Capital punishment by country

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. Since the mid-19th century many countries have abolished or discontinued the practice. In 2022, the five countries that executed the most people were, in descending order, China, Iran, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and the United States. The 193 United Nations member states and two observer states fall into four categories based on their use of capital punishment. As of 2024:

53 (27%) maintain the death penalty in law and practice. 23 (12%) permit its use but have abolished it de facto: per Amnesty International standards, they have not used it for at least 10 years and are believed to have a policy or practice of not carrying out executions. 9 (5%) have abolished it for all crimes except those committed under exceptional circumstances (such as during war). 110 (56%) have completely abolished it, most recently Zambia (2023). In addition, Cook Islands, Niue, and Kosovo are abolitionist, whereas Taiwan is retentionist. Since 1990, at least 11 countries have executed offenders who were minors (under the age of 18 or 21) at the time the crime was committed, which is a breach of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, ratified by all countries but the United States. These are China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, the United States, and Yemen. In the United States, this ended in 2005 with the Supreme Court case Roper v. Simmons, in Nigeria in 2015 by law, and in Saudi Arabia in 2020 by royal decree.

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· Capital punishment by continents › Africa

Key	Country	Last execution	Executions 2019	Year abolished	Notes
	Algeria	1993		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in AlgeriaFiring Squad, shooting. Death penalty for treason; espionage; aggravated murder; castration resulting in death; arson (or destruction using explosive devices) of buildings, vehicles or harvests resulting in death; intentional destruction of military equipment resulting in death; attempts to change the regime or actions aimed at incitement; destruction of territory; sabotage to public and economic utilities; massacres and slaughters; participation in armed bands or in insurrectionary movements; counterfeiting; terrorism; acts of torture or cruelty; kidnapping; aggravated theft; some military offences; poisoning; attempting a death-eligible offense; some cases of recidivism and perjury leading to a death sentence pronounced. Currently under a moratorium. On 20 December 2012, Algeria co-sponsored and voted in favour of the Resolution on a Moratorium on the Use of the Death Penalty at the UN General Assembly.
	Angola	1977		1992	Main article: Capital punishment in AngolaAbolished in 1992 by Constitution.
	Benin	1987		2012	Main article: Capital punishment in BeninOn 6 July 2012, Benin acceded to the Second Additional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which makes Benin abolitionist. The decision was upheld by the Constitutional Court in January 2016 although the death penalty is still present in statutes.
	Botswana	2021	1	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in BotswanaHanging, and state also has power to determine method of execution by offense committed. Death penalty for murder; espionage; treason; attempt on the life of the head of state; mutiny; desertion in the face of the enemy, aggravated piracy and terrorism. Persons excused from capital punishment are pregnant women, teenagers who were younger than 18 at time of crime, and the mentally ill.
	Burkina Faso	1988		2018 (civil crimes)	Main article: Capital punishment in Burkina FasoDeath penalty still retained for war crimes. Capital punishment was abolished for other offenses in 2018.
	Burundi	2000		2009	Main article: Capital punishment in BurundiDeath penalty abolished in revised 2009 criminal code. Extrajudicial executions are still commonplace. Despite having abolished capital punishment, Burundi voted against the UN Moratorium on the Death Penalty in 2016.
	Cameroon	1997		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in CameroonHanging, firing squad, shooting. Death penalty for secession; espionage; treason; terrorism; aggravated murder; premeditated murder; violent theft leading to death or causing grievous bodily harm; abduction of a minor resulting in the death of that minor; assault on a state employee with intent to kill; attempt of a death-eligible crime and conspiracy to commit a death-eligible crime; plundering by gangs using force during times of war and incitement to war. In February 2014, the President of the Republic, Paul Biya, commuted all persons condemned to the death penalty to life in prison. The decree commuted their sentences to 25 years incarceration. However, death sentences have continued to be handed down as of 2016[update].
	Cape Verde	None since independence in 1975 (1835, before independence)		1981	Main article: Capital punishment in Cape VerdeLast execution in 1835, when Cape Verde was a colony of Portugal. Abolished in 1981 by Constitution.
	Central African Republic	1981		2022	Main article: Capital punishment in the Central African RepublicThe National Assembly passed a bill abolishing capital punishment on 27 May 2022. President Touadéra has vowed to sign it into law.
	Chad	2015		2020	Main article: Capital punishment in ChadCapital punishment was abolished in 2014, but then reintroduced the following year for acts of terror. In April 2020, Chad's Parliament unanimously abolished the death penalty for terrorism.
	Comoros	1997		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in the Comoros Firing squad. Death penalty for aggravated murder, murder, rape (if it results in the death of the victim), barbaric actions including torture, and aggravated rape. Persons excluded from capital punishment are pregnant women, women with small children, teenagers who were under 18 at the time of the crime, and the mentally ill.
	Congo, Republic of the	1982		2015	Main article: Capital punishment in the Republic of the CongoDeath penalty abolished November 2015 by Constitution.
	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	2003		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in the Democratic Republic of the CongoHanging, shooting. Death penalty for murder, aggravated murder, treason, destruction of military facilities resulting in death, imposing superstitious trials by ordeal resulting in death, terrorism, armed robbery, drug trafficking and drug possession during wartime, espionage, misappropriation by a public prosecutor of seized or confiscated goods in time of war, some military offences, war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity.
	Djibouti	None since independence in 1977		1995	Main article: Capital punishment in Djibouti
	Egypt	2024	29+	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in EgyptHanging/firing squad. Death penalty for rape (if the victim is also kidnapped); murder; treason; terrorism; espionage; perjury causing wrongful execution and organized drug trafficking. Those excused from the death penalty are: women with small children, women who are pregnant, teenagers who were under 18 at the time of the crime, and the mentally ill. In Egypt, it is believed that at least 1,700 people were executed under the death penalty, and 1,413 death sentences alone were issued between 2007 and 2014. Since the beginning of 2015, there have been reports of at least 354 death sentences carried out; however, numbers are not totally reliable due to the government's secrecy.
	Equatorial Guinea	2014		2022 (civil crimes)	Main article: Capital punishment in Equatorial GuineaOn 19 September 2022, President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo signed a new penal code into law that abolished the death penalty for most crimes; however, statutes still permit the death penalty for some military offenses.
	Eritrea	1989		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in EritreaHanging, shooting. Last execution when part of Ethiopia was 1989. Death penalty for murder, armed robbery, espionage, treason, economic crimes, military offenses, war crimes and genocide. At least one execution may have been carried out between 1999 and 2008, but this remains unconfirmed.
	Eswatini	1983		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in EswatiniDeath penalty for murder; treason.
	Ethiopia	2007		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in EthiopiaFiring squad. Death penalty for murder, robbery resulting in death or permanent disability of the victim, armed robbery, terrorism, some economic crimes, espionage, treason, certain military offences, armed conspiracy, war crimes, genocide, attempted capital offenses, certain economic crimes in time of war and outrages against the constitution
	Gabon	1985		2010	Main article: Capital punishment in GabonAbolished in February 2010.
	Gambia	2012		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in the GambiaHanging, firing squad. Death penalty for treason, murder and terrorism. Capital punishment was abolished in 1993 but was reinstated by Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council in August 1995 In February 2018, Gambia announced a moratorium on the death penalty. In September 2018, it ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In May 2019, it commuted 22 death sentences to life imprisonment.
	Ghana	1993		2023 (most crimes)	Main article: Capital punishment in GhanaFiring squad, hanging. Death penalty for high treason. In 2023, Parliament voted to abolish the death penalty for all other crimes. The repeal of the death penalty is not retroactive; at least one death sentence was handed down after abolition for a conviction secured before the repeal went into effect.
	Guinea	2001		2017	Main article: Capital punishment in GuineaAbolished 2016 for ordinary crimes,[clarification needed] 2017 for all crimes.
	Guinea-Bissau	1986		1993	Main article: Capital punishment in Guinea-BissauAbolished 1993 by Constitution.
	Ivory Coast	None since independence in 1960		2000	Main article: Capital punishment in Ivory Coast
	Kenya	1987		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in KenyaHanging. Death penalty for terrorism; terrorism acts; high treason; murder, armed robbery, treason, military offenses and administering an oath purported to bind a person to commit a capital offense. On 3 August 2009, the death sentences of all 4,000 death row inmates were commuted to life imprisonment, and government studies were ordered to determine if the death penalty has any impact on crime. In 2017 the Supreme Court of Kenya struck down the mandatory death penalty as unconstitutional.
	Lesotho	1995		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in LesothoHanging. Death penalty for murder, treason, rape, and military offenses such as mutiny.
	Liberia	2000		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in LiberiaHanging. Death penalty for aggravated murder, armed robbery, terrorism, "mercenarism" resulting in death, hijacking, treason and espionage. Liberia acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, abolishing the death penalty, on 16 September 2005; it re-introduced elements of it in July 2008.
