
Convention Entry Into Force (EIF)
29 April 1997

Membership
States Parties to the Convention: 193
Signatory States: 1
Non-signatory States: 3

Population
World population living under the protection of the Convention: 98%

Budget
2024: €80,490,221
Destruction Progress
As of 31 August 2024

Stockpile Destruction
World’s declared chemical weapons stockpiles destroyed: 100%
Total declared stockpiles of chemical agents: 72,304 metric tonnes
Total destroyed stockpiles of chemical agents: 72,304 metric tonnes

Chemical Weapons Production Facilities (CWPF)
Declared: 97
Destroyed: 74
Converted for peaceful purpose: 23
Remaining inspectable facilities/sites: 4
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 3
Inspections since EIF: 523

Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities (CWDF)
Inspections since EIF: 2,058
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 1
Inspectable facilities/sites: 1

Chemical Weapons Storage Facilities (CWSF)
Inspections since EIF: 529
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 0
Inspectable facilities/sites: 0

Old Chemical Weapons (OCW)
Inspections since EIF: 181
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 9
Inspectable facilities/sites: 11

Abandoned Chemical Weapons (ACW)
Inspections since EIF: 173
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 2
Inspectable facilities/sites: 13
Industry Verification
As of 31 August 2024

Industry Inspections
Industrial facilities subject to inspection: 5,058

Schedule 1
Inspections since EIF: 366
States with declared facilities: 24
Inspectable facilities: 28

Schedule 2
Inspections since EIF: 1,086
States with declared plant sites: 24
Inspectable plant sites: 228

Schedule 3
Inspections since EIF: 535
States with declared plant sites: 31
Inspectable plant sites: 374

Other Chemical Production Facilities (OCPF)
Inspections since EIF: 2,704
States with declared plant sites: 80
Inspectable plant sites: 4,428
Verification Capacity
As of 31 August 2024

OPCW Designated Laboratories
Environmental: 30
Biomedical: 18

States with Designated Laboratories
Environmental: 25
Biomedical: 14
CWC Implementing Legislation
As of 31 December 2023
* “initial measures” = minimum set of legislative measures deemed necessary for a non-possessor CWC State Party