United Nations Volunteers: UNV volunteers statistics, October 2007

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UNV volunteers statistics, October 2007

07 November 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 October 2007.

Total UNV volunteers in service at end of October 2007	5,391
Total No. of assignments in 2007	5,273	cumulative in 2007
Total No. of volunteers in 2007	5,126	cumulative in 2007

Gender
Male	3,529	65%
Female	1,862	35%

Type of assignment
International	3,538	66%
National	1,853	34%

Number of countries of assignment	128
Number of home countries	155

Regions in which UNV volunteers are serving
Africa	2,680	50%
Arab States	734	14%
Asia and the Pacific	1,168	22%
Europe and the CIS	282	5%
Latin America and Caribbean	527	10%

Largest UNV operations
Congo, Democratic Republic	665	12%
Sudan	434	8%
Cote d'Ivoire	291	5%
Liberia	288	5%
Nepal	245	5%
India	232	4%
Haiti	208	4%
Kosovo	172	3%
Timor-Leste	163	3%
Ethiopia	144	3%

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