Country rankings
Countries with Death Penalty
Countries with Death Penalty: compare 91 countries on 3 metrics.
Law91 countries · 3 metricsUpdated Jan 14, 2025Original page
11 sources
- Death Sentences and Executions 2023 - Amnesty International
- Death Sentences and Executions 2022 - Amnesty International
- Death Sentences and Executions 2021 - Amnesty International
- Death Sentences and Executions 2020 - Amnesty International
- Amnesty International: Death penalty in 2020: Facts and figures
- Death Penalty in 2024: Year End Report - Death Penalty Information Center
- Countries that Have Abolished the Death Penalty Since 1976 - Death Penalty Information Center
- Death Row 2022 - NAACP Legal Defense and Education Fund
- Death Row Overview - Death Penalty Info
- List of Death Row Inmates in the United States - Wiki
- List of People Executed in the United States in 2021 - Wiki
Executions
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Data
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63 countries
 Afghanistan | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
 Algeria | — | 38 | Undisclosed |
 Bahrain | — | — | 40+ |
 Bangladesh | 5 | 248+ | 2400+ |
 Belarus | — | 1 | 1+ |
 Botswana | — | 2 | 15+ |
 Cameroon | — | 1+ | + |
 China | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
 Comoros | — | — | Undisclosed |
 DR Congo | — | 33+ | Undisclosed |
 Egypt | 8 | 590 | Undisclosed |
 Eswatini | — | — | 1 |
 Ethiopia | — | 3+ | Undisclosed |
 Gambia | — | 5 | 18 |
 Ghana | — | 10 | 180 |
 Grenada | — | — | 1 |
 Guyana | — | 7 | 24 |
 India | — | 120 | 561 |
 Indonesia | — | 114+ | 700+ |
 Iran | 853+ | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
 Iraq | 16+ | 138+ | 8421+ |
 Japan | — | 1 | 115 |
 Jordan | — | 3+ | 222+ |
 Kenya | — | 131 | 120 |
 Kuwait | 5 | 9+ | 30+ |
 Laos | — | 4+ | Undisclosed |
 Lebanon | — | 11+ | Undisclosed |
 Liberia | — | — | 15+ |
 Libya | — | 29+ | Undisclosed |
 Malawi | — | — | Undisclosed |
 Malaysia | — | 38+ | 1,275 |
 Maldives | — | 1 | 21 |
 Mali | — | 13+ | Undisclosed |
 Mauritania | — | 5+ | 170+ |
 Morocco | — | 2+ | Undisclosed |
 Myanmar | — | 19+ | 100+ |
 Niger | — | 8+ | 8+ |
 Nigeria | — | 246+ | 3413+ |
 North Korea | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
 Oman | — | — | Undisclosed |
 Pakistan | — | 102+ | 3900+ |
 Palestine | Undisclosed | 27+ | Undisclosed |
 Qatar | — | 8 | Undisclosed |
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | — | — | 1 |
 Saudi Arabia | 172 | 3+ | 31+ |
 Singapore | 5 | 6+ | 50+ |
 Somalia | 38+ | 31+ | Undisclosed |
 South Korea | — | 1 | 62 |
 South Sudan | — | — | Undisclosed |
 Sri Lanka | — | 40+ | 1000+ |
 Sudan | — | — | Undisclosed |
 Syria | Undisclosed | Undisclosed | Undisclosed |
 Taiwan | — | 3 | 45 |
 Tanzania | — | 3+ | 691 |
 Thailand | — | 123 | 325 |
 Trinidad and Tobago | — | 3 | 37 |
 Tunisia | — | 3+ | Undisclosed |
 Uganda | — | — | Undisclosed |
 United Arab Emirates | — | 4+ | 20+ |
 United States | 24 | 25 | 2,198 |
 Vietnam | Undisclosed | 122+ | 1200+ |
 Yemen | 15+ | 81+ | 161+ |
 Zimbabwe | — | 3 | 59+ |
Quick answers
- Where does this countries with death penalty data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Death Sentences and Executions 2023 - Amnesty International; Death Sentences and Executions 2022 - Amnesty International; Death Sentences and Executions 2021 - Amnesty International; Death Sentences and Executions 2020 - Amnesty International.