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==Producers== At least 31 nations have produced cluster munitions in recent history (since the creation of the United Nations). Many of these nations still have stocks of these munitions.<ref name="stockpilers1">{{cite web|url=http://www.stopclustermunitions.org/en-gb/cluster-bombs/global-problem/stockpilers.aspx|title=Global Problem β Stockpilers of Cluster Munitions|publisher=Cluster Munition Coalition|website=www.stopclustermunitions.org|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref><ref name="stockpilers2">{{cite web |date=September 2022 |title=Overview of Article 3 (stockpile destruction) deadlines |url=https://www.clusterconvention.org/files/treaty_obligations/Overview%20of%20Article%203%20deadlines |access-date=2024-03-14 |publisher=Convention on Cluster Munitions}}</ref> Most (but not all) of them are involved in recent wars or long unsolved international conflicts; however most of them did not use the munitions they produced. Countries listed in bold have signed and ratified the Convention on Cluster Munitions, agreeing in principle to ban cluster bombs. As of February 2024, countries marked with an [[Asterisk|Asterisk (*)]] officially ceased production of cluster munitions; countries marked with two asterisks (**) unofficially ceased production of cluster munitions. {{Div col|colwidth=12em}} * '''{{BEL}}*'''<ref name="profile-belgium">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/belgium/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Belgium Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=29 July 2015|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405055119/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/belgium/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * '''{{BIH}}*'''<ref name="profile-bosnia-herzegovina">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/bosnia-and-herzegovina/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Bosnia and Herzegovina Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=31 July 2015|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405055044/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/bosnia-and-herzegovina/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{BRA}}<ref name="profile-brazil">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/brazil/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Brazil Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=26 June 2018|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=22 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230922010431/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/brazil/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * '''{{CHL}}*'''<ref name="profile-chile">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/chile/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Chile Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=21 July 2016|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405055033/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/chile/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{CHN}}<ref name="profile-china">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/china/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=China Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=3 July 2018|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=27 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927165240/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/china/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * '''{{CRO}}*'''<ref name="profile-croatia">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/croatia/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Croatia Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=2 August 2018|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405055112/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/croatia/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{EGY}}<ref name="profile-egypt"/> * '''{{FRA}}*'''<ref name="profile-france"/> * '''{{DEU}}*'''<ref name="profile-germany">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/germany/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Germany Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=8 August 2016|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=15 July 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230715040357/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/germany/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{GRE}}**<ref name="profile-greece">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2023/greece/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Greece Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=2023-09-05|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=2024-03-14}}</ref> * {{IND}}<ref name="profile-india">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/india/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180927165217/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/india/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 27, 2018|title=India Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=3 July 2018|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref> * {{IRN}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hrw.org/legacy/backgrounder/arms/cluster0407/index.htm#_ftn20|title=Survey of Cluster Munitions Produced and Stockpiled|date=April 2007|website=www.hrw.org|access-date=27 September 2018}}</ref> * '''{{flagicon|Ba'athist Iraq}}<!-- Note flag of Ba'athist Iraq to denote when these weapons were produced-->/{{IRQ}}*'''<ref name="profile-iraq"/> * {{ISR}}**<ref name="profile-israel"/> * '''{{JPN}}*'''<ref name="profile-japan">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/japan/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Japan Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=10 August 2015|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405055029/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/japan/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * '''{{NLD}}*'''<ref name="profile-netherlands"/> * {{PRK}}<ref name="profile-north-korea">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/korea,-democratic-peoples-republic-of/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=North Korea Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=26 June 2018|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405055120/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/korea,-democratic-peoples-republic-of/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{KOR}}<ref name="profile-south-korea">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/korea,-republic-of/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=South Korea Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=2 August 2018|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405055028/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/korea,-republic-of/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{PAK}}<ref name="profile-pakistan">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/pakistan/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Pakistan Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=3 July 2018|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405055116/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/pakistan/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{POL}}<ref name="profile-poland">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/poland/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Poland Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=3 July 2018|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405055113/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/poland/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{ROU}}**<ref name="profile-romania">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2023/romania/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Romania Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=2023-08-08|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=2024-03-14}}</ref> * {{RUS}}<ref name="profile-russia"/> * {{SGP}}**<ref name="profile-singapore">{{cite web|url=https://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2023/singapore/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Singapore Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=2023-09-05|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=2024-03-14}}</ref> * '''{{SVK}}*'''<ref name="profile-slovakia">{{cite web|url=https://archives2.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2022/slovakia/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Slovakia Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=2022-08-14|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=2024-08-18}}</ref> * '''{{ZAF}}*'''<ref name="profile-south-africa">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/south-africa/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=South Africa Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=2 August 2018|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405060628/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/south-africa/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * '''{{ESP}}*'''<ref name="profile-spain">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/spain/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Spain Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=8 July 2018|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405055053/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/spain/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * '''{{SWE}}*'''<ref name="profile-sweden">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/sweden/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Sweden Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=8 August 2016|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405060600/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/sweden/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{TWN}}<ref name="profile-taiwan">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/taiwan/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Taiwan Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=3 August 2016|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405060601/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/taiwan/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{TUR}}*<ref name="profile-turkey">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/turkey/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=Turkey Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=9 July 2018|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405060641/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/turkey/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * '''{{GBR}}*'''<ref name="profile-united-kingdom">{{cite web|url=http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/united-kingdom/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|title=United Kingdom Cluster Munition Ban Policy|date=12 August 2015|website=the-monitor.org|access-date=27 September 2018|archive-date=5 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230405060600/http://www.the-monitor.org/en-gb/reports/2018/united-kingdom/cluster-munition-ban-policy.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref> * {{USA}}**<ref name="profile-united-states"/> {{Div col end}}
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