
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
2020: €70,958,790
Destruction Progress
As of 31 January 2021

Stockpile Destruction
World’s declared chemical weapons stockpiles destroyed: 98.44%
Total declared stockpiles of chemical agents: 72,304 metric tonnes
Total destroyed stockpiles of chemical agents: 71,176 metric tonnes

Chemical Weapons Production Facilities (CWPF)
Declared: 97
Destroyed: 74
Converted for peaceful purpose: 23
Remaining inspectable facilities/sites: 12
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 3
Inspections since EIF: 516

Chemical Weapons Destruction Facilities (CWDF)
Inspections since EIF: 1,937
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 1
Inspectable facilities/sites: 3

Chemical Weapons Storage Facilities (CWSF)
Inspections since EIF: 514
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 1
Inspectable facilities/sites: 2

Old Chemical Weapons (OCW)
Inspections since EIF: 157
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 5
Inspectable facilities/sites: 5

Abandoned Chemical Weapons (ACW)
Inspections since EIF: 148
States with inspectable facilities/sites: 1
Inspectable facilities/sites: 27
Industry Verification
As of 31 January 2021

Industry Inspections
Industrial facilities subject to inspection: 4,885

Schedule 1
Inspections since EIF: 316
States with declared facilities: 23
Inspectable facilities: 27

Schedule 2
Inspections since EIF: 921
States with declared plant sites: 25
Inspectable plant sites: 202

Schedule 3
Inspections since EIF: 514
States with declared plant sites: 31
Inspectable plant sites: 325

Other Chemical Production Facilities (OCPF)
Inspections since EIF: 2,368
States with declared plant sites: 79
Inspectable plant sites: 4,331
Verification Capacity
As of 31 January 2021

OPCW Designated Laboratories
Environmental: 22
Biomedical: 18

States with Designated Laboratories
Environmental: 19
Biomedical: 13
National Implementation
As of 31 July 2020

Comprehensive Implementing Legislation
States with comprehensive national implementing legislation covering all initial measures of the Convention: 119

Partial Implementation
States with national implementing legislation covering some initial measures of the Convention: 39