Countries
In 1961, the first Peace Corps Volunteers accepted assignments to serve in six countries. Since then, nearly 210,000+ men and women have served in 139 countries.
For more information about Peace Corps programs in the countries in which our Volunteers currently serve, visit Where Do Volunteers Go?
For quick reference, below are all the countries in which Volunteers have served.
A-C
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bahrain
- Bangladesh
- Barbados
- Belize
- Benin
- Bolivia
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo, Democratic Republic of
- Congo, Republic of
- Cook Islands
- Costa Rica
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Cyprus
- Czech Republic
D-L
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- East Timor
- Ecuador
- El Salvador
- Equatorial Guinea
- Eritrea
- Estonia
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia, The
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada and Cariacou
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Kyrgyz Republic
- Latvia
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Lithuania
- Libya
M-R
- Macedonia, The Republic of
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Mali
- Malta
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia, Federated States of
- Moldova
- Mongolia
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Namibia
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Oman
- Pakistan
- Palau, Republic of
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- Rwanda
S-Z
- St. Kitts/Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Sierra Leone
- Slovak Republic
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Korea
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Tanzania
- Thailand
- Togo
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Turks-Caicos
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uruguay
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
For more information about Peace Corps programs in the countries in which our Volunteers currently serve, visit Where Do Volunteers Go?
Last updated Jul 16 2012
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