Country rankings
Peace Corps Countries
Morocco has the highest Peace Corps Volunteers in Service in 2024 (104), followed by Zambia (104) and Dominican Republic (96). Montenegro has the lowest (6).
Year 202457 of 235 countries
Peace Corps Volunteers in Service, 2024
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Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
38
Middle half 26 – 52
Average
43.68
57 countries
Highest
104
Morocco
Lowest
6
Montenegro
Data
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138 countries · # = rank by Peace Corps Volunteers in Service
| # | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Morocco | Active | 1963-ongoing | 104 | — | Youth in Development |
| 1 | Zambia | Active | 1994-ongoing | 104 | — | Agriculture, Education, Environment, and Health |
| 3 | Dominican Republic | Active | 1962-ongoing | 96 | — | Education, Community Economic Development, Youth in Development |
| 4 | Colombia | Active | 1961-1981, 2010-ongoing | 91 | — | Community Economic Development, Education |
| 5 | Paraguay | Active | 1966-ongoing | 90 | — | Agriculture, Community Economic Development, Environment, Health |
| 6 | Philippines | Active | 1961-1990, 1992-ongoing | 89 | — | Education, Environment, Youth in Development |
| 7 | Ecuador | Active | 1962-ongoing | 88 | — | Education, Health, Youth in Development |
| 8 | Panama | Active | 1963-1971, 1990-ongoing | 81 | — | Agriculture, Environment, Health, Youth in Development |
| 9 | Senegal | Active | 1963-ongoing | 76 | — | Agriculture, Environment, Community Economic Development, Health, Feed the Future, President's Malaria Initiative, Youth in Development |
| 10 | Peru | Active | 1962-1974, 2002-ongoing | 71 | — | Community Economic Development, Health |
| 11 | Costa Rica | Active | 1963-ongoing | 65 | — | Community Economic Development, Education, Youth in Development |
| 12 | Cambodia | Active | 2007-ongoing | 62 | — | Education |
| 13 | Mexico | Active | 2004-ongoing | 55 | — | Education, Environment |
| 14 | Uganda | Active | 1964-1972, 1991-1999, 2001-ongoing | 54 | — | Agriculture, Education, Health, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, President's Malaria Initiative |
| 15 | Madagascar | Active | 1993-2009, 2009-ongoing | 52 | — | Agriculture, Education, Health |
| 16 | Kenya | Active | 1964-2014, 2019-ongoing | 50 | — | Education, Health |
| 16 | North Macedonia | Active | 1996-ongoing | 50 | — | Community Economic Development, Education |
| 18 | Gambia | Active | 1967-ongoing | 47 | — | Agriculture, Education, Health, Feed the Future |
| 18 | Albania | Active | 1992-1997, 2003-ongoing | 47 | — | Community Economic Development, Education, Health |
| 18 | Lesotho | Active | 1967-ongoing | 47 | — | Education, Health |
| 21 | Thailand | Active | 1962-ongoing | 43 | — | Education, Youth in Development |
| 21 | Saint Lucia | Active | 1961-ongoing | 43 | — | Education |
| 21 | Grenada | Active | 1961-ongoing | 43 | — | Education |
| 21 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Active | 1961-ongoing | 43 | — | Education |
| 21 | Dominica | Active | 1961-ongoing | 43 | — | Education |
| 26 | Fiji | Active | 1968-1998, 2003-ongoing | 42 | — | Community Economic Development |
| 27 | Guyana | Active | 1966-1971, 1995-ongoing | 41 | — | Education, Environment, Health |
| 28 | Botswana | Active | 1966-1997, 2003-ongoing | 40 | — | Health, Education, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief |
| 29 | Rwanda | Active | 1975-1993, 2008-ongoing | 38 | — | Health, Education |
| 29 | Togo | Active | 1962-ongoing | 38 | — | Education, Agriculture, Health |
| 31 | Tanzania | Active | 1961-1969, 1979-ongoing | 36 | — | Agriculture, Education, Health, Feed the Future, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, President's Malaria Initiative |
| 31 | Kyrgyzstan | Active | 1993-ongoing | 36 | — | Education |
| 31 | Mongolia | Active | 1991-ongoing | 36 | — | Education |
| 31 | Namibia | Active | 1990-ongoing | 36 | — | Community Economic Development, Education, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief |
