Mine Action Review’s 2025 ‘Clearing the Mines’ report has been released, highlighting both achievements and ongoing challenges in the global effort to clear landmines.
In 2024, organisations cleared 175.39 km² of mined land – an area equal to 24,510 football pitches made safe for communities. But despite this life-saving progress, global clearance fell by 26% from 2023’s record-breaking year, largely due to reduced operations in Cambodia. Even so, Cambodia remained the world’s leading country for clearance.
Globally, 131,190 anti-personnel mines were destroyed, with Zimbabwe (31,672), Thailand (17,600), and Sri Lanka (16,510) achieving the highest destruction figures nationally.
Almost 93% of all land cleared was in States Parties to the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention, and four – Afghanistan, Cambodia, Croatia, and Iraq – delivered 81% of global results.
The report highlights a major milestone: Oman has become the 33rd State Party to declare itself mine-free, completing its clearance obligations ahead of schedule.
Yet, the scale of the challenge remains stark.
As of November 2025, 57 States and two other areas are still contaminated. Afghanistan, Cambodia, Iraq, and Ukraine remain massively contaminated, while Angola, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Türkiye, and Yemen face heavy contamination. Ongoing conflicts, the continued use of mines, and shrinking funding streams are putting humanitarian progress at risk.
At the Anti-Personnel Mine Ban Convention Fifth Review Conference in Siem Reap in November 2024, States Parties adopted the Siem Reap–Angkor Action Plan, setting out a five-year roadmap to accelerate safe, efficient, and inclusive clearance.
MAG welcomes the progress outlined in the report, but the message remains clear: protecting civilians and ending the suffering caused by landmines will require renewed commitment, stronger cooperation, and sustained investment.
Read the full report for more details here.
