How many countries produce mines or cluster munitions?

Landmines

Landmine Monitor 2018 identifies 11 states as producers of antipersonnel mines, unchanged from the previous report: China, Cuba, India, Iran, Myanmar, North Korea, Pakistan, Russia, Singapore, South Korea, and Vietnam. Most of these countries are not believed to be actively producing mines but reserve the right to do so. Those most likely to be actively producing are India, Myanmar, Pakistan, and South Korea.

Overall, 41 states have ceased production of anti-personnel mines, including Egypt, Israel, Nepal, and the US, which are not party to the Mine Ban Treaty. 

Cluster Munitions

Historically, at least 34 states developed or produced more than 200 types of cluster munitions, of which 18 countries ceased manufacturing cluster munitions prior to or upon joining the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

There were no changes during the reporting period for Cluster Munition Monitor 2019 to the list of 16 countries that produce cluster munitions and have yet to commit to never produce them in future, as listed in the following table. None of these states are party to the Convention on Cluster Munitions.

Cluster munition producers

It is unclear if all of these countries produced cluster munitions in 2018 and/or the first half of 2019 because of a lack of transparency and available data. Greece, Poland, Romania, Singapore, Turkey, and the US have indicated no active production, but the Monitor will continue to list them as producers until they commit to never produce cluster munitions in the future.

(Last updated based on Landmine Monitor 2018 and Cluster Munition Monitor 2019)