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
OPCW 2018 Budget: €67,248,655
Destruction Progress
As of 31 August 2018
Stockpile Destruction
World’s declared chemical weapons stockpiles destroyed: 96.47%
Total declared stockpiles of chemical agents: 72,304 metric tonnes
Total destroyed stockpiles of chemical agents: 69,750 metric tonnes
Chemical Weapons Production Facilities (CWPF)
Declared: 97
Destroyed: 74
Converted for peaceful purpose: 23
Remaining inspectable facilities/sites: 19
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 5
Inspections since EIF: 504
Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities (CWDF)
Inspections since EIF: 1,881
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 1
Inspectable facilities/sites: 2
Chemical Weapons Storage Facilities (CWSF)
Inspections since EIF: 508
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 1
Inspectable facilities/sites: 2
Old Chemical Weapons (OCW)
Inspections since EIF: 146
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 6
Inspectable facilities/sites: 6
Abandoned Chemical Weapons (ACW)
Inspections since EIF: 133
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 1
Inspectable facilities/sites: 24
Industry Verification
As of 31 August 2018
Industry Inspections
Industrial facilities subject to inspection: 4,850
Schedule 1
Inspections since EIF: 299
States with declared facilities: 23
Inspectable facilities: 26
Schedule 2
Inspections since EIF: 857
States with declared plant sites: 22
Inspectable plant sites: 209
Schedule 3
Inspections since EIF: 480
States with declared plant sites: 33
Inspectable plant sites: 357
Other Chemical Production Facilities (OCPF)
Inspections since EIF: 2,111
States with declared plant sites: 79
Inspectable plant sites: 4,258
Verification Capacity
As of 29 August 2018
OPCW Designated Laboratories
Environmental: 22
Biomedical: 17
States with Designated Laboratories
Environmental: 18
Biomedical: 13
National Implementation
As of 31 July 2017
Comprehensive Implementing Legislation
States with comprehensive national implementing legislation covering all initial measures of the Convention: 122
Partial Implementation
States with national implementing legislation covering some initial measures of the Convention: 31