	Libya	2010		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in LibyaFiring squad, shooting. Libya executed more people (18) in 2010, than any other African state. Current laws allow capital punishment for high treason; attempt to forcibly change the form of government; premeditated murder; aggravated murder; terrorism; drug trafficking; robbery resulting in death; espionage and military offences such as assisting the enemy or undermining the defense or the territorial integrity of the State Extrajudicial killings are commonplace in Libya. Amnesty International said that Libyan human rights organizations reported 31 executions from 2018 and 2020, but this is not confirmed.
	Madagascar	None since independence in 1960 (1958, before independence)		2014	Main article: Capital punishment in MadagascarAbolished 10 December 2014. Earlier, on 24 September 2012, Madagascar had signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
	Malawi	1992		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in MalawiExecutions by hanging. Death penalty for murder; rape; violent robbery; burglary; treason; housebreaking and military offenses. Capital punishment was briefly abolished in 2021, but reinstated the same year.
	Mali	1980		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in MaliExecutions by firing squad. Death penalty for aggravated murder; terrorism; violent robbery, armed robbery or gang-robbery; arson; kidnapping; treason; espionage; certain military offenses; crimes against humanity; genocide; assaulting on-duty state employees with the intention of causing death; poisoning or mass poisoning of water supplies; committing torture or barbarous acts in the course of a serious offense and attempting a death-eligible crime. Currently, no individual has been executed since 1980, making Mali a de facto abolitionist country.
	Mauritania	1987		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in MauritaniaDeath penalty for homosexuality, sodomy, apostasy (no recorded executions), blasphemy, adultery, murder, aggravated murder, terrorism, torture, rape, armed robbery, attempted armed robbery, arson, accomplice to a death-eligible crime, assaulting a judge or public official in the course of his duties resulting in his death, kidnapping resulting in death, abandoning a child or an incapacitated person causing his/her death, espionage, treason, perjury causing wrongful execution, some cases of repeat offences and the voluntary destruction of buildings, bridges, dams or roads causing deaths.
	Mauritius	1987		1995	Main article: Capital punishment in Mauritius
	Morocco	1993		n/a	Main article: Human rights in Morocco § Capital punishment and imprisonmentDeath penalty for terrorism, treason, espionage, corruption, perjury causing wrongful execution and aggravated murder. In December 2013, a parliamentary opposition group filed a bill to abolish the death penalty in Morocco. The MP who introduced the bill said he was "optimistic" about the bill passing "in view of the current reform movement in Morocco".
	Mozambique	1986		1990	Main article: Capital punishment in MozambiqueAbolished November 1990 by Constitution.
	Namibia	None since independence in 1990 (1988, before independence)		1990	Main article: Capital punishment in NamibiaLast execution when occupied by South Africa was in 1988. Abolished March 1990 by Constitution.
	Niger	1976		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in NigerExecutions by firing squad. Death penalty allowed for aggravated murder; castration resulting in death; kidnapping a minor resulting in death; terrorism; robbery; treason; espionage; genocide; crimes against humanity; attempt or conspiracy to commit genocide, crimes against humanity and certain war crimes; torture; human trafficking; poisoning; harboring criminals; perjury leading to a person being sentenced to death; attempting to commit a death-eligible offense and recidivism in case of most serious offenses. Abolitionist de facto as the last execution took place in 1976.
	Nigeria	2016		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in Nigeria Death penalty for murder; blasphemy; homosexuality; adultery; treason; rape; robbery; incest; assisting the suicide of a person legally unable to consent; perjury in a capital case causing wrongful execution; terrorism; terrorist acts; some military offences; sodomy; kidnapping and practice of indigenous beliefs in states applying Shariah law. Each of the 36 states has its own laws. Northern (majority Muslim) states also apply Sharia law. Some Southern states of Nigeria are de facto abolitionist since they have imposed a moratorium on the death penalty since 2004, while others continue to carry out executions.
	Rwanda	1998		2007	Main article: Capital punishment in RwandaSince some of the perpetrators of the Rwandan genocide fled to countries that refuse to extradite suspects to countries that use capital punishment, the Rwandan parliament voted to abolish capital punishment in 2007.
	Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic			n/a	The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic is only partly recognised, and claimed in whole by Morocco. The Sahrawi constitution which applies only in the Polisario-held territories in the far east and extreme south of the Western Sahara bans the death penalty.
	São Tomé and Príncipe	None since independence in 1975		1990	Abolished September 1990 by Constitution.
	Senegal	1967		2004	Main article: Capital punishment in Senegal
	Seychelles	None since independence in 1976		1993	Main article: Capital punishment in SeychellesAbolished June 1993 by Constitution.
	Sierra Leone	1998		2021	Main article: Capital punishment in Sierra LeonePrior to abolition, death penalty was for treason; murder; aggravated robbery. Under the Special Court for Sierra Leone, the death penalty is not a punishment for war crimes.
	Somalia	2024	13	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in SomaliaHanging, firing squad or stoning. Somalia is the only African state that carries out public executions. The Transitional Federal Government laws allowed for execution (in the limited area of the country it used to control) for murder, terrorism, treason, espionage, homosexuality, some military offences, blasphemy, apostasy and adultery.
	South Africa	1989		1995	Main article: Capital punishment in South AfricaThe last execution by the South African government was on 14 November 1989. An execution occurred in the internationally unrecognised "homeland" of Venda in 1991. Capital punishment was declared unconstitutional by the Constitutional Court on 6 June 1995 in the case of S v Makwanyane and Another. In 1997 the Criminal Law Amendment Act formally removed the invalidated provisions from the statute-book, and made provision for the resentencing of prisoners previously sentenced to death. On 25 May 2005 the Constitutional Court ordered that all remaining death sentences in the country be set aside and the prisoners resentenced as soon as possible.
	South Sudan	2025	7+	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in South SudanDeath penalty for treason; insurgency, banditry, sabotage or terrorism resulting in death; perjury in a capital case leading to wrongful execution; murder; attempted murder causing injury by a person sentenced to life for a previous murder; brigandage with murder; and drug dealing under aggravated circumstances.
	Sudan	2025		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in SudanGarrotte. Death penalty for waging war against the state, prostitution, drug trafficking, treason, perjury in a capital case causing wrongful execution, espionage, acts that may endanger the independence or unity of the state, murder, armed robbery, abetting the suicide of an individual unable to give legal consent, terrorism, rape and incest committed by a married offender.

· Capital punishment by continents › Americas

Key	Country	Last execution	Executions 2019	Year abolished	Notes
	Antigua and Barbuda	1991		N/A	Hanging. Death penalty for murder and treason. Currently, no individual is under the sentence of death, as the last death sentence in the country was commuted in 2016.
	Argentina	1956		2009	Main article: Capital punishment in ArgentinaConstitution of 1853 states "The penalty of death for political offences, all kinds of torture, and flogging, are forever abolished." And was completely abolished by the Penal Code of 30 April 1922. Despite this it was reinstated on several occasions by military dictatorships: Between 6 September 1930 by martial law until 20 February 1932. Between 9 June 1956 by martial law imposing summary executions and abolished on 13 June 1956. Between 2 June 1970 and abolished on 27 May 1973. Between 25 June 1976 and finally abolished on 9 August 1984. On 26 August 2008, a new Code of Military Justice was promulgated that abolished death penalty. The new Code came into effect six months later, on 26 February 2009.
	Bahamas	2000		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in the BahamasHanging. Death penalty for treason; piracy; murder. Currently no individual is under the sentence of death, as the last death sentence in the country was commuted in 2016.
	Barbados	1984		N/A	Death penalty for murder; terrorism; participating in a mutiny; treason and espionage. Presently under review before the IACHR[citation needed] despite strong national support.
	Belize	1985		N/A	Death penalty for murder, except where extenuating circumstances can be proved, aggravated murder, war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, some military offences and treason.
	Bolivia	1973		2009	Main article: Capital punishment in BoliviaAbolished for ordinary crimes[clarification needed] in 1997. "The death penalty does not exist" (Article 15).
	Brazil	1876		N/A (Military)1978 (Civilian)	Main article: Capital punishment in BrazilHanging (in the past, for civil offences), firing squad (military offences). Brazil has always maintained the death penalty in wartime as part of its Military Code but, after Brazil became a Republic in 1889, capital punishment for civil offenses or for military offences committed in peacetime was abolished by the first republican Constitution, adopted in 1891. The penalty for crimes committed in peacetime was then reinstated during two periods (from 1938 to 1946 and from 1969 to 1978), but on those occasions it was restricted to acts of terrorism or subversion considered "internal warfare". The current Constitution of Brazil (1988) expressly forbids the use of capital punishment, except for military offences committed during a war duly declared by Congress. The last person to suffer the death penalty in Brazil was executed in 1876, during the Imperial era. After 1876, Emperor Pedro II adopted in practice an abolitionist policy, by directing that all death sentences be submitted by the Courts to the Imperial Government for examination regarding commutation (even without a request for pardon or commutation from the person condemned), and by granting commutations for all death sentences that were passed. For more information see Capital punishment in Brazil.
