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Latest year of ratification (or accession) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, by country

Name: Latest year of ratification (or accession) to the Minamata Convention on Mercury, by country
Creator: United Nations Treaty Collection (UNTC) — Depositary notifications for the Minamata Convention on Mercury
Keywords: statistic-of-the-day, ai-generated, mercury, treaty, ratification, pollution, chemicals, environmental governance, Minamata Convention, UN treaties

Year each country most recently ratified or acceded to the Minamata Convention on Mercury—showing how recently governments committed to curb mercury pollution.

Source: United Nations Treaty Collection (UNTC) — Depositary notifications for the Minamata Convention on Mercury•178 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

2,017.2year

Median: 2,017.0year

Countries Covered

178

with available data

Highest

Lao People's Democratic Republic

2,024.0year

Lowest

Andorra

2,013.0year

Top 5 Countries

1Lao People's Democratic Republic2,024.0year

2Libya2,024.0year

3Sudan2,024.0year

4Burundi2,023.0year

5Republic of the Congo2,023.0year

By Region

Asia2,017.5year(25 countries)

Other2,017.4year(101 countries)

South America2,017.0year(7 countries)

Europe2,016.7year(31 countries)

Africa2,016.7year(9 countries)

Key Findings

•Most Parties joined around 2017, close to the Convention’s entry into force, indicating a major early adoption wave.
•A smaller set of countries joined later (2018–2024), showing continuing—but slower—expansion of treaty membership.
•The newest joiners (2024) highlight that even a decade after adoption, the treaty is still gaining Parties.

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (2,013.0year)High (2,024.0year)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 2,017.2year)

Asia (25)

Other (101)

South America (7)

Europe (31)

Africa (9)

Oceania (2)

North America (3)

About This Statistic

The Minamata Convention on Mercury is a global treaty to protect human health and the environment from mercury pollution—covering measures such as phasing out certain mercury-added products, controlling emissions to air, and managing mercury waste. A useful way to visualize global momentum is the most recent year a country formally joined the treaty through ratification, acceptance, approval, or accession.

