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  Actively retain capital punishment
  Retain capital punishment but have not used it in at least ten years
  Retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime)
  Have fully abolished capital punishment

Capital punishment, also called the death penalty, is thestate-sanctioned killing of a person as a punishment for acrime. It has historically been used in almost every part of the world. Since the mid-1800s, many countries have abolished or discontinued the practice.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7] In 2024, the five countries that are known to have executed the most people were, in descending order,China (1 000+),Iran (972+),Saudi Arabia (345+),Iraq (63+), andYemen (38+).[8]

The 193United Nations member states and the 2observer states fall into four categories based on their use of capital punishment. As of 2026[update]:[9]

  • 30 (15.38 %) actively retain capital punishment.
  • 45 (23.08 %) retain capital punishment but have not used it in at least ten years.
  • 10 (5.13 %) retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime).
  • 110 (56.41 %) have fully abolished capital punishment.

In addition, the non-UN member stateKosovo has fully abolished capital punishment, whereas the non-UN member stateTaiwan actively retains capital punishment.[9]

From 2010 to 2019, 5 countries (Iran,Yemen,Saudi Arabia,Pakistan, andSouth Sudan) were recorded to have executed offenders who were minors (under 18) when the offence was committed, which is a breach of theConvention on the Rights of the Child (ratified by all countries except the United States).[10][11][12] This ended in 2020 by royal decree in Saudi Arabia.[13]

Global overview

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Africa

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Of the 54 UN member states located within Africa, 24 have fully abolished capital punishment, 4 retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime), 21 retain capital punishment but have not used it in at least ten years, and 5 actively retain capital punishment.

In 2018,Burkina Faso repealed capital punishment for ordinary (non-state) crimes, andGambia announced a moratorium as a first step towards abolition.[14]Sierra Leone fully abolished capital punishment in 2021, as did theCentral African Republic in 2022, followed byZambia in 2023.[15][16][17][18] For ordinary crimes,Equatorial Guinea abolished it in 2022,Ghana did so in 2023, andZimbabwe abolished it in 2024.[19]

Americas

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Of the 35 UN member states located within the Americas, 16 have fully abolished capital punishment, 5 retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime), 13 retain capital punishment but have not used it in at least ten years, and 1 actively retains capital punishment.

Since 2008, theUnited States has been the only country in the Americas to carry out executions and the only country considered to actively retain capital punishment. In theCaribbean, capital punishment has only been fully abolished by the Dominican Republic and Haiti (1969 and 1987, respectively). All other Caribbean countries are considered abolitionists-in-practice. In Central and South America, capital punishment has mostly been fully abolished, with the exceptions ofGuatemala,El Salvador,Brazil,Peru, andChile, which retain capital punishment in extraordinary circumstances (generally being for treason, military crimes, or crimes during wartime), andBelize andGuyana, which are both considered abolitionists-in-practice. In North America, theUnited States is the only country that has not fully abolished capital punishment; though 23 states have fully abolished capital punishment (along with all but one territory), 7 states are under moratoria, 4 states are not under moratoria but have not executed death sentences in over ten years (along with one territory), and 16 actively retain capital punishment (defined as having no active moratoria and having had executed offenders within the last ten years).

Asia

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Of the 47 UN member states and 1 UN observer state located within Asia, 15 have fully abolished capital punishment, 1 retains capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime), 9 retain capital punishment but have not used it in at least ten years, and 23 actively retain capital punishment.

China is the world's most prolific executioner; according to Amnesty International, China executes more people than the rest of the world combined each year,[20] but this does not apply inHong Kong andMacau, since bothspecial administrative regions have abolished capital punishment.[21]

India occasionally executes criminals, carrying out just 30 executions from 1991 to 2020.[22] India most recently executed 4 perpetrators of agang rape and murder case in March 2020.[23]

Japan sometimes executes criminals, carrying out 134 executions since 1993. Japan most recently executedTakahiro Shiraishi in June 2025.[24]

According to a 2017 report by the National Human Rights Commission fromBurma, over 700 prisoners had their death sentences commuted to life imprisonment.[25]