	Canada	1962		1999	Main article: Capital punishment in CanadaAbolished in 1976 for murder, treason, and piracy (last execution in 1962, last sentence in 1976); abolished 1999 for military offences (last execution in 1945).
	Chile	1985		N/A (Military)2001 (Civilian)	Main article: Capital punishment in ChileShooting. Death penalty remains applicable to military personnel for war crimes and crimes against humanity during wartime. Abolished for all other cases in 2001.
	Colombia	1907		1910	Main article: Capital punishment in ColombiaAbolished in 1910 by Constitutional reform. Prohibited by the Colombian Constitution of 1991: "The right to life is inviolable. There will be no death penalty."
	Costa Rica	1859		1877	Main article: Capital punishment in Costa RicaAbolished 1877 by Constitution.
	Cuba	2003		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in CubaFiring squad. Death penalty for murder, attempted murder, hijacking, acts of terrorism, treason, espionage, political offenses,[clarification needed] child rape, molestation of a child under 12 years of age with aggravating factors, rape of an adult with aggravating factors, rape of an adult that results in death, illness or grievous bodily harm, robbery with aggravating factors, drug offenses, production of child pornography, child trafficking, child prostitution, child corruption, piracy, working as a mercenary, apartheid, genocide, pedophilia. While there have been no executions since 2003, and the last death sentences were commuted by the Supreme Court in 2010, with nobody sentenced to death since then, there is no formal or informal moratorium or abolitionist policy, making the country still retentionist.
	Dominica	1986		N/A	Executions by hanging. Death penalty for aggravated murder and treason.
	Dominican Republic	1966		1966	Abolished 1966 by Constitution.
	Ecuador	1884		1906	Abolished 1906 by Constitution.
	El Salvador	1973		N/A (Military)1983 (Civilian)	Main article: Capital punishment in El SalvadorMay be imposed only in cases provided by military laws during a state of international war. Abolished for other crimes 1983.
	Grenada	1978		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in Grenada
	Guatemala	2000		N/A (Military)2017 (Civilian)	Main article: Capital punishment in GuatemalaLethal injection. Until 2017, death penalty for murder, espionage, treason, drug trafficking, kidnapping, torture, and terrorism. Abolished for civil cases in 2017.
	Guyana	1997		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in GuyanaDeath penalty for terrorist acts; murder, treason and armed robbery, piracy, drug trafficking, and terrorist offences resulting in death. While the constitution states that the death penalty is not a mandatory punishment, many provisions of the criminal code suggests that the death penalty may be mandatory for these crimes as no alternatives to such sentence of death is found under any law.
	Haiti	1972		1987	Abolished 1987 by Constitution.
	Honduras	1940		1956	Abolished 1956 by Constitution.
	Jamaica	1988		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in JamaicaDeath penalty for murder.
	Mexico	1961 – Military1957 – Civilian		2005	Main article: Capital punishment in MexicoAbolished for all crimes in 2005.
	Nicaragua	1930		1979	Abolished 1979 by Constitution.
	Panama	1903[better source needed]		1918	Abolished 1918 with amendments to the Constitution. In 1909, Adolphus Coulson was executed in the Panama Canal Zone, which was under U.S. jurisdiction.
	Paraguay	1917		1992	Main article: Capital punishment in ParaguayAbolished 1992 by Constitution.
	Peru	1979		N/A (Military)1979 (Civilian)	Main article: Capital punishment in PeruFiring squad. Death penalty for treason; terrorism; espionage; genocide; mutiny; desertion in times of war. Abolished for other crimes 1979.
	Saint Kitts and Nevis	2008		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in Saint Kitts and NevisHanging. Death penalty for murder and treason.
	Saint Lucia	1995		N/A	Hanging. Death penalty for murder; treason.
	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1995		N/A	Death penalty for murder; treason.
	Suriname	1982		2015	Main article: Capital punishment in SurinameAbolished 2015.
	Trinidad and Tobago	1999		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in Trinidad and TobagoDeath penalty for murder; treason
	United States	2025	22	N/A (Some states and territories have abolished the death penalty)	Main article: Capital punishment in the United StatesSee also: Capital punishment in American Samoa and Capital punishment in Puerto RicoMethods vary by state, federal, and military policy, but include lethal injection, electric chair, firing squad, gas chamber and inert gas asphyxiation. Federal law provides the death penalty for many homicide-related crimes, espionage, treason, terrorism, murder, robbery (when it results in death), and extreme cases of drug trafficking (when it involves homicide). 27 of the 50 states currently have the death penalty, though some are under moratorium or have not conducted any executions in decades. Of the non-state territories, American Samoa still has capital punishment as a local statute, and the others have abolished it. The Supreme Court has severely limited the crimes that the death penalty can be a punishment for. It has also abolished the death penalty for crimes committed by a person under the age of 18. Sentences of death may be handed down by a jury or a judge (upon a bench trial or a guilty plea).
	Uruguay	1902		1907	Main article: Capital punishment in UruguayAbolished by the "Law No. 3238" on 23 September 1907 and by the Constitution of 1918.
	Venezuela	None since independence in 1830		1863	Main article: Capital punishment in VenezuelaAbolished 1863 by Constitution.

· Capital punishment by continents › Asia

Key	Country	Last execution	Executions 2019	Year abolished	Notes
	Afghanistan (Taliban government)	2024		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in AfghanistanHanging; shooting; stoning. Taliban Shariah allows capital punishment for: murder if the family of the victim deems death to be the appropriate punishment; terrorism-related offenses; treason; espionage; adultery; rape; child rape; homosexuality; sodomy; apostasy (unknown whether Muslims who do not pray five times a day are considered apostates); blasphemy; and giving false witness resulting in the execution of an innocent. Although playing music, singing, and dancing are officially punishable only by corporal punishment, there have been occasions where the Taliban executed people for these offenses nevertheless. Children as young as 10 years old have been executed by the Taliban for helping Afghan allies, a pregnant police officer was also executed.
	Bahrain	2019	3	N/A	Hanging and firing squad are used. Death penalty for premeditated murder; aggravated murder; rape, sexual assault or statutory rape; kidnapping; rape of child; arson; assault; deliberately obstructing funerals or memorial services; certain crimes against property, transportation or agriculture under aggravating circumstances; terrorism; plotting to topple the regime; collaborating with a foreign hostile country; threatening the life of the Emir; defiance of military orders in time of war or martial law; perjury causing wrongful execution; treason; drug trafficking and espionage.
	Bangladesh	2025	1	N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in BangladeshHanging. Death penalty for murder; drug offences; kidnapping and trafficking in children for immoral or illegal purposes; human trafficking; kidnapping a person (especially children or women) to force him/her to engage in prostitution and expose him/her to sexual exploitation/slavery; terrorism; rape; armed robbery; sedition; sabotage; hijacking planes; military offences such as abetting mutiny, cowardice or desertion; attempted dowry murder; abetting or conspiring to commit capital offenses; perjury causing wrongful execution; espionage; treason and war crimes.
	Bhutan	1974		2004	Main article: Capital punishment in Bhutan
	Brunei	None since independence in 1984 (1957, before independence)		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in BruneiHanging is used. Last execution when a protectorate of Britain was in 1957. Death penalty for murder; unlawful possession of firearms and explosives; possession of heroin or morphine of more than 15 grams, cocaine of more than 30 grams, cannabis of more than 500 grams, syabu or methamphetamine of more than 50 grams, or opium of more than 1.2 kg; terrorism; abetting the suicide of a person unable to give legal consent; arson; kidnapping; abetting a successful mutiny; treason and perjury resulting in the conviction of an innocent defendant of a capital offense. A new penal code was introduced in April 2014 and introduced the death penalty for male same-sex adultery if one of the parties is Muslim (by stoning); rape; adultery; apostasy; sodomy; extramarital sexual relations for Muslims; insulting any verse of the Quran and Hadith; blasphemy and declaring oneself a prophet or non-Muslim.
	Cambodia	1989		1989	Main article: Capital punishment in CambodiaAbolished in 1989 by Constitution.