| 35 | Ghana | Active | 1961-ongoing | 35 | — | Agriculture, Education, Health |
| 36 | Cameroon | Active | 1962-ongoing | 34 | — | Agriculture, Education, Health, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Small Project Assistance Program |
| 36 | Guatemala | Active | 1963-ongoing | 34 | — | Agriculture, Community Economic Development, Health, Youth in Development |
| 38 | Benin | Active | 1968-ongoing | 33 | — | Agriculture, Education, Health, President's Malaria Initiative |
| 39 | Belize | Active | 1962-ongoing | 31 | — | Education, Youth in Development |
| 40 | Sierra Leone | Active | 1962-1994, 2010-ongoing | 30 | — | Education, Health |
| 41 | Jamaica | Active | 1962-ongoing | 28 | — | Education, Agriculture |
| 42 | Guinea | Active | 1963-1966, 1969-1971, 1985-ongoing | 27 | — | Agriculture, Education, Health |
| 43 | South Africa | Active | 1997-ongoing | 26 | — | Education, Health, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief |
| 43 | Moldova | Active | 1993-ongoing | 26 | — | Community Economic Development, Education, Health |
| 43 | Timor-Leste | Active | 2002-2006, 2015-ongoing | 26 | — | Community Economic Development, Education |
| 46 | Sri Lanka | Active | 1962-1964, 1967-1970, 1983-1998, 2018-ongoing | 23 | — | Education |
| 47 | Georgia | Active | 2001-ongoing | 20 | — | Community Economic Development, Education |
| 48 | Vietnam | Active | 2022-ongoing | 18 | — | Education |
| 49 | Nepal | Active | 1962-2004, 2012-ongoing | 17 | — | Education, Agriculture |
| 49 | Armenia | Active | 1992-ongoing | 17 | — | Education, Youth in Development |
| 49 | Samoa | Active | 1967-ongoing | 17 | — | Education |
| 52 | Indonesia | Active | 1963-1965, 2010-ongoing | 16 | — | Education |
| 53 | Eswatini | Active | 1969-1996, 2003-ongoing | 14 | — | Health, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Youth in Development |
| 54 | Tonga | Active | 1967-ongoing | 13 | — | Education |
| 55 | Malawi | Active | 1963-1976, 1978-ongoing | 12 | — | Education, Environment, Health |
| 56 | Liberia | Active | 1962-1990, 2008-ongoing | 10 | — | Education, Health |
| 57 | Montenegro | Active | 2022-ongoing | 6 | — | Education |
| — | India | Inactive | 1961-1976 | — | 4,308 | — |
| — | China | Inactive | 1993-2020 | — | 1,448 | — |
| — | Pakistan | Inactive | 1961-1967, 1988-1991 | — | 521 | — |
| — | Nigeria | Inactive | 1961-1976, 1992-1995 | — | 2,092 | — |
| — | Brazil | Inactive | 1962-1981 | — | 4,128 | — |
| — | Bangladesh | Inactive | 1998-2006 | — | 278 | — |
| — | Russia | Inactive | 1992-2003 | — | 722 | — |
| — | DR Congo | Inactive | 1970-1991 | — | 2,517 | — |
| — | Iran | Inactive | 1962-1976 | — | 1,749 | — |
| — | Turkey | Inactive | 1962-1971 | — | 1,457 | — |
| — | Myanmar | Inactive | 2016-2022 | — | 87 | — |
| — | Sudan | Inactive | 1984-1986 | — | 5 | — |
| — | South Korea | Inactive | 1966-1981 | — | 2,060 | — |
| — | Argentina | Inactive | 1992-1994 | — | 38 | — |
| — | Afghanistan | Inactive | 1962-1979 | — | 1,645 | — |
| — | Yemen | Inactive | 1973-1994 | — | 559 | — |
| — | Ukraine | Active | 1992-ongoing | — | — | Education, Community Economic Development, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, Youth in Development |
| — | Poland | Inactive | 1990-2001 | — | 955 | — |
| — | Uzbekistan | Inactive | 1992-2005 | — | 761 | — |
| — | Mozambique | Active | 1998-ongoing | — | — | Education, Health, President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, President's Malaria Initiative |
| — | Malaysia | Inactive | 1962-1983 | — | 4,046 | — |
| — | Ivory Coast | Inactive | 1962-1981, 1990-2003 | — | 1,530 | — |
| — | Niger | Inactive | 1962-2011 | — | 3,174 | — |
| — | Venezuela | Inactive | 1962-1976 | — | 2,130 | — |
| — | Mali | Inactive | 1971-2012, 2014-2015 | — | 2,672 | — |
| — | Burkina Faso | Inactive | 1967-1987, 1995-2017 | — | 2,164 | — |
| — | Chad | Inactive | 1966-1979, 1987-1990, 1990-1998, 2003-2006 | — | 727 | — |