Singapore resumed executions in March 2022 after a two-year moratorium due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Singapore came under scrutiny for executing drug traffickers in several high-profile cases, includingNagaenthran Dharmalingam who was hanged in April 2022,[26] andTangaraju Suppiah who was hanged in April 2023.[27] In July 2023, a convicted drug trafficker namedSaridewi binte Djamani was executed, becoming the first female offender hanged in Singapore in 19 years, after the 2004 hanging ofYen May Woen.[28] Singapore's first execution for murder since 2019 was carried out in February 2024, when Bangladeshi painterAhmed Salim was hanged for murdering his ex-girlfriend in 2018.[29]

Indonesia occasionally executes prisoners, and while it has rarely done so in cases of murder, Indonesia has some of the most stringent narcotics laws in the world, so it is often used for drug traffickers. In June 2025, a trial for threeBritish citizens, following a deal to trade approximately one kilogram ofcocaine, sees the accused potentially facing capital punishment.[30]

Europe

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Of the 43 UN member states and 1 UN observer state located within Europe, 42 have fully abolished capital punishment, 0 retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime), 1 retains capital punishment but has not used it in at least ten years, and 1 actively retains capital punishment.

Main article:Capital punishment in Europe

TheEuropean Union holds a strong position against capital punishment; its abolition is a key objective for the Union's human rights policy. Abolition is a pre-condition for membership in the European Union. In Europe, onlyBelarus continues to actively use capital punishment.[31][32][33][34]

Capital punishment has been completely abolished in all European countries except for Belarus andRussia, the latter of which has a moratorium and has not conducted an execution since 1996. The absolute ban on capital punishment is enshrined in both theCharter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union (EU) and two widely adopted protocols of theEuropean Convention on Human Rights of theCouncil of Europe, and is thus considered a central value. Of all present European countries,San Marino,Portugal and theNetherlands were the first to abolish capital punishment;Romania banned it even earlier in 1864, but it was later reintroduced from 1936 to 1990 during the dictatorial and communist eras; inItaly the nationwide ban on capital punishment dates from 1889 (it had previously not been in force inTuscany alone since 1859, and even earlier for short periods starting from 1786), but it was then reintroduced during thefascist regime. The last execution in theUnited Kingdom took place inEngland in 1964, however the last sentence was passed nine years later (officially abolished in 1998). In 2012,Latvia became the most recent European country to abolish capital punishment.[35]

Post-Soviet states

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Russia retains the death penalty in law, but there has been amoratorium since 1996, making itde facto abolitionist. The last executions on Russian territory were carried out in 1999 in Chechnya, "which de facto was not then under control of the Russian Federation".[36] Of the other former Soviet republics, onlyBelarus andTajikistan have not formally abolished capital punishment, and only Belarus uses it in practice. In 2000,Ukraine abolished capital punishment.[37][38]

Oceania

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Of the 14 UN member states located within Asia, 13 have fully abolished capital punishment, 0 retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime), 1 retains capital punishment but has not used it in at least ten years, and 0 actively retain capital punishment.

The last UN member state that has not yet fully abolished capital punishment isTonga, which has not used it since 1982 and is therefore an abolitionist-in-practice.

Human Development Index

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There are 65 sovereign states with a very high human development according to the 2021/2022Human Development Report.[39] Of these:

Singapore has the highestHuman Development Index of all the countries that retain capital punishment, while Japan has both the highestinequality-adjusted HDI and the highestplanetary pressures–adjusted HDI.

Advanced economies

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As of 2022, 33 of the 37 UN member states that are classified by theIMF as advanced economies[40] have fully abolished capital punishment. The United States, Japan, and Singapore actively retain capital punishment and Israel retains capital punishment crimes only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime).

Executions in 2024

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Fifteen UN member states were recorded to have performed executions in 2024:[41]

  • Americas (1 country): United States (25)
  • Asia (13 countries): China (1 000s), Iran (972+), Saudi Arabia (345+), Iraq (63+), Yemen (38+), Singapore (9), Kuwait (6), Oman (3), Afghanistan (unknown), North Korea (unknown), Syria (unknown), Vietnam (unknown)
  • Africa (3 countries): Somalia (34+), Egypt (13)

Precise numbers are unavailable for some countries, so the total number of executions is unknown.