	China	2025	1000+	N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in ChinaShooting (firing squad); lethal injection. On 25 February 2011, China's newly revised Criminal Law reduced the number of crimes punishable by death by 13, from 68 to 55.[failed verification] Laws allow capital punishment for severe cases of embezzlement; rape (particularly of children); severe cases of fraud; bombing; flooding; rioting under aggravating circumstances; separatism; armed rebellion; collaborationism; political dissidence; subversion; terrorism; spreading poisons/hazardous substances; people trafficking; forcing a person to engage in prostitution (especially children, often after kidnapping or rape); piracy; theft; drug trafficking; corruption; arson; aggravated assault; aircraft hijacking resulting in death; producing or selling tainted food or fake medicine resulting in death or serious medical injury; participating in an armed prison riot or jailbreak; murder; aggravated murder; burglary; kidnapping; robbery; armed robbery; espionage; treason; poaching; military offences (like insubordination, cowardice); sabotaging electricity, gas, fuel, petroleum, weapons, flammables, explosives and military communications/installations; illegal possession, transport, smuggling, or selling of explosives or firearms; illegally manufacturing, selling, transporting or storing hazardous materials; trafficking or smuggling nuclear materials and endangerment of national security. Even the higher sections of Chinese society are not exempt from the death penalty, as billionaire Liu Han was executed 9 February 2015.
	Timor-Leste	None since independence in 2002		2002	Main article: Capital punishment in East TimorDeath penalty suspended following UN administration in 1999 when still a province of Indonesia. Abolished by constitution 2002.
	Gaza Strip	2025			Main article: Capital punishment in the Gaza StripHamas performs vigilante public executions. Indeed, suspected political dissidents, such as accused Israel collaborators, are frequently executed, often in the street or public squares in front of large crowd to serve as warnings for people, and sometimes without trial.
	Hong Kong	1966		1993	Main article: Capital punishment in Hong Kong It was last used in 1966 and abolished in 1993 by the then British colonial government.
	India	2020		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in IndiaHanging, shooting can be used in the military court-martial system. Death penalty for murder; instigating a minor's or a mentally ill's suicide; treason; terrorism; a second conviction for drug trafficking; aircraft hijacking; aggravated robbery; espionage; kidnapping; being a party to a criminal conspiracy to commit a capital offence; attempted murder by those sentenced to life imprisonment if the attempt results in harm to the victim; perjury causing wrongful execution; aggravated rape/gang-rape; drug smuggling under aggravated circumstances; abetting sati, mutiny and its abetting; causing explosions which can endanger life or property and a few military offences like desertion. Military offences may be punished with a firing squad.
	Indonesia	2016		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in IndonesiaFiring squad. Death penalty for murder; high treason; espionage; some acts of corruption which damage national economy or finances; aggravated gang-robbery; extortion with force or threat of force; terrorism; some military offences; genocide; crimes against humanity; piracy resulting in death; drug trafficking and developing, producing, obtaining, transferring or using of chemical weapons. President Joko Widodo issued an informal moratorium on executions in 2018 due to outrage over the 2015 and 2016 executions, but there are no plans towards abolition 8 people including overseas nationals executed on 29 April 2015.
	Iran	2025	256+	N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in IranHanging, shooting or stoning. Iran performs public executions. Iran is second only to China in the number of executions it carries out—executing hundreds every year. Current laws allow the death penalty for murder; armed robbery; drug trafficking; kidnapping; rape; burglary; child molestation; sodomy; homosexuality; incestuous relations; fornication; prohibited sexual relations; sexual misconduct; prostitution; rebellion; plotting to overthrow the Islamic regime; political dissidence; sabotage; arson; espionage; treason; terrorism; joining the Islamic State; certain military offenses (e.g. cowardice, assisting the enemy); apostasy; adultery; blasphemy; counterfeiting; smuggling; speculating; disrupting production; recidivist theft; extortion; immoral attitude; recidivist consumption of alcohol; producing or preparing food, drink, cosmetics or sanitary items that lead to death when consumed or used; producing and publishing pornography; using pornographic materials to solicit sex; recidivist false accusation of capital sexual offenses causing execution of an innocent person; "enmity against God" and "corruption on earth." Secret executions are widespread in the country, so that exact numbers for each year are difficult to obtain and different figures are provided by various organizations.
	Iraq	2024	46+	N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in IraqHanging. Death penalty for murder; endangering national security; distributing drugs; rape; incest; espionage; treason; joining the Islamic State; robbery; armed robbery; theft; burglary; kidnapping; attacks on transport convoys; arson; rioting; killing police guards and military officers; intentionally causing a flood or attempting to cause a flood; damaging or sabotaging public structures; war crimes, crimes against humanity; genocide; financing and execution of terrorism. Suspended in June 2003 after 2003 invasion; reinstated August 2004. A total of 447 people were executed between then and the end of March 2013, with 129 in 2012 alone. Iraqi Kurdistan is abolitionist in practice for all ordinary crimes[clarification needed] (remains retentionist for crimes in exceptional cases) since a moratorium has been in place since when Kurdistan president Masoud Barzani issued it in 2007.
	Israel	1962		1954 (civilian) N/A (military)	Main article: Capital punishment in IsraelHanging; firing squad. Death penalty for crimes against humanity, high treason, genocide, and crimes against the Jewish people during wartime. Only two executions since independence in 1948: accused traitor Meir Tobiansky (posthumously acquitted) and Holocaust architect Adolf Eichmann (last execution in 1962). Abolished for other crimes 1954.
	Japan	2025	3	N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in JapanLong-drop hanging. Death penalty for murder; treason and crimes against the State. There are seven detention centres where execution is carried out - Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Sendai, Fukuoka, Hiroshima and Sapporo. Judges usually impose death penalty in case of multiple homicides; death sentence for a single murder is not particularly common. Between 1946 and 2003, 766 people were sentenced to death, 608 of whom were executed. For 40 months from 1989 to 1993 successive ministers of justice refused to authorise executions, which amounted to an informal moratorium. No execution in 2020 (first time in nine years).
	Jordan	2021		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in JordanHanging, shooting. Death penalty for some cases of terrorism, murder, aggravated murder, rape, aggravated robbery, drug trafficking, illegal possession and use of weapons, war crimes, espionage and treason. Executions resumed in 2014 after a hiatus.
	Kazakhstan	2003		2021	Main article: Capital punishment in Kazakhstan Signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 2020. Abolished in 2021.
	Kuwait	2025		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in KuwaitHanging. Death penalty for drug trafficking; rape; murder; aggravated murder; kidnapping; piracy; torture; human trafficking; terrorism; certain military offences; national security crimes; espionage; treason and perjury causing execution of an innocent person.
	Kyrgyzstan	None since independence in 1991		2007	Main article: Capital punishment in KyrgyzstanKyrgyz authorities had extended a moratorium on executions each year since 1998. Abolished by constitution in 2007.
	Laos	1989		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in LaosDeath penalty for murder; hostage-taking; kidnapping; committing acts of robbery against the State or against "collective assets"; obstructing an officer in the performance of his public duties and causing his death or causing him physically disabled; trafficking in women or children resulting in death, lifetime incapacity or infection by HIV/AIDS of the victim; terrorism; drug trafficking; disrupting industry, trade, agriculture or other economic activities with the intent of undermining the national economy; drug possession; treason and espionage.
	Lebanon	2004		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in LebanonHanging; firing squad. Death penalty for murder; aggravated murder; rape; child rape; terrorism; gang-robbery or gang-assault involving torture; arson against certain types of structures or sabotage of communications, transportation or industrial facilities causing death; aggravated assault involving torture; life-eligible crimes with recidivism; importing nuclear/toxic wastes; polluting rivers or waterways with harmful substances; some military offences (e.g. desertion); espionage and treason.
	Macau	19th century		1976	Main article: Capital punishment in Macau It was last used in the 19th century and abolished in 1976 when Portugal abolished the death penalty on all its territories.
	Malaysia	2017		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in MalaysiaHanging. Discretionary death penalty for trafficking in dangerous drugs; murder; hostage-taking resulting in death; rape resulting in death; gang-robbery with murder; terrorism; water contamination resulting in death; perjury causing wrongful execution; trafficking stratigic items which resulted in death; waging war against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, a Ruler or Yang di-Pertua Negeri; offenses against the Yang di-Pertuan Agong's person. For military personnels, discretionary death penalty for aiding enemy; communication with enemy; mutiny; failure to suppress mutiny with intent to assist enemy. A plan to fully abolish the death penalty was announced on 10 October 2018, but was later scaled down to only abolish mandatory death penalty on 13 March 2019. In April 2023, mandatory death penalty was officially abolished. A moratorium on executions remains, but execution remains legal.
	Maldives	None since independence in 1965 (1952, before independence)		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in the MaldivesLast execution when a colony of Britain was in 1952. Death penalty for murder, terrorism, treason, adultery and apostasy. 60-year moratorium lifted in 2014.