This statistic records, for each country, the year of its most recent binding participation act deposited with the UN Treaty Depositary. Countries with later years are “newer” Parties; earlier years joined sooner. Non-Parties are not included in this dataset.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Lao People's Democratic Republic	2,024.0year
2	Libya	2,024.0year
3	Sudan	2,024.0year
4	Burundi	2,023.0year
5	Republic of the Congo	2,023.0year
6	Somalia	2,023.0year
7	North Korea	2,022.0year
8	Brunei Darussalam	2,022.0year
9	Chad	2,021.0year
10	Central African Republic	2,020.0year
11	Guinea	2,020.0year
12	Iraq	2,020.0year
13	Kuwait	2,020.0year
14	Mali	2,020.0year
15	Mauritius	2,020.0year
16	Peru	2,020.0year
17	Vietnam	2,020.0year
18	Suriname	2,020.0year
19	Australia	2,020.0year
20	Bahamas	2,020.0year
21	Bosnia and Herzegovina	2,020.0year
22	Colombia	2,019.0year
23	Kazakhstan	2,019.0year
24	New Caledonia	2,019.0year
25	Bolivia	2,019.0year
26	Belarus	2,018.0year
27	Cameroon	2,018.0year
28	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2,018.0year
29	Benin	2,018.0year
30	Equatorial Guinea	2,018.0year
31	India	2,018.0year
32	Malaysia	2,018.0year
33	Mauritania	2,018.0year
34	Togo	2,018.0year
35	Uganda	2,018.0year
36	Venezuela	2,018.0year
37	Afghanistan	2,018.0year
38	Bulgaria	2,017.0year
39	Myanmar	2,017.0year
40	Cambodia	2,017.0year
41	Canada	2,017.0year
42	Cayman Islands	2,017.0year
43	Sri Lanka	2,017.0year
44	Chile	2,017.0year
45	Costa Rica	2,017.0year
46	Croatia	2,017.0year
47	Cuba	2,017.0year
48	Cyprus	2,017.0year
49	Czech Republic	2,017.0year
50	Denmark	2,017.0year
51	Dominican Republic	2,017.0year
52	El Salvador	2,017.0year
53	Ethiopia	2,017.0year
54	Eritrea	2,017.0year
55	Estonia	2,017.0year
56	Faroe Islands	2,017.0year
57	Finland	2,017.0year
58	France	2,017.0year
59	Djibouti	2,017.0year
60	Georgia	2,017.0year
61	State of Palestine	2,017.0year
62	Germany	2,017.0year
63	Ghana	2,017.0year
64	Greece	2,017.0year
65	Greenland	2,017.0year
66	Guatemala	2,017.0year
67	Haiti	2,017.0year
68	Hungary	2,017.0year
69	Iceland	2,017.0year
70	Indonesia	2,017.0year
71	Islamic Republic of Iran	2,017.0year
72	Ireland	2,017.0year
73	Israel	2,017.0year
74	Italy	2,017.0year
75	Cote d'Ivoire	2,017.0year
76	Jamaica	2,017.0year
77	Jordan	2,017.0year
78	Kenya	2,017.0year
79	South Korea	2,017.0year
80	Kyrgyzstan	2,017.0year
81	Lebanon	2,017.0year
82	Lesotho	2,017.0year
83	Latvia	2,017.0year
84	Liberia	2,017.0year
85	Lithuania	2,017.0year
86	Madagascar	2,017.0year
87	Malawi	2,017.0year
88	Malta	2,017.0year
89	Monaco	2,017.0year
90	Mongolia	2,017.0year
91	Moldova, Republic of	2,017.0year
92	Montenegro	2,017.0year
93	Morocco	2,017.0year
94	Mozambique	2,017.0year
95	Oman	2,017.0year
96	Namibia	2,017.0year
97	Nepal	2,017.0year
98	Vanuatu	2,017.0year
99	Nicaragua	2,017.0year
100	Nigeria	2,017.0year
101	Norway	2,017.0year
102	Pakistan	2,017.0year
103	Panama	2,017.0year
104	Papua New Guinea	2,017.0year
105	Paraguay	2,017.0year
106	Philippines	2,017.0year
107	Poland	2,017.0year
108	Portugal	2,017.0year
109	Qatar	2,017.0year
110	Romania	2,017.0year
111	Rwanda	2,017.0year
112	Saudi Arabia	2,017.0year
113	Senegal	2,017.0year
114	Serbia	2,017.0year
115	Sierra Leone	2,017.0year
116	Singapore	2,017.0year
117	Slovakia	2,017.0year
118	Slovenia	2,017.0year
119	South Africa	2,017.0year
120	Zimbabwe	2,017.0year
121	Spain	2,017.0year
122	Eswatini	2,017.0year
123	Sweden	2,017.0year
124	Syrian Arab Republic	2,017.0year
125	Tajikistan	2,017.0year
126	Thailand	2,017.0year
127	Trinidad and Tobago	2,017.0year
128	United Arab Emirates	2,017.0year
129	Tunisia	2,017.0year
130	Türkiye	2,017.0year
131	The Republic of North Macedonia	2,017.0year
132	Egypt	2,017.0year
133	United Kingdom	2,017.0year
134	United Republic of Tanzania	2,017.0year
135	Burkina Faso	2,017.0year
136	Uruguay	2,017.0year
137	Uzbekistan	2,017.0year
138	Yemen	2,017.0year
139	Zambia	2,017.0year
140	Albania	2,017.0year
141	Algeria	2,017.0year
142	Antigua and Barbuda	2,017.0year
143	Azerbaijan	2,017.0year
144	Austria	2,017.0year
145	Bahrain	2,017.0year
146	Bangladesh	2,017.0year
147	Armenia	2,017.0year
148	Belgium	2,017.0year
149	Bhutan	2,017.0year
150	Botswana	2,017.0year
151	Brazil	2,017.0year
152	Solomon Islands	2,017.0year
153	People's Republic of China	2,016.0year
154	Republic of The Gambia	2,016.0year
155	Honduras	2,016.0year
156	Japan	2,016.0year
157	Netherlands	2,016.0year
158	Tonga	2,016.0year
159	Ecuador	2,015.0year
160	Mexico	2,015.0year
161	South Sudan	2,015.0year
162	Belize	2,015.0year
163	Cape Verde	2,014.0year
164	Comoros	2,014.0year
165	Fiji	2,014.0year
166	Guyana	2,014.0year
167	Niger	2,014.0year
168	Russian Federation	2,014.0year
169	Angola	2,014.0year
170	Argentina	2,014.0year
171	Barbados	2,014.0year
172	Bermuda	2,014.0year
173	Mayotte	2,013.0year
174	Gabon	2,013.0year
175	Luxembourg	2,013.0year
176	New Zealand	2,013.0year
177	Switzerland	2,013.0year
178	Andorra	2,013.0year

Showing 178 of 178 countries

Topics

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Data Source

This data comes from United Nations Treaty Collection (UNTC) — Depositary notifications for the Minamata Convention on Mercury (2024).

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