Capital punishment by continents

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  Actively retain capital punishment
  Retain capital punishment in law but have not used it in at least ten years
  Retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime)
  Have fully abolished capital punishment

Africa

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There are 54United Nations member states in Africa. Of these:

  • 5 (9.26 %) actively retain capital punishment.
  • 21 (38.89 %) retain capital punishment in law but have not used it in at least ten years.
  • 4 (7.41 %) retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime).
  • 24 (44.44 %) have fully abolished capital punishment.

The countries in Africa that most recently abolished the death penalty are Zambia (2023), Central African Republic (2022), and Sierra Leone (2021).

Executions in Africa in 2024: Somalia (34+), Egypt (13).[42][43]

  Maintain the death penalty in both law and practice
  Abolished in practice (no execution in over 10 years)
  Abolished in law, except in exceptional circumstances, such as war
  Completely abolished
Key
Country
Last executionExecutions 2019Year abolished
Notes
 Algeria1993N/AFiring squad, shooting. Capital punishment for treason; espionage; aggravated murder; destruction of territory;sabotage of public and economic utilities;counterfeiting; terrorism;torture;kidnapping;aggravated theft; some military offences; attempting a capital offence; some cases of recidivism; capital perjury.[44] 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.[45]
 Angola1977[46]1992Abolished in 1992 by the constitution.
 Benin19872012On 6 July 2012,Benin acceded to the Second Additional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights which makes Benin abolitionist.[47] The decision was upheld by the Constitutional Court in January 2016 although capital punishment is still present in statutes.[48]
 Botswana2021[49]1N/AHanging. Capital punishment for murder; espionage; treason;attempted murder of thehead of state;mutiny;desertion in the face of the enemy; aggravated piracy; terrorism. Persons excused from capital punishment are pregnant women, teenagers who were younger than 18 at time of crime, and the mentally ill.[50]
 Burkina Faso19882018 (civil crimes)[51]Capital punishment for war crimes. Abolished for other offences in 2018.[52]
 Burundi2000[53]2009[54]Abolished in 2009.
 Cameroon1997[55]N/AHanging, firing squad, shooting. Capital punishment forsecession; espionage; treason; terrorism; aggravated murder; robbery; attempt of a capital crime; conspiracy to commit a capital crime; plundering by gangs using force during times of war; incitement to war.[56][57] In February 2014, the President of the Republic,Paul Biya, commuted all condemned prisoners to life.[58] However, death sentences have continued to be handed down as of 2016[update].[59]
 Cape Verde*None since independence in 1975 (1835, before independence)1981Last execution was in 1835 when Cape Verde was a colony of Portugal. Abolished in 1981 by the constitution.
 Central African Republic19812022Abolished in 2022.[60]
 Chad2015[61]2020Capital punishment was abolished in 2014,[62] but then reintroduced the following year for terrorism.[63] In April 2020, Chad's parliament unanimously re-abolished capital punishment.[64][65]
 Comoros1997[66]N/A

Firing squad. Capital punishment for murder; torture; aggravated rape.[67] Persons excluded from capital punishment are pregnant women, women with small children, offenders under 18 at the time of the crime, and the mentally ill.