	Mongolia	2008		2012	Main article: Capital punishment in MongoliaPresident Tsakhiagiin Elbegdorj instituted a moratorium in 2010, systematically commuting all death sentences. On 5 January 2012, "a large majority of MPs" adopted a bill that aims to abolish the death penalty. After two years under the official moratorium, the State Great Khural formally signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. This makes Mongolia abolitionist because under Article 1, paragraphs 1 and 2, of the Covenant, "No one within the jurisdiction of a State Party to the present Protocol shall be executed," and "Each State Party shall take all necessary measures to abolish the death penalty within its jurisdiction." Unlike in countries that retain capital punishment officially but have abolished it in practice, this made Mongolia abolitionist in both law and practice. However some dead laws that were still symbolically binding referenced capital punishment. These non-binding laws were removed from statutes by a 2015 Act, which took effect on 1 July 2016, making some people claim 2015 or 2016 as the year of de facto abolition. Mongolia is one of the last Eastern Bloc states (not including Eastern Europe) to abolish the death penalty. Death penalty was formally abolished on 1 July 2017.
	Myanmar	2024	0	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in MyanmarDeath penalty for murder, terrorism, participating in a gang robbery if one of the robbers commits murder, abetting a successful mutiny, assault by a person under a life sentence causing harm, assault with the intention to murder causing only harm, perjury causing wrongful execution, high treason and drug trafficking. Myanmar carried out no executions between 1988 and 2022; it is now retentionist again. While Myanmar courts do hand down death sentences pro forma in particularly egregious cases, most recently in the 2018 case of Myo Zaw Oo who was convicted of the rape and murder of a government worker, the sentences in practice are not carried out and are in effect life sentences. There have been three major amnesties (1989, 1993, 1997) in which the government commuted death sentences to life sentences or less, and simultaneously reduced life sentences to 10 years. However, prisoners held for political crimes, or crimes against the state are typically excluded from such amnesties. Prior to the military coup of 2021 Myanmar was regarded as "abolitionist in practice" by both Amnesty International and Death Penalty Watch. This was jeopardised on 1 February 2021 when the military overthrew the democratic government in a coup. On 14 March, the military declared martial law in selected regions of two largest cities (Yangon and Mandalay) and furthermore announced the introduction of a suite of new laws and penalties for insurrection and protest, including capital punishment. On 9 April 2021 state broadcaster Myawaddy TV announced that 23 protesters had been charged with murder, and pursuant to s496 of the criminal code, would face execution. The date of the execution was not announced, and it currently (as of 10 April) is unknown whether or how the sentences will be carried out. At least 17 of the convicted were tried in absentia and it is unclear how many have since been apprehended. While this would put Myanmar in the "retentionist" category, the legitimacy of the military government and the recently imposed martial laws are contested by the deposed government (known as the NUG) who claim sole legislative authority. The international community thus far have not decided whether the military junta or NUG is the legitimate government, and as such it is not clear whether these executions carried out by the military would be seen by the international community as lawful applications of the death penalty, or extrajudicial killings carried out by armed forces. Amnesty International now (2022) recognises Myanmar's retentionist status, but notes that "Following Myanmar military's issuance of Martial Law Order 3/2021, the authority to try civilians was transferred to special or existing military tribunals where individuals are tried through summary proceedings without right to appeal. These courts oversee a wide range of offences including those punishable with the death penalty. Under international law and standards, executions carried out following unfair trials violate the prohibition against arbitrary deprivation of life, as well as the absolute prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading punishment." As of 3 June 2022, it was reported that a total of 113 people had been sentenced to death by the junta for their roles in the counter-military revolution. On the same date, the junta confirmed the death warrants of four of the prisoners Hla Myo Aung, Ko Aung Thura Zaw, the long-time democratic activist Ko Jimmy, and the rapper and former NLD lawmaker Ko Phyo Zeya Thaw. With the confirmation of the death warrant, responsibility to determine whether, how, and when to proceed to executions fell to the Prison Department. It was announced by the junta that the executions were carried out on 23 July 2022. As the military junta is not recognized by the UN, the seats at the UN seats continue to be filled by diplomats of the deposed government and because of this Myanmar for the first time voted in favour of abolition in the 2022 UN resolution on abolishing the death penalty. Khit Thit Media reported via their Facebook page that the military handed down a further eleven death sentences on 30 November. In addition, executions are carried out within the de facto autonomous Wa State. Wa state (officially the Wa Self-Administered Division) is nominally a semi-autonomous division located in two disconnected regions within Shan State. As such it is in principle subject to the laws, enforcement, and judicial system of Myanmar. However, in reality, the Wa State is controlled entirely by the United Wa State Army (UWSA) - an ethnic armed organisation (EAO) previously in open rebellion against the Myanmar government and military. While in recent years the UWSA has reached a détente with the Myanmar central authority, the Myanmar legal system does not apply in practice within Wa State. To wit, death sentences are handed down and carried out regularly, most recently in 2020. Wa State imposes the death penalty only for murder and executions are carried out by gunshot to the back of the head. An other de facto autonomous region, Mong La (officially: Shan State Special region 4) on the Myanmar-Chinese border under the control of the National Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) is also reputed to carry out executions much like Wa State.
	Nepal	1979		1997	Main article: Capital punishment in NepalThe death penalty was abolished in 1946 for ordinary crimes[clarification needed] but was reinstated between 1985 and 1990 for cases of murder and terrorism. Completely abolished since 1997 by Constitution.
	North Korea	2025	Unknown	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in North KoreaVarious methods are used, including the firing squad, hanging or decapitation. North Korea performs mainly private, but also performs some public executions. Current laws allow the death penalty for drug offences; plots against national sovereignty; circulating "harmful" information; political dissidence; terrorism; espionage; treason against the Motherland or against the people; murder; murder of a North Korean police guard; watching South Korean and foreign websites, media or movies; listening to South Korean and foreign radio broadcasts; kidnapping; rape; assault; burglary; insubordination; inappropriate words; armed robbery; violation of Juche customs; human trafficking; illegal border crossing; committing massacres; bank robbery; grand theft; making illegal international calls without a phone card; producing and/or watching pornography; embezzlement; currency counterfeiting; black market smuggling/trafficking; damaging or deliberately destroying state property; destroying military facilities or technology; taking unauthorized photographs; unauthorized religious activity; returning home from foreign countries after becoming a defector and prostitution. There have been at least 64 carried out death sentences in 2016, and in 2017 five North Korean minister-level officials were executed; it is not known whether these officials were executed due to a judicial sentence or a direct order of Kim Jong-un. No official numbers can be known because of the secrecy surrounding the topic of capital punishment within the state.
	Oman	2024		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in OmanDeath penalty for murder, drug trafficking, arson, piracy, terrorism, kidnapping, recidivism of aggravated offenses punishable by life imprisonment, leading an armed group that engages in spreading disorder (such as by sabotage, pillage or killing), espionage, treason and perjury causing wrongful execution.
	Pakistan	2019	20+	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in PakistanHanging. Death penalty for murder, aggravated murder, drug smuggling, terrorism, arms trafficking, armed robbery resulting in death, certain military offenses (e.g. cowardice, assisting the enemy, abetting a successful mutiny), kidnapping, rape, gang rape, perjury in a capital case leading execution of an innocent person, hijacking, sabotage of the railway system, stripping a woman's clothes, a scheduled offence likely to create terror or disrupt sectarian harmony, acts to strike terror or create a sense of fear and insecurity resulting in death, unlawful assembly, treason, espionage, adultery, homosexuality and blasphemy. Six-year moratorium lifted in 2014 after the Peshawar school massacre.
	Palestine	2002		n/a	Death penalty for aggravated murder; murder; terrorism; treason; espionage; military offenses and some offenses resulting in death like vandalism; medical violations; felony; disobedience; violence or sedition. The State of Palestine has ratified the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
	Philippines	2000		2006	Main article: Capital punishment in the PhilippinesAbolished in 1987 under the present Constitution, re-introduced in 1993, re-abolished on 24 June 2006 under Republic Act No. 9346. The House of Representatives voted to reinstate the death penalty for drug crimes in March 2017, but it was stalled in the Senate.
	Qatar	2020		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in QatarExecution by firing squad. Death penalty for espionage; threat to national security; apostasy (no recorded executions); homosexuality; blasphemy; murder; aggravated murder; violent robbery; arson; torture; kidnapping; terrorism; rape; drug trafficking; extortion by threat of accusation of a crime of honor; perjury causing wrongful execution and treason.
	Saudi Arabia	2025	184+	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in Saudi ArabiaDecapitation, firing squad, stoning. Saudi Arabia performs public executions. Current Islamic laws allow the use of capital punishment for many violent and nonviolent offenses which includes aggravated burglary, treason, espionage, as well as homosexuality, adultery; murder; blasphemy; apostasy; drug trafficking; rape; armed robbery; some military offences; witchcraft; sexual misconduct and terrorism. Method most often used is beheading with a scimitar, although the firing squad is sometimes used. Bodies may be put on public display.
