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
2021: €71,742,008
Destruction Progress
As of 31 December 2022
Stockpile Destruction
World’s declared chemical weapons stockpiles destroyed: 99%
Total declared stockpiles of chemical agents: 72,304 metric tonnes
Total destroyed stockpiles of chemical agents: 71,946 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: 2,022
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 1
Inspectable facilities/sites: 2
Chemical Weapons Storage Facilities (CWSF)
Inspections since EIF: 525
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 1
Inspectable facilities/sites: 2
Old Chemical Weapons (OCW)
Inspections since EIF: 174
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 5
Inspectable facilities/sites: 5
Abandoned Chemical Weapons (ACW)
Inspections since EIF: 150
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 1
Inspectable facilities/sites: 27
Industry Verification
As of 31 December 2022
Industry Inspections
Industrial facilities subject to inspection: 4,918
Schedule 1
Inspections since EIF: 345
States with declared facilities: 24
Inspectable facilities: 28
Schedule 2
Inspections since EIF: 1,002
States with declared plant sites: 25
Inspectable plant sites: 209
Schedule 3
Inspections since EIF: 524
States with declared plant sites: 32
Inspectable plant sites: 339
Other Chemical Production Facilities (OCPF)
Inspections since EIF: 2,503
States with declared plant sites: 80
Inspectable plant sites: 4,342
Verification Capacity
As of 31 December 2022
OPCW Designated Laboratories
Environmental: 25
Biomedical: 20
States with Designated Laboratories
Environmental: 21
Biomedical: 14
National Implementation
As of 31 December 2022
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: 36