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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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