 Congo, Republic of the19822015[68]Abolished in 2015 by the constitution.
 Congo, Democratic Republic of the2003[69]N/AHanging, shooting. Capital punishment for murder; treason; terrorism; armed robbery; drug trafficking; espionage; misappropriation by a public prosecutor of seized or confiscated goods in time of war; military offences; war crimes; crimes against humanity.[70]
 Djibouti*None since independence in 19771995Abolished in 1995.
 Egypt2024[71]29+N/AHanging and firing squad. Capital punishment for treason; murder; terrorism; espionage; aggravated rape; drug trafficking; capital perjury.[72] Excused from death are: women with small children, pregnant women, teenagers who were under 18 at the time of the crime, and the mentally ill.[73] Since 2015, there have been reports of at least 354 executions; however, numbers are unreliable due to the government's secrecy.
 Equatorial Guinea2014[74]2022 (civil crimes)On 19 September 2022,PresidentTeodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo signed a newpenal code into law that abolished the death penalty for most crimes; however, statutes still permit capital punishment for some military offences.[75][76]
 Eritrea1989N/AHanging, shooting. Capital punishment for treason; espionage; murder; armed robbery; economic crimes; military offences; war crimes; genocide. At least one execution may have been carried out between 1999 and 2008, but this remains unconfirmed.[77]
Eswatini1983[78]N/ACapital punishment for murder;[79] treason.
 Ethiopia2007[80]N/AFiring squad. Capital punishment for treason; terrorism; espionage; murder; aggravated robbery; some economic crimes; certain military offences; war crimes;genocide; attempted capital offences.[81]
 Gabon1985[82]2010[83]Abolished in 2010.
 Gambia2012[84]N/AHanging, firing squad. Capital punishment for treason; murder; terrorism.[85] Capital punishment was abolished in 1993 but was reinstated by Armed Forces Provisional Ruling Council in August 1995[86] In February 2018, Gambia announced a moratorium on the death penalty.[87] In September 2018, it ratified theSecond Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights. In May 2019, it commuted 22 death sentences to life imprisonment.[88]
 Ghana19932023 (most crimes)Firing squad, hanging. Capital punishment for treason. In 2023, the parliament voted to abolish capital punishment for all other crimes.[89] The repeal of is not retroactive; at least one death sentence was handed down after abolition for a conviction secured before the repeal went into effect.[90]
 Guinea2001[91]2017Abolished 2016 for ordinary crimes,[clarification needed] 2017 for all crimes.[92]
 Guinea-Bissau19861993Abolished 1993 by the constitution.
 Ivory Coast*None since independence in 1960[86]2000
 Kenya1987N/AHanging. Capital punishment for terrorism; treason; murder; armed robbery;[93]; military offences; capital perjury.[94] 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 mandatory capital punishment as unconstitutional.
 Lesotho1995[95]N/AHanging. Capital punishment for murder; treason; rape; military offences.[96]
 Liberia2000[97]N/AHanging. Capital punishment for aggravated murder; armed robbery; terrorism;aircraft hijacking; treason; espionage.[98] Liberia acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to theInternational Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, abolishing the death penalty, on 16 September 2005; it reintroduced elements of it in July 2008.[99][100]
 Libya2010[101][102]N/AFiring squad. Capital punishment for treason; aggravated murder; terrorism; drug trafficking; espionage; military offences.[103][104] Extrajudicial killings are commonplace in Libya.[105] Amnesty International said that Libyan human rights organizations reported 31 executions from 2018 and 2020, but this is not confirmed.[106]
 Madagascar*None since independence in 1960 (1958, before independence)2014Abolished in 2014.[107] Earlier, on 24 September 2012, Madagascar had signed the Second Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.[108]
 Malawi1992[109]N/AHanging. Capital punishment for murder; rape; aggravated robbery; burglary; treason; military offences.[110] Capital punishment was briefly abolished in 2021, but reinstated the same year.
 Mali1980N/AFiring squad. Capital punishment for aggravated murder; terrorism; aggravated robbery; arson; kidnapping; treason; espionage; certain military offences; crimes against humanity; torture; attempt of a capital crime.[111] Currently, no individual has been executed since 1980, making Mali ade facto abolitionist country.
 Mauritania1987N/ACapital punishment for homosexuality,sodomy,[112]apostasy[113] (no recorded executions), blasphemy,[114] adultery, murder, terrorism, torture, rape, armed robbery, attempted armed robbery, arson, accomplice to a capital crime, espionage, treason, capital perjury.[115]
 Mauritius19871995
 Morocco1993N/ACapital punishment for terrorism,[93] treason, espionage, corruption, perjury causing wrongful execution and aggravated murder.[116] In December 2013, a parliamentary opposition group filed a bill to abolish capital punishment 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".[117]
 Mozambique19861990Abolished in 1990 by the constitution.
 Namibia*None since independence in 1990 (1988, before independence)1990Last execution when occupied by South Africa was in 1988. Abolished in 1990 by the constitution.
 Niger1976N/AFiring squad. Capital punishment for aggravated murder; terrorism; robbery; treason; espionage; genocide; crimes against humanity; torture; human trafficking; harbouring fugitives; capital perjury; attempt of a capital crime; somerecidivism.[118] Abolitionistde facto as the last execution took place in 1976.
 Nigeria2016[119]N/A

Capital punishment for murder; treason; rape; robbery; incest; assisting the suicide of a person legally unable to consent; capital perjury; terrorism; some military offences; kidnapping.[120][121].

