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AFRICA
REGION
COUNTRY
YEARS
OF SERVICE
Total
PCVS [i]
PCVs in 2009
[ii] [iii]
Benin
1968-
1,687
107
Botswana
1966‑1997,
2003‑
2,097
112
Burkina Faso
1966-1987,
1995-
1,584
119
Burundi
1983-1993
150
x
Cameroon
1962-
3,091
158
Cape Verde
1988-
475
60
Central African Republic
1972-1996
906
x
Chad 1966-1979,
1987-1998, 2003-2006
726
x
Comoros
1988-1995
79
x
Congo, Republic of
1991-1993,
1993-1997
139
x
Cote d'Ivoire
1962-1981,
1990-2003
1,533
x
DR Congo (formerly Zaire)
1970-1991
2,530
x
Equatorial Guinea
1988-1993
61
x
Eritrea
1995-1998
86
x
Ethiopia
1962-1977,
1995-1999, 2007‑
3,012
52
Gabon
1963-1967,
1973‑2005
1,460
x
Ghana
1961-
4,056
168
Guinea
1962-1966,
1969-1971, 1985-
1,287
94
Guinea‑Bissau
1988-1998
177
x
Kenya
1965-
4,877
68
Lesotho
1967-
2,112
81
Liberia
1962-1990,
2008‑
3,832
19
Madagascar
1993-
811
0
Malawi
1963-1969,
1973-1976, 1978‑
2,388
147
Mali
1971-
2,379
152
Mauritania
1967,
1971-
1,259
14
Mauritius
1971-1975
48
x
Mozambique
1998-
558
180
Namibia
1990-
1,150
134
Niger
1962-
3,058
126
Nigeria
1961‑1971,
1992-1995
2,094
x
Rwanda
1975-1993,
2008-
149
29
Sao Tome and Principe
1990-1996
62
x
Senegal
1963-
2,969
177
Seychelles
1974-1995
49
x
Sierra Leone
1962-1994
3,479
x
Somalia
1962-1970
357
x
South Africa
1997‑
847
123
Sudan
1984-1986
8
x
Swaziland
1968-1996,
2003-
1,404
64
Tanzania
1962-1969,
1979-
2,202
171
The Gambia
1967-
1,480
82
Togo
1962-
2,580
123
Uganda
1964-1973,
1991-1999, 2000-
1,004
154
Zambia
1993-
1,028
146
Zimbabwe
1991-2002
366
x
AFRICA Totals
67,686
2,860
EUROPE,
MEDITERRANEAN, & ASIA REGION
COUNTRY
YEARS
OF SERVICE
Total
PCVS [i]
PCVs in 2009
[ii] [iii]
Afghanistan
1962-1979
1,652
x
Albania
1992-1997,
2003-
391
72
Armenia
1992-
679
79
Azerbaijan
2003-
316
118
Bahrain
1974-1979
68
x
Bangladesh
1998-2006
280
x
Bosnia & Herzegovina
2000-2002
21
x
Bulgaria
1991-
1,156
149
Cambodia
2006-
81
72
China
1993-
586
110
Cyprus
1962-1964
29
x
Czech Republic
1990-1997
234
x
East Timor
2002-2006
104
x
Estonia (Baltics)
1992-2002
175
x
Georgia
2001-
337
28
Hungary
1990-1997
354
x
India
1961-1976
4,325
x
Iran
1962-1976
1,748
x
Jordan
1997-
419
30
Kazakhstan
1993-
1,043
165
Kyrgyz Republic
1993-
831
98
Latvia (Baltics)
1992-2002
217
x
Libya
1966-1969
295
x
Lithuania (Baltics)
1992-2002
219
x
Macedonia
1996-
290
102
Malta
1972-1974,
1989-1998
26
x
Moldova
1993-
963
126
Mongolia
1991-
794
119
Morocco
1963-
4,177
260
Nepal
1962-2005
3,629
x
Oman
1973-1983
160
x
Pakistan
1961-1967,
1988-1991
517
x
Philippines
1961-1990,
1992-
8,369
148
Poland
1990-2001
963
x
Romania
1991-
1,097
109
Russia
1992-2003
729
x
Slovak Republic
1990-2002
329
x
South Korea
1966-1981
2,068
x
Sri Lanka
1962-1964,
1967-1970, 1983-1998
372
x
Thailand
1962-
4,915
90
Tunisia
1962-1991,
1991-1996
2,130
x
Turkey
1962-1972
1,460
x
Turkmenistan
1993-
698
117
Ukraine
1992-
2,045
339
Uzbekistan
1992-2005
767
x
Yemen
1973-1990,
1991-1994
564
x
EUROPE, MEDITERRANEAN, ASIA Totals
52,622
2,331
INTER-AMERICA
& PACIFIC REGION
COUNTRY
YEARS
OF SERVICE
Total
PCVS [i]
PCVs in 2009
[ii] [iii]
Argentina
1992-1994
38
x
Belize
1962-
1,839
75
Bolivia
1962-1971,
1990-
2,702
x
Brazil
1961-1981
4,150
x
Chile
1961-1982,
1991-1998
2,096
x
Colombia
1961-1981
4,638
x
Cook Islands
1982-1986,
1988-1995
33
x
Costa Rica
1963-
3,254
106
Dominican Republic
1962-
4,042
199
Eastern Caribbean*
1961-
3,638
73
Ecuador
1962-
5,789
152
El Salvador
1962-1980,
1993-
2,066
142
Fiji
1968-1998,
2003-
2,231
62
Guatemala
1963-
4,561
209
Guyana
1967-1971,
1995-
538
61
Haiti
1982-1987,
1990-1991, 1996-2005
507
x
Honduras
1963-
5,571
178
Indonesia
1963-1965
36
x
Jamaica
1962-
3,635
72
Kiribati
1973-
489
x
Malaysia
1962-1983
4,067
x
Marshall Islands
1986-1996
149
x
Mexico
2004-
119
54
Micronesia (including Palau)
1966-
4,203
73
Nicaragua
1968-1979,
1991-
1,909
205
Niue
1994-2002
19
x
Panama
1963-1971,
1990-
1,818
182
Papua New Guinea
1981-2002
701
x
Paraguay
1967-
3,357
221
Peru
1962-1975,
2002-
2,810
207
Samoa
1967-
1,717
35
Solomon Islands
1971-2000
744
x
Suriname
1995-
361
40
Tonga
1967-
1,536
40
Tuvalu
1974-1997
43
x
Uruguay
1963-1974,
1991-1997
338
x
Vanuatu
1990-
533
94
Venezuela
1962-1977
2,134
x
INTER-AMERICA & PACIFIC Totals
78,411
2,480
Worldwide Totals: Total Countries Total PCVs PCVs in 2009
139 198,719 7,671
* including
Anguilla, Antigua‑Barbuda, Barbados, Dominica, Grenada and Cariaccou,
Montserrat, St. Kitts‑Nevis, St. Lucia, St. Vincent‑Grenadines,
& Turks‑Caicos
[i]. Total Number of Peace Corps Volunteers from the
first year of program through the end of Fiscal Year 2009.
[ii]. Number of Peace Corps Volunteers and trainees in
country at the end of FY 2009.
[iii]. x indicates that Peace Corps no longer has a
program in the country.
sources: Peace
Corps, Peace Corps Online, various
