Statistics

Nuclear Testing

This graph from the Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO) shows worldwide nuclear testing from 1945 to 2009.

Number of nuclear weapons in the world

Countries which possess nuclear weapons

In 2011 eight states possessed more than 5,000 operational nuclear weapons. If all nuclear warheads are counted, including operational warheads, spares, those in both active and inactive storage, and intact warheads scheduled for later dismantlement, these states together possess a total of more than 20,000 warheads.

･ Press Release of Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (7 June 2011)

Number of countries capable of developing nuclear weapons: 44

44 countries have access to the fissile material and technology to build nuclear weapons. With the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty jeopardized, nuclear weapons could quickly spread.

･ Global Security Institute

Number of accidents, false alarms, and malfunctions involving U.S. nuclear weapons before 1980 according to the U.S. government: 32

Several of these have put us on the brink of accidental nuclear war.

･ Global Security Institute

Countries which had nuclear weapons and chose to give them up: 4

･ South Africa, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Ukraine
･ International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)

Number of countries that have signed the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty: 182

･ Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization (CTBTO)

Number of countries that have signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty: 190

･ United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs (UNODA)

Poll Results

Survey of youth attitudes to nuclear weapons, nuclear power
August 4, 2011

The Soka Gakkai Chugoku Student Peace Committee released the results of its 16th annual survey on young people's attitudes to peace and nuclear weapons in the Hiroshima region. For the first time, two questions related to nuclear power were included. The survey was conducted between May 16 and July 3 amongst students from 36 universities in the Chugoku region comprising Hiroshima, Okayama, Shimane, Tottori and Yamaguchi prefectures. A total of 2,324 responses were collected. 1,291 of respondents were male and 1,033 female.

･ Summary of the survey of youth attitudes to nuclear weapons, nuclear power

A Survey on Public Awareness of Nuclear Weapons in 8 Countries by SGI

From January to March 2010, youth members of Soka Gakkai International (SGI) in eight countries conducted surveys of their peers' attitudes toward nuclear weapons and their abolition in advance of the May NPT Review Conference

･ Public Awareness of Nuclear Weapons in 8 Countries

Publics around the World Favor International Agreement To Eliminate All Nuclear Weapons
December 9, 2008
Nuclear as Well as Non-Nuclear Countries Support Plan For Abolishing Nuclear Weapons

･ WorldPublicOpinion - Publics around the World Favor International Agreement To Eliminate All Nuclear Weapons

Global Public Opinion on Nuclear Weapons by The Simons Foundation in partnership with Angus Reid Strategies
In July 2007, a survey was conducted in six countries, including the United States, UK, France, Italy, Germany and Israel. A total of 1,000 people per country were asked various questions regarding nuclear weapons in the world today (Click panels on right for sample poll questions).

･ Global Public Opinion on Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear Materials

The Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) Nuclear Materials Security Index
January 18, 2012

This is a first-of-its-kind public benchmarking project of nuclear materials security conditions on a country-by-country basis. The NTI Index, prepared with the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), was created to spark an international discussion about priorities required to strengthen security, and most importantly, encourage governments to provide assurances and take actions to reduce risks.

･ About the NTI Index

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