	Singapore	2025	1	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in SingaporeHanging. Death penalty for terrorism; murder; treason; perjury causing wrongful execution; kidnapping; certain firearm offenses; gang-robbery resulting in death; genocide; arms trafficking; piracy; attempted murder by a convict under a life sentence; drug trafficking in more than 15 grams of heroin or morphine, 30 grams of cocaine or 500 grams of cannabis and some military offences.
	South Korea	1997		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in South KoreaHanging and firing squad. Death penalty for murder (over two victims), aggravated murder, arson resulting in death, piracy, terrorism, kidnapping resulting in death, rape resulting in death, rebellion, drug trafficking, conspiracy with foreign countries, robbery-homicide, recidivist violent robbery and treason. There has been an unofficial moratorium on executions since President Kim Dae-jung took office in February 1998.
	Sri Lanka	1976		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in Sri LankaDeath penalty for murder; treason; perjury causing an innocent person to be executed; rape; armed robbery; drug trafficking; kidnapping with the use of a gun; extortion committed with the use of a gun; human trafficking offenses committed with the use of a gun; attempting murder with the use of a gun; causing harm with the use of a gun; assault on a public servant with the use of a gun and some military offences. Moratorium since 1976.
	Syria	2024	Unknown	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in SyriaHanging is used for normal executions, and for military personnel, shooting is used. Syria performs public executions. Current laws allow the death penalty for treason; espionage; murder; arson resulting in death; attempting a death-eligible crime; recidivism for a felony punishable by forced labor for life; terrorism; political acts and military offences such as bearing arms against Syria in the ranks of the enemy, insubordination, rebellion, desertion of the armed forces to the enemy and acts of incitement under martial law or in wartime; violent robbery; subjecting a person to torture or barbaric treatment during the commission of gang-robbery; rape. Certain crimes are considered to deserve an automatic death sentence punishment: membership in the Muslim Brotherhood; joining the Islamic State; drug trafficking; political dissidence and falsification of material evidence resulting in a third party being convicted for a drug offense and sentenced to death. Extrajudicial killings are commonplace in Syria. Persons excused from death row are women with small children, pregnant women, the mentally ill, the intellectually disabled, and teenagers who committed the crime under the age of 18 at the time. Since the start of the civil war, it cannot be known clearly how many people have been put on death row. As of 2014[update], Syria did have an execution per capita rate of 1 for every 3,000,000 persons.
	Taiwan	2025		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in TaiwanGun shot to heart at close range with a single gun. Lethal injection is also a legal form of execution, although there are no known instances of it being used. The condemned person lies on a mattress where doctor marks where heart is; the executioner shoots at the marked place on the condemned back. Condemned are sedated prior to execution. If the condemned person decides to be an organ donor, then the shot is aimed to the rear of the head at the brain stem. Crimes punishable by death are: aggravated murder, murder, other offences resulting in death, drug trafficking, drug possession, treason, military offences, war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Those excluded from capital punishment are: the elderly, pregnant women, women with small children, the mentally ill, and teenagers under the age of 18 at the time of the crime. As of 2006[update], the mandatory death penalty minimum was taken away. By the end of 2012, there were a recorded number of 120 prisoner executions.
	Tajikistan	2004		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in TajikistanFiring squad. Death penalty for murder with aggravating circumstances; rape with aggravating circumstances; terrorism; biocide; genocide. Moratorium introduced 30 April 2004 by President Emomali Rahmon, which means instead of capital punishment, the individual shall receive a life in prison. Persons excluded from death row are: the elderly, women, pregnant women, intellectually disabled, the mentally ill, and teenagers who were under the age of 18 at the time of the crime.
	Thailand	2018		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in ThailandLethal Injection, Death penalty for 35 crimes including regicide; sedition or rebellion; offenses committed against the external security of Thailand; murder or attempted murder of a foreign head of state or a member of the royal family; bribery; high treason; espionage; terrorism acts; terrorism; arson; rape; murder; aggravated murder; drug trafficking; kidnapping; robbery resulting in death; certain military offences; illegal use of firearms or explosives. For a full list see here (PDF)
	Turkmenistan	1997		1999	Main article: Capital punishment in TurkmenistanAbolished 1999 by Constitution.
	United Arab Emirates	2025		n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in the United Arab EmiratesFiring squad. The death penalty is rarely enforced, and is a legal form of punishment for murder; aggravated murder; drug trafficking; successfully inciting the suicide of a mentally ill person; arson resulting in death; kidnapping resulting in death; acts of indecent assault resulting in death; disposal of nuclear waste in the environment; rape of a minor; treason; apostasy; aggravated robbery; terrorism; joining the Islamic State; espionage and perjury causing wrongful execution.
	Uzbekistan	2005		2008	Main article: Capital punishment in UzbekistanPresident Islam Karimov signed a decree on 1 August 2005 that replaced the death penalty with life imprisonment on 1 January 2008
	Vietnam	2024	Unknown	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in VietnamLethal injection. Death penalty for treason, insurrection, terrorism against the state, war crimes, crimes against humanity, illegal production of narcotics, drug trafficking, murder, rape of a minor under 16, and acts of terrorism. The death penalty was abolished for 8 other crimes in July 2025.
	Yemen	2025	7+	n/a	Main article: Capital punishment in YemenShooting, stoning. Yemen performs public executions. Current laws allow the death penalty for murder; adultery; homosexuality; apostasy (no recorded executions); blasphemy; drug trafficking; perjury causing wrongful execution; kidnapping; rape; sexual misconduct; violent robbery; banditry; terrorism; destruction of property leading to death; prostitution; certain military offenses (e.g. cowardice, desertion); espionage and treason.

· Capital punishment by continents › Europe

Key	Country	Last execution	Executions 2019	Year abolished	Notes
	Albania	1995		2007	Main article: Capital punishment in Albania Hanging prior to abolition. Ratification of protocol 13 of the ECHR was on 06/02/2007, in effect on 01/06/2007.
	Andorra	1943		1990	Main article: Capital punishment in AndorraGarrote, firing Squad abolished 1990 by Constitution.
	Armenia	None since independence on 21 September 1991 (30 August 1991, before independence)		1998	Main article: Capital punishment in ArmeniaAbolished in 1998 by Constitution. The last execution when Armenia was a part of the USSR was on 30 August 1991.
	Austria	1950		1968	Main article: Capital punishment in AustriaAbolished in peacetime 1950. Completely abolished in 1968 by Constitution.
	Azerbaijan	1993		1998	Main article: Capital punishment in Azerbaijan
	Belarus	2022	2+	N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in Belarus Shooting; Belarus is the only country in Europe to use capital punishment. Laws allow capital punishment for acts of aggression; murder of a representative of a foreign state or international organization with the intention to provoke international tension or war; international terrorism; genocide; crimes against the security of humanity; murder with aggravating circumstances; terrorism; terrorist acts; treason that results in loss of life; conspiracy to seize power; sabotage; murder of a police officer; murder of a border patrol officer; use of weapons of mass destruction; and violations of the laws and customs of war.
	Belgium	1950		1996	Main article: Capital punishment in BelgiumLast execution for common law crimes was in 1863. Last execution for war crimes was in 1950. Abolished 1996 by Penal Code; since 2005 in Constitution.
	Bosnia and Herzegovina	None since independence in 1991 (1977, before independence)		2019 (for all crimes in Republika Srpska)1998 (for all crimes in Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina and for all peacetime crime in Republika Srpska)	Main article: Capital punishment in Bosnia and Herzegovina The final execution in the present-day Bosnia and Herzegovina took place in 1977, when then Socialist Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina was still one of the constituent republics of Yugoslavia. It was abolished in 1998 by the Constitution, although the death penalty remained present in the Constitution of Republika Srpska, where it was endorsed in the Article 11, which said: "Human life is inviolable. Death may only be used for capital crimes." The Supreme Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina had abolished the death penalty in the Republika Srpska in 2019, making Bosnia and Herzegovina, in practice, the last country in Europe, except for Belarus and Russia, to fully abolish the death penalty on all of the levels of its judiciary.
	Bulgaria	1989		1998	Main article: Capital punishment in BulgariaThe last execution in Bulgaria took place on 4 November 1989, days before the downfall of Todor Zhivkov, which heralded the end of the communist regime. It was the year's 14th shooting of a convicted prisoner.
	Croatia	None since independence in 1991 (1987, before independence)		1991	Main article: Capital punishment in CroatiaLast capital punishment was performed on 29 January 1987 by the state firing squad while Croatia was still part of SFR Yugoslavia. Last executed convict was Dušan Kosić who killed Čedomir Matijević, his wife Slavica and their two daughters, Dragana and Snježana. Capital punishment was abolished in 1990 according to the provision of the new Croatian constitution enected for the SR Croatia. Upon declaring independence in June 1991 newly formed Republic of Croatia declared Constitution from 1990 official and left the jurisdiction of the Yugoslav Federation consequently completely abolishing capital punishment. The death penalty is prohibited by the article 21 of the Croatian Constitution.
