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Explore an interactive map showcasing the status of death penalties and executions worldwide.
Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is the state -sanctioned killing of a person as a punishment for a crime. It has historically been used in almost every part of the world.
Iran (at least 853 executions), Saudi Arabia (172 executions), Somalia (at least 38 executions), the U.S. (24 executions), and Iraq (at least 16 executions) were the top five countries responsible for recorded executions.
14 wrz 2023 · All data is from Amnesty International’s 2023 report on the global status of the death penalty. Below, find Amnesty International’s definitions, and the language ProCon has used to conform to site standards, followed by a list of each country and the status of the death penalty therein.
Search the Death Penalty Worldwide database by country, retentionist / abolitionist de facto status, methods of execution, annual number of executions, date of last execution, death row numbers, crimes punishable by death, offenders excluded from capital punishment, prison conditions, access to legal representation, and international human ...
accurate assessment of the use of the death penalty in several countries, including China, North Korea and Viet Nam. The sharp increase in known global executions in 2022 was mainly due to the significant increase
As of today, 112 countries are fully abolitionist and 144 in total have abolished the death penalty in law or practice. Executions were recorded in 16 countries, the lowest number recorded by Amnesty International.