| — | Kazakhstan | Inactive | 1993-2011 | — | 1,226 | — |
| — | Somalia | Inactive | 1962-1970 | — | 355 | — |
| — | Chile | Inactive | 1961-1982, 1991-1998 | — | 2,089 | — |
| — | Romania | Inactive | 1991-2013 | — | 1,261 | — |
| — | Zimbabwe | Inactive | 1991-2001 | — | 365 | — |
| — | Burundi | Inactive | 1983-1993 | — | 152 | — |
| — | Bolivia | Inactive | 1962-1971, 1990-2008 | — | 2,693 | — |
| — | Tunisia | Inactive | 1962-1996, 2013 | — | 2,124 | — |
| — | Haiti | Inactive | 1982-1987, 1990-1991, 1996-2005 | — | 503 | — |
| — | Jordan | Inactive | 1997-2002, 2004-2015 | — | 600 | — |
| — | Honduras | Inactive | 1962-2012 | — | 5,726 | — |
| — | Papua New Guinea | Inactive | 1981-2001 | — | 698 | — |
| — | Czechia | Inactive | 1990-1997 | — | 225 | — |
| — | Azerbaijan | Inactive | 2003-2016 | — | 510 | — |
| — | Hungary | Inactive | 1990-1997 | — | 353 | — |
| — | Turkmenistan | Inactive | 1993-2013 | — | 734 | — |
| — | Libya | Inactive | 1966-1969 | — | 297 | — |
| — | Nicaragua | Inactive | 1968-1979, 1991-2019 | — | 2,648 | — |
| — | Bulgaria | Inactive | 1991-2013 | — | 1,296 | — |
| — | El Salvador | Active | 1962-1980, 1993-2016, 2023-ongoing | — | — | Community Economic Development, Education, Youth Initiatives |
| — | Central African Republic | Inactive | 1972-1996 | — | 915 | — |
| — | Oman | Inactive | 1973-1983 | — | 161 | — |
| — | Mauritania | Inactive | 1966-1967, 1971-2011 | — | 1,256 | — |
| — | Slovakia | Inactive | 1990-2002 | — | 328 | — |
| — | Eritrea | Inactive | 1995-1998 | — | 86 | — |
| — | Uruguay | Inactive | 1963-1973, 1991-1997 | — | 338 | — |
| — | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Inactive | 2000-2002 | — | 21 | — |
| — | Lithuania | Inactive | 1992-2002 | — | 219 | — |
| — | Gabon | Inactive | 1963-1968, 1973-2005 | — | 1,457 | — |
| — | Guinea-Bissau | Inactive | 1988-1998 | — | 176 | — |
| — | Equatorial Guinea | Inactive | 1988-1993 | — | 63 | — |
| — | Latvia | Inactive | 1992-2002 | — | 217 | — |
| — | Bahrain | Inactive | 1974-1979 | — | 68 | — |
| — | Cyprus | Inactive | 1962-1964 | — | 29 | — |
| — | Estonia | Inactive | 1992-2002 | — | 175 | — |
| — | Mauritius | Inactive | 1969-1976 | — | 48 | — |
| — | Solomon Islands | Inactive | 1971-2000 | — | 742 | — |
| — | Suriname | Inactive | 1995-2013 | — | 428 | — |
| — | Malta | Inactive | 1970-1975, 1990-1998 | — | 26 | — |
| — | Cape Verde | Inactive | 1988-2013 | — | 527 | — |
| — | Vanuatu | Active | 1990-ongoing | — | — | Education |
| — | Barbados | Inactive | — | — | — | — |
| — | Sao Tome and Principe | Inactive | 1990-1996 | — | 61 | — |
| — | Kiribati | Inactive | 1974-2008 | — | 491 | — |
| — | Seychelles | Inactive | 1974-1995 | — | 108 | — |
| — | Micronesia | Inactive | 1966-2018 | — | 4,416 | — |
| — | Antigua and Barbuda | Inactive | — | — | — | — |
| — | Saint Kitts and Nevis | Inactive | — | — | — | — |
| — | Marshall Islands | Inactive | 1966-1996 | — | 149 | — |
| — | Anguilla | Inactive | — | — | — | — |
| — | Cook Islands | Inactive | 1982-1995 | — | 33 | — |
| — | Tuvalu | Inactive | 1977-1997 | — | 43 | — |
| — | Montserrat | Inactive | — | — | — | — |
| — | Niue | Inactive | 1994-2002 | — | 19 | — |
What correlates with Peace Corps Volunteers in Service (2024)?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Peace Corps Volunteers in Service?
- Morocco has the highest Peace Corps Volunteers in Service in 2024, at 104, followed by Zambia (104) and Dominican Republic (96).
- Which country has the lowest Peace Corps Volunteers in Service?
- Montenegro has the lowest Peace Corps Volunteers in Service in 2024, at 6.
- What is the median Peace Corps Volunteers in Service across countries?
- The median is 38 across the 57 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this peace corps countries data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Countries - Peace Corps.









































































































































