United Nations Volunteers UN Volunteer statistics worldwide - 2011 Annual Report Countries Naonal Sent Received Afghanistan - 44 114 Albania 4 3 7 Algeria 3 2 8 Angola - 5 5 Argenna 10 10 1 Armenia 3 3 5 Australia - 34 - Austria - 8 - Azerbaijan - 2 3 Bangladesh 47 53 21 Barbados 1 - - Belarus - 1 - Belgium - 98 - Benin 106 79 11 Bhutan - 29 - Bolivia (Plurinaonal State of) 48 4 19 Bosnia and Herzegovina 34 7 11 Botswana 1 2 6 Brazil 13 38 5 Bulgaria - 4 - Burkina Faso 23 36 9 Burundi 14 83 79 Cambodia 5 9 32 Cameroon 26 146 12 Canada - 78 - Cape Verde 5 3 8 Central African Republic 1 29 32 Chad - 32 125 Chile 1 4 2 China 17 5 7 Colombia 74 20 29 Comoros 7 6 5 Congo 17 16 21 Costa Rica 1 3 - Côte d'Ivoire 19 84 325 Croaa 2 5 1 Cuba - 2 1 Cyprus - 1 1 Czech Republic - 13 - Democrac Republic of the Congo 42 191 778 Denmark - 19 - Djibou 5 4 17 Dominican Republic 9 1 21 Ecuador 39 7 27 Countries Naonal Sent Received Egypt 24 28 13 El Salvador 1 3 5 Eritrea - 49 2 Estonia - 1 - Ethiopia 227 85 32 Fiji 3 13 8 Finland - 56 - France - 119 - Gabon - 1 5 Gambia 10 14 13 Georgia - 7 4 Germany - 49 - Ghana 29 118 9 Greece - 8 - Guatemala 12 3 19 Guinea 3 71 18 Guinea-Bissau 8 3 25 Guyana 47 1 8 Hai 18 59 302 Honduras 19 4 10 Hungary - 4 - India 102 135 2 Indonesia 49 41 15 Iran (Islamic Republic of) - 8 - Iraq - 5 - Ireland - 60 - Israel 3 - 6 Italy - 164 - Jamaica 1 3 - Japan - 88 - Jordan 4 8 16 Kazakhstan 14 5 5 Kenya 151 228 45 Kosovo 8 2 54 Kuwait - - 1 Kyrgyzstan 6 1 10 Lao People's Democrac Republic 4 2 35 Latvia - 1 - Lebanon 40 14 12 Lesotho 4 4 23 Liberia 24 173 309 Libya 7 - 2 Lithuania - 2 - Luxembourg - 2 - Countries Naonal Sent Received Madagascar 9 17 11 Malawi 22 16 96 Malaysia - 10 6 Maldives - 1 2 Mali 11 46 14 Mauritania 18 4 15 Maurius - 1 4 Mexico 3 14 - Micronesia (Federated States of) - - 2 Moldova - 2 - Mongolia 1 3 3 Montenegro 6 1 1 Morocco 3 13 24 Mozambique 48 12 23 Myanmar - 22 3 Namibia 16 3 10 Nauru - - 1 Nepal 35 119 59 Netherlands - 27 - Netherlands Anlles - - 1 New Zealand - 9 - Nicaragua 39 2 11 Niger 60 67 35 Nigeria 22 95 2 Norway - 9 - Occupied Palesnian Territory 19 7 1 Pakistan 2 83 7 Palau - - 2 Panama 2 - 3 Papua New Guinea - 2 2 Peru 17 9 13 Philippines 4 244 6 Poland - 6 - Portugal - 33 - Republic of Korea - 30 2 Romania - 16 - Russian Federaon 1 30 2 Rwanda 25 92 25 Saint Helena - 1 - Samoa 1 - 4 Sao Tome and Principe - 1 3 Senegal 10 41 26 Serbia - 15 - Countries Naonal Sent Received Seychelles - 1 3 Sierra Leone 4 199 29 Singapore - 4 - Slovakia - 1 - Solomon Islands - 1 11 Somalia - 8 31 South Africa - 18 61 South Sudan 62 3 497 Spain - 93 - Sri Lanka 26 39 16 Sudan 38 53 770 Suriname - - 1 Swaziland - 3 3 Sweden - 27 - Switzerland - 68 - Syrian Arab Republic 4 9 18 Tajikistan - 10 3 Tanzania, United Republic of 43 74 32 Thailand - 9 24 The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia - 5 1 Timor-Leste 9 35 262 Togo 9 35 12 Trinidad and Tobago - 5 17 Tunisia - 5 6 Turkey 45 5 8 Turkmenistan - 1 - Tuvalu - - 1 Uganda 29 179 33 Ukraine 17 25 9 United Arab Emirates - - 1 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland - 57 - United States of America - 88 - Uruguay 2 8 3 Uzbekistan 13 6 7 Vanuatu - - 1 Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) 11 4 6 Viet Nam 27 1 22 Western Sahara - - 12 Yemen 25 6 27 Zambia 33 27 16 Zimbabwe 14 43 5 Total 2,180 5,123 5,123 Naonal: UN Volunteers serving within the country or territory. For example, during 2011 there were four Albanian naonal UN Volunteers engaged within Albania. Sent: UN Volunteers of the country serving abroad as internaonal UN Volunteers. For example, during 2011 there were three Albanian naonals on UNV assignments in other countries and territories. Received: UN Volunteers of other naonalies serving in the country or territory. For example, during 2011 there were seven internaonal UN Volunteers working in Albania. The designaons employed and the presentaon of material in these lists do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Naons, UNDP or UNV concerning the legal status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authories, or concerning the delimitaon of its froners or boundaries. www.unv.org UN Volunteer statistics worldwide - 2011 Annual Report Regions Regional Sent Received Caribbean 29 70 342 Central America 77 29 48 Eastern Africa 627 925 459 Eastern Asia 18 126 12 Eastern Europe 72 