 Rwanda19982007[122]Abolished in 2007.
 São Tomé and Príncipe*None since independence in 19751990Abolished in 1990 by the constitution.
 Senegal19672004
 Seychelles*None since independence in 19761993Abolished in 1993 by the constitution.
 Sierra Leone19982021[123]Abolished in 2021.
 Somalia2024[124]13N/AHanging,firing squad orstoning. Somalia is the only African state that carries out public executions. TheTransitional 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 Africa19891995The last execution by the South African government was on 14 November 1989. Capital punishment was declared unconstitutional by theConstitutional Court on 6 June 1995 in the case ofS v Makwanyane and Another. In 1997 the Criminal Law Amendment Act formally removed the invalidated provisions from statutes, and made provision for the resentencing of prisoners previously sentenced to death.[125] 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.[126]
 South Sudan2025[127]7+N/ACapital punishment for treason; murder; capital perjury; attempted murder causing injury by a person sentenced to life for a previous murder; aggravated drug trafficking.[128]
 Sudan2025[129]N/AGarrotte. Death penalty for waging war against the state,[130] prostitution, drug trafficking, treason, capital perjury, espionage, murder, armed robbery, abetting the suicide of an individual unable to give legal consent, terrorism, rape and incest committed by a married offender.[131]
 Tanzania1994N/ACapital punishment for murder; treason; military offences; mutiny by prison officers; and abortion (in Zanzibar semi-autonomous region).[132]
 Togo1978[133]2009[134]
 Tunisia1990N/ACapital punishment for treason; murder; terrorism; treason; espionage; rape; arson; military offences; attempt of a capital crime; assault on a judge with threat or use of a weapon.[135] On 6 January 2014, the National Constituent Assembly (NCA) voted for maintaining capital punishment in the upcoming constitution in Tunisia. The votes were by 135 yes out of a total of 174.[136] Since 2015, it has been possible to give the death penalty for terrorism.
 Uganda2005[137][138]N/ACapital punishment for murder; terrorism; kidnapping; rape; aggravated homosexuality; robbery if the offender uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon, resulting in death or causing "grievous harm" to anyone; smuggling if the offender uses or threatens to use a deadly weapon, resulting in death or causing "grievous harm" to anyone; treason and some military offences.[139][140] In 2009, theSupreme Court upheld a 2005Constitutional Court ruling that although the death penalty was constitutional, its use as a mandatory punishment for certain crimes was not.[141] In 2019 mandatory death penalty was abolished by law.[142]
 Zambia19972022 (civil crimes)
2023 (all crimes)		In 2022, presidentHakainde Hichilema signed into law a bill abolishing the death penalty for most crimes, though capital punishment still remained in military statutes until 2023. Acceded to the Second Optional Protocol to theICCPR in 2024.[143][18][76][144]
 Zimbabwe2005[145]2024 (civil crimes)[19]A bill to abolish the death penalty for ordinary crimes received cabinet approval in February 2024.[146] PresidentEmmerson Mnangagwa approved the law on December 31, 2024,[19] but an amendment to the law retains the death penalty for crimes committed during a state of emergency.[147]

Americas

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There are 35United Nations member states in the Americas. Of these:

  • 1 (2.86 %) actively retain capital punishment.
  • 13 (37.14 %) retain capital punishment in law but have not used it in at least ten years.
  • 5 (14.29 %) retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime).
  • 16 (45.71 %) have fully abolished capital punishment.

Executions in the Americas in 2024: United States (25).

Many Caribbean countries have carried out no executions for over 10 years, but are not believed to have an abolitionist policy or established practice.

As of 2024, theUnited States is the only country in the Americas to conduct executions for civil purposes.[148][2][3][4][5][6][7] Capital punishment applies nationwide on the federal level, for certain federal crimes, and in the military. However, most capital crimes are prosecuted at the state level. Twenty-three of the fifty states and the federal district have abolished capital punishment entirely.[149] Five states and the federal government have imposed formal moratoriums, and three of them are classifiable as "abolitionist in practice" according to the United Nations criteria,[150] having passed a period of over ten years without executions.[149]

Outside of the United States, the last execution elsewhere in the Americas was inSaint Kitts and Nevis in 2008.

The countries in the Americas that most recently abolished the death penalty are Suriname (2015), Argentina (2009), and Bolivia (2009). Guatemala abolished the death penalty for civil cases in 2017.