	Cyprus	1962		2002	Main article: Capital punishment in CyprusCapital punishment for murder abolished in 1983. Completely abolished in 2016 by amendment to the Constitution removing references to capital punishment.
	Czech Republic	None since independence in 1993 (1989, before independence)		1990	Main article: Capital punishment in the Czech RepublicLast execution when part of Czechoslovakia was in June 1989. Abolished after the Velvet Revolution 1990 by the amendment to Constitution of Czechoslovakia. Upon independence on 1 January 1993 the Czech Republic became a new abolitionist state.
	Denmark	1950		1978	Main article: Capital punishment in DenmarkLast execution for common law crimes 1892. Last execution for war crimes 1950. Capital punishment was retroactively carried out 1945–50 for crimes related to the German occupation in World War II, repealed in 1951 and confirmed in 1993. A similar rule was active 1952–1978 in the civil penalty law for war crimes committed under extreme circumstances.
	Estonia	1991		1998	Main article: Capital punishment in EstoniaThe last execution in Estonia has taken place on 11 September 1991 when Rein Oruste was shot with a bullet to the back of the head for the crime of murder.
	Finland	1944		1972	Main article: Capital punishment in FinlandLast peacetime execution 1825. Last wartime execution 1944. Capital punishment was abolished for civilian crimes in 1949 (all existing sentences commuted to life imprisonment) and for all crimes 1972. In 1984 the death penalty was explicitly outlawed in the Finnish Constitution.
	France	1977		1981	Main article: Capital punishment in FranceThe death penalty was initially abolished by the Directory in 1795 but re-introduced by Napoleon in 1810. It was re-abolished in law in 1981 and by Constitution in 2007.
	Georgia	1995		2006	Main article: Capital punishment in Georgia (country)The death penalty was abolished for most offenses in 1997, but the constitution stated that the Supreme Court had the power to impose the death penalty in exceptionally serious cases of "crimes against life". On 27 December 2006, President Mikheil Saakashvili signed into a law a new constitutional amendment totally abolishing the death penalty in all circumstances. See also: Capital punishment in AbkhaziaThe self-proclaimed state of Abkhazia, which is claimed by Georgia, still retains the death penalty for wartime treason, but it has been under moratorium since 2007.
	Germany	1981		1949 (West Germany), 1987 (East Germany)	Main article: Capital punishment in GermanyAbolished by the Basic Law since the formation of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1949. However, US military authorities carried out seven executions on German territory in 1951, since they were, as an occupation force, not subjected to this. German Democratic Republic (country which ceased to exist in 1990 and all of its territory joined the Federal Republic of Germany) abolished the death penalty in 1987, the last execution was held in 1981.
	Greece	1972		2004	Main article: Capital punishment in GreeceAbolished completely with the Constitutional amendment of 2001 and then with the approval by Greek Parliament of the ratification of protocol 13 of the ECHR in 12/2004.
	Hungary	1988		1990	Main article: Capital punishment in HungaryCapital punishment was abolished in 1990 and the last execution was of Ernő Vadász on 14 July 1988 for murder.
	Iceland	None since independence in 1944 (1830, before independence)		1928	Main article: Capital punishment in IcelandLast execution in 1830 when a colony of Denmark. Abolished in 1928; reintroduction made unconstitutional in 1995 by unanimous vote of Parliament.
	Ireland	1954		1990	Main article: Capital punishment in IrelandAbolished for murder in 1964, and for remaining offences in 1990. Last death sentences passed in 1985; all since 1954 commuted to imprisonment.
	Italy	1947		1994	Main article: Capital punishment in ItalyOn 30 November 1786 the Grand Duchy of Tuscany (then independent, now a part of Italy) became the first state in the modern era to completely abolish the death penalty. However, it was later repeatedly reintroduced and re-abolished, until its definitive ban in 1859. From 1815 to 1859 only two people were executed by the grand ducal authorities. For a brief period between 1847 and 1848, upon its reversion to Tuscany, the Duchy of Lucca became the only Italian territory in which the abolition was in force. The short lived Roman Republic of Feb–July 1849 abolished the death penalty before being overthrown by French troops. When the Kingdom of Italy was formed in 1861, capital punishment remained in force in all the constituent states except Tuscany until it was abolished nationwide in 1889 – although it was maintained under military and colonial law. In 1926 Mussolini reintroduced the death penalty into Italian law. A total of 26 people (9 civilians and 16 soldiers) were executed during the Fascist regime, none from political reasons. It was re-abolished from the penal code in 1944. Art. 27 of the Constitution of the Italian Republic (1948) completely abolished it for all common military and civil crimes during peacetime. The death penalty was still, formally, in force in Italy in the military penal code, only for high treachery against the Republic or only in war theatre perpetrated crimes (though no execution ever took place) until it was abolished completely from there as well, in 1994. Article 27 of Italian Constitution was eventually amended in 2007 to prohibit the reintroduction of death penalty in time of war too.
	Kosovo	None since self-proclaimed independence in 2008 (1987, as part of Yugoslavia)		2008[citation needed]	The partially recognised Republic of Kosovo does not have the death penalty.
	Latvia	1996		2012	Main article: Capital punishment in LatviaAbolished for civilian offences in 1999. Abolished for all crimes in 2012.
	Liechtenstein	1785		1989	Main article: Capital punishment in Liechtenstein
	Lithuania	1995		1998	Main article: Capital punishment in Lithuania
	Luxembourg	1949		1979	Main article: Capital punishment in LuxembourgAbolished by the Constitution in 1979.
	Malta	None since independence in 1964 (1943, before independence)		2000	Main article: Capital punishment in MaltaLast execution when a colony of Britain was in 1943. Capital punishment for murder abolished in 1971; part of the military code until 2000.
	Moldova	None since independence in 1991		2005	Main article: Capital punishment in MoldovaNo executions since independence from USSR in 1991. On 23 September 2005 the Moldovan Constitutional Court approved constitutional amendments that abolished the death penalty. The self-proclaimed state of Transnistria, which is claimed by Moldova, still retains the death penalty but has observed a moratorium on executions since 1999.
	Monaco	1847		1962	Main article: Capital punishment in MonacoAbolished by Constitution 1962.
	Montenegro	None since independence in 2006 (1981, before independence)		1995	Main article: Capital punishment in MontenegroLast execution when a part of Yugoslavia was on 29 January 1981. Capital punishment abolished by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1995. When Montenegro declared independence in 2006 it became an abolitionist state.
	Netherlands	1952		1982 (Netherlands) 2010 (Antilles)	Main article: Capital punishment in the NetherlandsSee also: Capital punishment in ArubaLast execution for peacetime offences in 1860. Abolished for peacetime offences in 1870. Abolished in Netherlands by Constitution 1982. Last Netherlands overseas territory to abolish was Antilles in 2010.
	North Macedonia	None since independence in 1991 (1988, before independence)		1991	Main article: Capital punishment in MacedoniaLast execution when it was part of Yugoslavia in 1988. Abolished by Constitution in 1991.
	Norway	1948		1979	Main article: Capital punishment in NorwayAbolished for peacetime offences in 1902, last execution for peacetime offences 1876. Last executions of wartime offenders conducted on 37 men convicted of treason or war crimes in WWII in 1945–48.
	Poland	1988		1998	Main article: Capital punishment in PolandA criminal law reform including reintroduction of death penalty was proposed in 2004 by Prawo i Sprawiedliwość, but lost its first reading vote in the Sejm by 198 to 194 with 14 abstentions. It is said that this was only populism, since Poland had joined the European Union so there was no chance.
	Portugal	1917		1867 (civil crimes); 1976 (all crimes)	Main article: Capital punishment in PortugalCapital Punishment was abolished for political crimes in 1852, civil crimes in 1867 and war crimes in 1911. In 1916, capital punishment was reinstated only for military offenses that occurred in a war against a foreign country and in the theater of war. Capital punishment was completely abolished again in 1976.
	Romania	1989		1990	Main article: Capital punishment in RomaniaThe last people to be convicted and executed in Romania were the dictator Nicolae Ceaușescu and his wife, Elena Ceaușescu, by firing squad during the Romanian Revolution of 1989. Their accusations ranged from crimes against humanity to high-treason. Abolished in 1990 and banned by Constitution in 1991.
