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Singapore has the highest Human Development Index of all the countries that use the death penalty, while Japan has both the highest inequality-adjusted HDI and the highest planetary pressures–adjusted HDI.
As of July 2022, the most recent countries to outlaw the death penalty are Kazakhstan and Papua New Guinea, whose laws abolishing capital punishment went into effect on 29 Dec 2021, and 22 Jan 2022 respectively. Malaysia is expected to follow suit later in 2022.
It is still more common in Africa and the Middle East. 110 countries and territories around the world have abolished the death penalty, most recently the Central African Republic and Papua...
Explore an interactive map showcasing the status of death penalties and executions worldwide.
Our interactive map allows us to approach the situation of the death penalty from a global perspective, then delve into the details and sort the results by intergovernmental organisation, and finally, obtain reliable information for each state via the “The Death Penalty Worldwide” tab.
States or territories where the death penalty is implemented.
3 sie 2021 · This factsheet provides information about the death penalty statuses of countries around the world, and parties and signatories of international abolition treaties.