Executions in the Americas in 2019: United States (22).[151]

  Maintain the death penalty in both law and practice
  Abolished in practice (no execution in over 10 years and under a moratorium)
  Abolished in law, except in exceptional circumstances, such as war
  Completely abolished
Key
Country
Last executionExecutions 2019Year abolished
Notes
 Antigua and Barbuda1991N/AHanging. Death penalty for murder and treason.[152] Currently, no individual is under the sentence of death, as the last death sentence in the country was commuted in 2016.[153]
 Argentina19562009Constitution of 1853 states "The penalty of death for political offences, all kinds of torture, and flogging, are forever abolished."[154] And was completely abolished by the Penal Code of 30 April 1922.[155]

Despite this it was reinstated on several occasions by military dictatorships:

  • Between 6 September 1930 by martial law until 20 February 1932.[155]
  • Between 9 June 1956 by martial law imposingsummary executions[156] and abolished on 13 June 1956.[157]
  • Between 2 June 1970[158][159] and abolished on 27 May 1973.[160]
  • Between 25 June 1976[161] and finally abolished on 9 August 1984.[162]

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.[163][164]

 Bahamas2000N/AHanging. 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.[153]
 Barbados1984[55]N/ADeath penalty for murder; terrorism; participating in a mutiny; treason and espionage.[165] Presently under review before theIACHR[citation needed] despite strong national support.[166][167]
 Belize1985[55]N/ADeath penalty for murder, except where extenuating circumstances can be proved,[168] aggravated murder, war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide, some military offences and treason.[169]
 Bolivia1973[170]2009Abolished for ordinary crimes[clarification needed] in 1997. "The death penalty does not exist" (Article 15).
 Brazil1876N/A (military)
1978 (civilian)		Firing squad. 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".[171][172][173][174]

The currentConstitution of Brazil (1988) expressly forbids the use of capital punishment, except for military offences committed during a war duly declared by Congress.[175] 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 seeCapital punishment in Brazil.

 Canada19621999Abolished in 1976 for murder, treason, and piracy (last execution in 1962, last sentence in 1976); abolished 1999 for military offences (last execution in 1945).
 Chile1985N/A (Military)
2001 (Civilian)		Shooting. Death penalty remains applicable to military personnel for war crimes and crimes against humanity during wartime. Abolished for all other cases in 2001.
 Colombia1907[176]1910Abolished in 1910 by Constitutional reform. Prohibited by theColombian Constitution of 1991: "The right to life is inviolable. There will be no death penalty."
 Costa Rica1859[177]1877Abolished 1877 by Constitution.
 Cuba2003[178]N/AFiring squad. Death penalty for murder, attempted murder, hijacking, acts of terrorism, treason, espionage,[179] 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.[180][181][182]
 Dominica1986N/AExecutions byhanging. Death penalty for aggravated murder and treason.[183]
 Dominican Republic19661966Abolished 1966 by Constitution.
 Ecuador18841906Abolished 1906 by Constitution.
 El Salvador1973N/A (Military)
1983 (Civilian)		May be imposed only in cases provided by military laws during a state of international war.[184] Abolished for other crimes 1983.
 Grenada1978[185]N/A
 Guatemala2000[186]N/A (Military)
2017 (Civilian)		Lethal injection. Until 2017, death penalty for murder, espionage, treason, drug trafficking, kidnapping, torture, and terrorism. Abolished for civil cases in 2017.
 Guyana1997N/ADeath penalty for terrorist acts;[187] 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.
 Haiti19721987Abolished 1987 by Constitution.
 Honduras19401956Abolished 1956 by Constitution.
 Jamaica1988[188]N/ADeath penalty for murder.[189]
 Mexico1961 – Military
1957 – Civilian		2005Abolished for all crimes in 2005.[190]
 Nicaragua19301979Abolished 1979 by Constitution.
 Panama1903[191]
[better source needed]		1918[192]Abolished 1918 with amendments to the Constitution. In 1909, Adolphus Coulson was executed in thePanama Canal Zone, which was under U.S. jurisdiction.[193]
 Paraguay1917[194]1992Abolished 1992 by Constitution.
 Peru1979N/A (Military)
1979 (Civilian)		Firing squad. Death penalty for treason; terrorism; espionage; genocide; mutiny; desertion in times of war.[184] Abolished for other crimes 1979.
 Saint Kitts and Nevis2008[195]N/AHanging. Death penalty for murder and treason.
 Saint Lucia1995N/AHanging. Death penalty for murder; treason.
 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1995N/ADeath penalty for murder; treason.
 Suriname19822015[196]Abolished 2015.
 Trinidad and Tobago1999N/ADeath penalty for murder; treason[197]
 United States2025[71]22N/A (Some states and territories have abolished the death penalty)Methods vary by state, federal, and military policy, but includelethal injection,electric chair,firing squad,gas chamber andinert 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).[198][199] 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,[200] and the others have abolished it. TheSupreme 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).
 Uruguay19021907Abolished by the "Law No. 3238" on 23 September 1907 and by theConstitution of 1918.
 Venezuela*None since independence in 18301863Abolished 1863 by Constitution.