	Russia	1999 (Chechnya)1996 (rest of Russia)		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in RussiaShooting. There have been four brief periods when Russia has completely abolished the death penalty, in the 18th century Russian empress Elizabeth abolished it, but it was restored by the next emperor, Peter III of Russia; then, from 12 March to 12 July 1917 following the overthrow of the Tsar, 27 October 1917 to 16 June 1918 following the seizure of power by the Bolsheviks, and in 1947–1950 after the end of the Second World War (Joseph Stalin abolished it in 1947, but he had restored it in 1950, and for this short period, the strictest punishment in USSR was penal servitude in gulag for 25 years). Currently the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation envisages the death penalty for five crimes: murder with aggravating circumstances, assassination attempt against a state or public figure, attempt on the life of a person administering justice or preliminary investigations, attempt on the life of a law-enforcement officer, and genocide. On 16 April 1997 Russia signed the Sixth Protocol to the European Convention on Human Rights, but has yet to ratify it. There has been a moratorium on executions since 1996; no executions have been in the Russian Federation since August 1996. In November 2009, the Constitutional Court extended the moratorium indefinitely pending ratification of the Sixth Protocol. The death penalty is still active by law.
	San Marino	1468 or 1667		1848 (Civil)1865 (Military)	Main article: Capital punishment in San MarinoAbolished for civilian crimes in 1848. Abolished for all crimes in 1865.
	Serbia	None since independence in 2006 (1992, before independence)		1995	Main article: Capital punishment in SerbiaLast execution when a part of Yugoslavia was in 1992. Capital punishment abolished by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1995. When Serbia became independent in 2006 it became an abolitionist state.
	Slovakia	None since independence in 1993 (1989, before independence)		1990	Main article: Capital punishment in SlovakiaLast execution when a part of Czechoslovakia was in 1989. Abolished 1990 by Constitution when still a constituent part of Czechoslovakia. Upon independence on 1 January 1993 Slovakia became a new abolitionist state.
	Slovenia	None since independence in 1991 (1959, before independence)		1991	Main article: Capital punishment in SloveniaLast execution when a part of Yugoslavia was in 1959. Abolished in Slovenian Yugoslav Republic 1989 by Constitution. Upon declaration of independence in 1991 Slovenia removed itself from the jurisdiction of the Federal Yugoslav capital punishment statutes effectively achieving complete abolition.
	Spain	1975		1978 (civilian)1995 (military)	Main article: Capital punishment in SpainAbolished in 1978 by Constitution except for wartime offences. Abolished from the military penal code in 1995.
	Sweden	1910		1973	Main article: Capital punishment in SwedenPeacetime offences 1921, Wartime offences 1973. Constitutionally prohibited since 1975.
	Switzerland	1944		1992	Main article: Capital punishment in SwitzerlandCapital punishment was abolished in 1874, but reinstated in 1879. It was practised by a few cantons (nine executions up to 1940). Abolished by popular vote in 1938, except for wartime military crimes, for which it was abolished in 1992. Banned by the 1999 constitution.
	Turkey	1984		2004	Main article: Capital punishment in TurkeyAbolished in 2004 by Constitution. On 29/10/2016, Recep Tayyip Erdogan said that his government would ask parliament to consider reintroducing capital punishment due to the 2016 Turkish coup d'état attempt, while suggesting the possibility of reintroducing it through a referendum.
	Ukraine	1997		2000	Main article: Capital punishment in UkraineAbolished February 2000 after the Constitutional Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in December 1999. New criminal code passed in April 2000. The unrecognized Donetsk People's Republic reintroduced the death penalty for treason in 2014.
	United Kingdom	1977 (Bermuda)1964 (UK)		1998	Main article: Capital punishment in the United KingdomLast execution in the UK was in 1964. The last execution on British Overseas Territory occurred in Bermuda in 1977. Abolished for murder in 1969 in Great Britain and 1973 in Northern Ireland. Abolished for all remaining offences (high treason, piracy with violence and offences under military jurisdiction) in the UK in 1998. European Convention, 13th Protocol ratified in 2003 confirming total abolition. See also: Capital punishment in the British Indian Ocean Territory, Capital punishment in Gibraltar, Capital punishment in Guernsey, Capital punishment in the Isle of Man, and Capital punishment in Jersey The last British Territory or Crown Dependency to completely abolish capital punishment was Jersey in 2006 (see Capital punishment in Jersey).

· Capital punishment by continents › Oceania

Key	Country	Last execution	Executions 2019	Year abolished	Notes
	Australia	1967		1985	Main article: Capital punishment in AustraliaCapital punishment was abolished in Queensland in 1922; Tasmania in 1968; the Northern Territory, the Australian Capital Territory and the Commonwealth in 1973; Victoria in 1975; South Australia in 1976; Western Australia in 1984; and New South Wales in 1985. On 11 March 2010, Federal Parliament passed laws that prevent the death penalty from being reintroduced by any state or territory in Australia.
	Fiji	None since independence in 1970 (1964, before independence)		2015	Main article: Capital punishment in FijiLast execution when a colony of Britain was in 1964. The death penalty for crimes under the Republic of Fiji Military Forces Act was abolished in Feb 2015. Abolished for other crimes 1979.
	Kiribati	None since independence in 1979		1979
	Marshall Islands	None since independence in 1986		1986	Abolished in 1986 by Constitution.
	Micronesia	None since independence in 1986		1986	Abolished in 1986 by Constitution.
	Nauru	None since independence in 1968		2016	Main article: Capital punishment in NauruDeath penalty abolished May 2016. Despite having abolished capital punishment, Nauru voted against the UN Moratorium on the Death Penalty in 2018.
	New Zealand	1957		1989	Main article: Capital punishment in New ZealandAbolished in New Zealand in 1941 for most crimes, reinstated in 1950, abolished again in 1961 for most crimes, and formally abolished for treason in 1989. See also: Capital punishment in the Cook IslandsIn 2007 the Cook Islands became the last of New Zealand's overseas territories to abolish capital punishment.
	Palau	None since independence in 1994		1994
	Papua New Guinea	None since independence in 1975 (1957, before independence)		2022	Main article: Capital punishment in Papua New GuineaLast execution when under Australian administration in November 1957. The death penalty was abolished in 1970, five years before independence. It was reinstated in 1991, but never applied. It was abolished again in 2022.
	Samoa	None since independence in 1962 (1952, before independence)		2004	Main article: Capital punishment in SamoaLast execution under New Zealand colonial rule in April 1952. Since independence in 1962 all death sentences were commuted to life imprisonment. The death penalty was formally abolished in 2004.
	Solomon Islands	None since independence in 1978		1978
	Tonga	1982		N/A	Main article: Capital punishment in TongaHanging. Death penalty for treason, murder.
	Tuvalu	None since independence in 1978		1978
	Vanuatu	None since independence in 1980		1980

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1906	Ecuador	1	5
1907	Uruguay	1	6
1910	Colombia	1	7
1928	Iceland	1	8
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1962	Monaco	1	11
1966	Dominican Republic	1	12
1968	Austria	1	13
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1972	Finland	1	15
1973	Sweden	1	16
1976	Portugal	1	17
1978	Denmark Solomon Islands Tuvalu	3	20
1979	Kiribati Luxembourg Nicaragua Norway	4	24
1980	Vanuatu	1	25
1981	Cape Verde France	2	27
1982	Netherlands	1	28
1985	Australia	1	29
1986	Marshall Islands Micronesia	2	31
1988	Haiti	1	32
1989	Cambodia Liechtenstein New Zealand	3	35
1990	Andorra ( Czech Republic Slovakia as Czechoslovakia) Hungary Ireland Mozambique Namibia Romania São Tomé and Príncipe	9	44
1991	Croatia North Macedonia Slovenia	3	47
1992	Angola Paraguay Switzerland	3	50
1993	Guinea-Bissau Seychelles	2	52
1994	Italy Palau	2	54
1995	Djibouti Mauritius ( Montenegro Serbia as Yugoslavia) South Africa Spain	6	60
1996	Belgium	1	61
1997	Nepal	1	62
1998	Armenia Azerbaijan Bulgaria Estonia Lithuania Poland United Kingdom	7	69
1999	Canada Turkmenistan	2	71
2000	Ivory Coast Malta Ukraine	3	74
2002	Cyprus Timor-Leste	2	76
2004	Bhutan Greece Samoa Senegal Turkey	5	81
2005	Mexico Moldova	2	83
2006	Georgia Philippines	2	85
2007	Albania Kyrgyzstan Rwanda	3	88
2008	Uzbekistan	1	89
2009	Argentina Bolivia Burundi Togo	4	93
2010	Gabon	1	94
2012	Latvia Mongolia	2	96
2014	Madagascar	1	97
2015	Congo Fiji Suriname	3	100
2016	Benin Nauru	2	102

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There is no perpetual body feathers, nor death, except, on this, the case of belligerency with a foreign country, and to be applied in the war theater
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The Death Penalty (...) cannot be reestablished in any case (...) # with the exception, about the Death Penalty, only in case of war with a foreign country (...) and only in the theater of war.
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"PC.DEL/397/10 13 May 2010"
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