Peace Corps Transparency Initiative Previously, PC Wiki has published various Peace Corps data such as early termination data and data from the All Volunteer Survey – both published on a country-by-country basis. The purpose of publishing this data on a country-by-country basis is to give applicants the rankings of the countries, information they need to make an informed choice about where they will serve. You will now be able to find this data and these rankings on the Open Government section of the Peace Corps website. The ET rate data and rankings have been published and the survey data and rankings will be published in the fall. The Peace Corps is considering publishing data and rankings for the program-by-program job assignments. By being transparent with applicants and publishing the rankings, the Peace Corps is demonstrating that it has respect for the applicants, believes if the applicants are better informed about their choices that they will find a better placement in the Peace Corps, and that with a better placement they are more likely to thrive as Volunteers and not quit early. We congratulate the Peace Corps for its transparency with applicants; this is a smart and winning strategy for the applicants and the Peace Corps.



Early Quit Rates Country-by-Country: Critical Data for Applicants An excellent indication of the health of a Peace Corps country program is its early quit rate, the percentage of Volunteers who do not complete their 26-27 month term of service. The Peace Corps refers to this as the Early Termination (ET) rate. With the ET rate, Volunteers talk with their feet about their Peace Corps experience. If Volunteers in a particular country or program are quitting early, an applicant should wonder about the quality of that program. The Peace Corps has recently started to allow applicants to choose the countries in which they prefer to serve. Wiki presents the ET rate data here on a country by country basis to enable applicants to make more informed choices.

PC Wiki recommends that applicants request to be sent to countries with low ET rates.

PC Wiki recommends that applicants avoid any country with an ET rate of 30% or greater. They should be cautious about any country with an ET rate of more than 20%. They should request to be sent to countries with ET rates of less than 20%.

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