Asia

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There are 47United Nations member states in Asia, and 1observer state. Of these:

  • 23 (47.92 %) actively retain capital punishment.
  • 9 (18.75 %) retain capital punishment in law but have not used it in at least ten years.
  • 1 (2.08 %) retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime).
  • 15 (31.25 %) have fully abolished capital punishment.

Executions in Asia in 2024: China (1 000s), Iran (972+), Saudi Arabia (345+), Iraq (63+), Yemen (38+), Singapore (9), Kuwait (6), Oman (3), Afghanistan (unknown), North Korea (unknown; likely tens to just over a hundred), Syria (unknown), Vietnam (unknown).

The information above does not include Taiwan, which is not a UN member state. Taiwan practises capital punishment by shooting, and conducted one execution each in 2016, 2018, 2020, and 2025.[citation needed]

On 25 July 2022, because ofMyanmar's civil war between the military junta (who rule most areas of the country) and the civilian government it overthrew, the junta carried out executions making them the first executions since 1988, making the country retentionist in areas controlled by theTatmadaw. Under the civilian government (who internationally and according to the UN remain the legal government) and in areas controlled by it the country continues to be abolitionist in practice.[201]

Iraq also has a regional variety of retentionism and abolitionism, as Iraqi Kurdistan isde facto abolitionist due to a moratorium that has been in place since 2007. The rest of Iraq is retentionist.[citation needed]

Indonesia has an informal moratorium and Malaysia a formal one, both in place since 2018. In April 2023, legislation abolishing the mandatory death penalty was passed in Malaysia.[202]

The countries in Asia that most recently abolished capital punishment are Kazakhstan (2021), Mongolia (2017), and Uzbekistan (2008).

In 2019, Asia had the world's five leading executioners: China, Iran, North Korea, Saudi Arabia, and Vietnam. Executions in Asia took place in 2019 in the following countries: Bahrain (3), Bangladesh (2), China (1000+), Iran (256+), Japan (3), North Korea (unknown), Pakistan (20+), Saudi Arabia (184+), Singapore (4), Syria (unknown), Vietnam (unknown), Yemen (7+).[203][204]

  Maintain the death penalty in both law and practice
  Abolished in practice (no execution in over 10 years and under a moratorium)
  Abolished in law, except in exceptional circumstances, such as war
  Completely abolished
Key
Country
Last executionExecutions 2019Year abolished
Notes
AfghanistanAfghanistan (Taliban government)2024[205]N/AHanging; shooting; stoning.[206] Taliban Shariah allows capital punishment for: murder if the family of the victim deems death to be the appropriate punishment;[207] terrorism-related offenses; treason; espionage; adultery; rape; child rape; homosexuality; sodomy; apostasy;blasphemy; and giving false witness resulting in the execution of an innocent.[208]

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.[209][210]

Children as young as 10 years old have been executed by the Taliban for helping Afghan allies,[211] a pregnant police officer was also executed.[212]

 Armenia*None since independence on 21 September 1991 (30 August 1991, before independence)1998Abolished in 1998 by theconstitution.
 Azerbaijan19931998
 Bahrain2019[213]3N/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 theKing of Bahrain; defiance of military orders in time of war ormartial law; perjury causing wrongful execution; treason; drug trafficking and espionage.[214]
 Bangladesh2025[215]1N/A Hanging. