,590

31%

Number of countries of assignment

132

Number of home countries

155

Regions in which UNV volunteers are serving

Africa

2,640

52%

Arab States

564

11%

Asia and the Pacific

1,070

21%

Europe and the CIS

284

6%

Latin America and Caribbean

502

10%

Largest UNV operations

Congo, Democratic Republic

663

13% 

Sudan 

326

6% 

Cote d'Ivoire 

299

6% 

Liberia

284

6% 

Nepal

242

5% 

India

212

4% 

Haiti

179

4% 

Kosovo

176

3% 

Timor-Leste

133

3% 

Ethiopia

122

2% 

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