List of parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

The list of parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons encompasses the states which have signed and ratified or acceded to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, a multilateral treaty outlawing nuclear weapons.

On 20 September 2017, the treaty was opened for signature. Following Article 15 of the treaty, it entered into force on 22 January 2021 after it had been ratified by 50 states. States have the option of acceding to the treaty without signing.

A total of 197 states may become parties to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, including all 193 member states of the United Nations, the Holy See, the State of Palestine, the Cook Islands, and Niue. As of September 2025, 74 states have ratified or acceded to the treaty, most recently Ghana.

States Parties

According to the treaties database maintained by the United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs, as of September 2025, the TPNW has 74 parties: 70 states have ratified it, and another 4 have acceded to it.

State Signed Deposited Method
Antigua and Barbuda 26 September 2018 25 November 2019 Ratification
Austria 20 September 2017 8 May 2018 Ratification
Bangladesh 20 September 2017 26 September 2019 Ratification
Belize 6 February 2020 19 May 2020 Ratification
Benin 26 September 2018 11 December 2020 Ratification
Bolivia 16 April 2018 6 August 2019 Ratification
Botswana 26 September 2019 15 July 2020 Ratification
Cabo Verde 20 September 2017 20 June 2022 Ratification
Cambodia 9 January 2019 22 January 2021 Ratification
Chile 20 September 2017 23 September 2021 Ratification
Comoros 20 September 2017 19 February 2021 Ratification
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 20 September 2017 22 September 2022 Ratification
Congo, Republic of the 20 September 2017 17 May 2022 Ratification
Cook Islands 4 September 2018 Accession
Costa Rica 20 September 2017 5 July 2018 Ratification
Côte d'Ivoire 20 September 2017 23 March 2022 Ratification
Cuba 20 September 2017 30 January 2018 Ratification
Dominica 26 September 2019 18 October 2019 Ratification
Dominican Republic 7 June 2018 22 September 2022 Ratification
Ecuador 20 September 2017 25 September 2019 Ratification
El Salvador 20 September 2017 30 January 2019 Ratification
Fiji 20 September 2017 7 July 2020 Ratification
Gambia, The 20 September 2017 26 September 2018 Ratification
Ghana 20 September 2017 26 September 2025 Ratification
Grenada 26 September 2019 20 June 2022 Ratification
Guatemala 20 September 2017 13 June 2022 Ratification
Guinea-Bissau 26 September 2018 15 December 2021 Ratification
Guyana 20 September 2017 20 September 2017 Ratification
Holy See 20 September 2017 20 September 2017 Ratification
Honduras 20 September 2017 24 October 2020 Ratification
Indonesia 20 September 2017 24 September 2024 Ratification
Ireland 20 September 2017 6 August 2020 Ratification
Jamaica 8 December 2017 23 October 2020 Ratification
Kazakhstan 2 March 2018 29 August 2019 Ratification
Kiribati 20 September 2017 26 September 2019 Ratification
Laos 21 September 2017 26 September 2019 Ratification
Lesotho 26 September 2019 6 June 2020 Ratification
Malawi 20 September 2017 29 June 2022 Ratification
Malaysia 20 September 2017 30 September 2020 Ratification
Maldives 26 September 2019 26 September 2019 Ratification
Malta 25 August 2020 21 September 2020 Ratification
Mexico 20 September 2017 16 January 2018 Ratification
Mongolia 10 December 2021 Accession
Namibia 8 December 2017 20 March 2020 Ratification
Nauru 22 November 2019 23 October 2020 Ratification
New Zealand 20 September 2017 31 July 2018 Ratification
Nicaragua 22 September 2017 19 July 2018 Ratification
Nigeria 20 September 2017 6 August 2020 Ratification
Niue 6 August 2020 Accession
Palau 20 September 2017 3 May 2018 Ratification
Palestine 20 September 2017 22 March 2018 Ratification
Panama 20 September 2017 11 April 2019 Ratification
Paraguay 20 September 2017 23 January 2020 Ratification
Peru 20 September 2017 23 December 2021 Ratification
Philippines 20 September 2017 18 February 2021 Ratification
Saint Kitts and Nevis 26 September 2019 9 August 2020 Ratification
Saint Lucia 27 September 2018 23 January 2019 Ratification
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 8 December 2017 31 July 2019 Ratification
Samoa 20 September 2017 26 September 2018 Ratification
San Marino 20 September 2017 26 September 2018 Ratification
Seychelles 26 September 2018 9 July 2021 Ratification
São Tomé and Príncipe 20 September 2017 15 January 2024 Ratification
Sierra Leone 22 September 2022 24 September 2024 Ratification
Solomon Islands 24 September 2024 24 September 2024 Ratification
South Africa 20 September 2017 25 February 2019 Ratification
Sri Lanka 19 September 2023 Accession
Thailand 20 September 2017 20 September 2017 Ratification
Timor-Leste 26 September 2018 20 June 2022 Ratification
Trinidad and Tobago 26 September 2019 26 September 2019 Ratification
Tuvalu 20 September 2017 12 October 2020 Ratification
Uruguay 20 September 2017 25 July 2018 Ratification
Vanuatu 20 September 2017 26 September 2018 Ratification
Venezuela 20 September 2017 27 March 2018 Ratification
Vietnam 22 September 2017 17 May 2018 Ratification

Signatory states

As of September 2025, the following 25 states have signed but not ratified the TPNW.

State Signed
Algeria 20 September 2017
Angola 27 September 2018
Bahamas 19 September 2023
Barbados 22 September 2022
Brazil 20 September 2017
Brunei Darussalam 26 September 2018
Burkina Faso 22 September 2022
Central African Republic 20 September 2017
Colombia 3 August 2018
Djibouti 9 January 2023
Equatorial Guinea 22 September 2022
Haiti 22 September 2022
Kyrgyzstan 26 September 2025
Libya 20 September 2017
Liechtenstein 20 September 2017
Madagascar 20 September 2017
Mozambique 18 August 2020
Myanmar 26 September 2018
  Nepal 20 September 2017
Niger 9 December 2020
Sudan 22 July 2020
Tanzania 26 September 2019
Togo 20 September 2017
Zambia 26 September 2019
Zimbabwe 4 December 2020

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