Country position on nuclear weapons by country
Whether a country does not consider (0), considers (1), pursues (2), or possesses (3) nuclear weapons.
Countries reporting
239
Highest
3
China
Lowest
0
Aland Islands
Median
0
Years covered
86
1938–2023
Data points
21,156
What the numbers show
Country position on nuclear weapons is currently reported for 239 countries. The highest value is 3 in China; the lowest is 0 in Aland Islands.
The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.1255.
Country position on nuclear weapons: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 3 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | France | 3 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | United Kingdom | 3 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | India | 3 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Israel | 3 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | North Korea | 3 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 1 | Russia | 3 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | United States | 3 | 2023 | unchanged | rising |
| 10 | Iran | 2 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 11 | Syria | 1 | 2023 | unchanged | volatile |
| 12 | Aruba | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Afghanistan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Angola | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Albania | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Andorra | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Argentina | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Armenia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | American Samoa | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Australia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Austria | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Azerbaijan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Burundi | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Belgium | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Benin | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Burkina Faso | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Bangladesh | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Bulgaria | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Bahrain | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Bahamas | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Belarus | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Belize | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Bermuda | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Bolivia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Brazil | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Barbados | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Brunei | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Bhutan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Botswana | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Central African Republic | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Canada | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Switzerland | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Chile | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Cameroon | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Congo | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Colombia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Comoros | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Cape Verde | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Costa Rica | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Cuba | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Curacao | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Cayman Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Cyprus | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Czechia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Germany | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Djibouti | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Dominica | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Denmark | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Dominican Republic | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Algeria | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Ecuador | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Egypt | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Eritrea | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Spain | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Estonia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Ethiopia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Finland | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Fiji | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Faroe Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Micronesia (country) | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Gabon | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Georgia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Ghana | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Gibraltar | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Guinea | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Gambia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Guinea-Bissau | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Greece | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Grenada | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Greenland | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Guatemala | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Guam | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Guyana | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Hong Kong | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Honduras | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Croatia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Haiti | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Hungary | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Indonesia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Isle of Man | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Iraq | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Iceland | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Italy | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Jamaica | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Jordan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Japan | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Kenya | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Kyrgyzstan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Cambodia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Kiribati | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | South Korea | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Kuwait | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Laos | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Lebanon | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Liberia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Libya | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Saint Lucia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Sri Lanka | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Lesotho | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Lithuania | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Latvia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Macao | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Saint Martin (French part) | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Morocco | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Monaco | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Moldova | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Madagascar | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Maldives | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Mexico | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Marshall Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | North Macedonia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Mali | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Myanmar | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Montenegro | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Mongolia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Northern Mariana Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Mozambique | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Mauritania | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Mauritius | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Malawi | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Malaysia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Namibia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | New Caledonia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Niger | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Nigeria | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Nicaragua | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Netherlands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Norway | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Nepal | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Nauru | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | New Zealand | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Oman | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Panama | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Peru | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Philippines | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Palau | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Poland | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Puerto Rico | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Portugal | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Paraguay | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Palestine | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | French Polynesia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Qatar | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Romania | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Rwanda | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Saudi Arabia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Sudan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Senegal | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Singapore | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Solomon Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Sierra Leone | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | El Salvador | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | San Marino | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Somalia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Serbia | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | South Sudan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Suriname | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Slovakia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Slovenia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Sweden | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Eswatini | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Seychelles | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Turks and Caicos Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Chad | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Togo | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Thailand | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Tajikistan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Turkmenistan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | East Timor | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Tonga | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Tunisia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Turkey | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Tuvalu | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Tanzania | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Uganda | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Ukraine | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Uruguay | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Uzbekistan | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Venezuela | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | British Virgin Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | United States Virgin Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Vietnam | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Vanuatu | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Samoa | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Yemen | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | South Africa | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Zambia | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Zimbabwe | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | French Guiana | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Reunion | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Taiwan | 0 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 12 | Western Sahara | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Anguilla | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Cook Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Montserrat | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Niue | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Falkland Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Guernsey | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Jersey | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Saint Barthelemy | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Saint Helena | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Tokelau | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Vatican | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Wallis and Futuna | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Cocos Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Norfolk Island | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Christmas Island | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Pitcairn | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Heard Island and McDonald Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Bouvet Island | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | British Indian Ocean Territory | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | French Southern Territories | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
| 12 | Aland Islands | 0 | 2023 | — | flat |
About this data
Whether a country does not consider (0), considers (1), pursues (2), or possesses (3) nuclear weapons.