119 86 Central Africa 86 421 981 North Africa 136 104 1,332 Northern America - 168 - Oceania 4 59 32 South America 262 105 114 South-central Asia 244 523 247 South-eastern Asia 99 377 405 Southern Africa 21 30 103 Western Africa 359 1,069 862 Western Asia 143 78 103 Western Europe 0 923 0 Total 2,177 5,126 5,126 Regional: UN Volunteers from the region serving within the region. For example, during 2011 there were 29 Caribbean UN Volunteers engaged within the Caribbean. Sent: UN Volunteers from the region serving in other regions. For example, during 2011 there were 70 Caribbean UN Volunteers on assignment in other regions. Received: UN Volunteers from other regions serving within the region. For example, during 2011 there were 342 UN Volunteers from outside the Caribbean working within the Caribbean. The terms used are drawn from the United Naons Stascs Division. The lines on the map (leſt) indicate the movement of internaonal UN Volunteers from their home regions to their assignments around the world. Close to 83 percent of UN Volunteers come from the South and most also serve in the South. Map legend Regional: UN Volunteers from the region serving within their region Sent: UN Volunteers from the region serving in other regions Received: UN Volunteers from other regions serving in the region South-South North-South 0 0 168 Central America 77 29 48 Northern America Caribbean 29 70 342 South America 262 105 114 Western Europe 0 923 0 North Africa 136 104 1,332 Western Africa 359 1,069 862 Central Africa 86 421 981 Southern Africa 21 30 103 Eastern Africa 627 925 459 Western Asia 143 78 103 South-central Asia 244 523 247 Eastern Europe 72 119 86 Eastern Asia 18 126 12 South-eastern Asia 99 377 405 Oceania 4 59 32 2 UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTEERS: ANNUAL REPORT 2011 Foreword Volunteerism for Sustainable Development: The Future We’ll Need 2011 was a year of momentous events for many. For the Arab States, it will be remembered as a year of uprisings and the beginning of transions. A new naon was born in Africa, when South Sudan achieved formal independence. The populaon of the world reached seven billion. Challenges to development connue, as ever. The ongoing effects of the global economic crisis and the connuaon of conflict and armed violence in many places have taken their toll of lives and livelihoods. Huge natural disasters like the drought in the Horn of Africa caused great suffering. All have hampered development. While at the global levels poverty has reduced and other Millennium Development Goals are on track, the benefits are not being universally felt. Volunteers have been engaged in responding to crises, and upheavals. Oſten they are the first to help aſter disaster strikes – assisng in the immediate aſtermath and fostering long-term community engagement in disaster management and recovery. They help empower people during difficult mes. Now, more than ever, we need their efforts. UNV promotes volunteerism as a catalyst for community parcipaon, and as a key ingredient in consolidang peace and development. Originang from 162 countries, a total of 7,303 UN Volunteers contributed their experse last year – almost one third of them naonals of the countries in which they served. I myself met very impressive naonal volunteers during my memorable visit to Guinea a few months ago. In the past year, UN Volunteers worked alongside more than twenty United Naons enes and many more local instuons. In Côte d’Ivoire, for example, 344 UN Volunteers were involved in peace and development projects. The UNV Online Volunteering service expanded significantly, engaging the skills of 10,910 more people via the Internet. At UNDP, we recognize and applaud the exceponal contribuon which UN Volunteers make to sustainable development and peacebuilding. They provide inspiraon through their acons. We acknowledge too that volunteerism helps build community confidence and well-being, and creates opportunies for people to become the makers of their own desnies. We honour all volunteers for their unique contribuons to sustainable development. Helen Clark Administrator, United Naons Development Programme (UNDP) New York, May 2012 UNDP Administrator Helen Clark comments on the launch of the State of the World’s Volunteerism Report at the 73 rd plenary meeng of the General Assembly in New York on 5 December 2011. (Ryan Brown/UN, 2011)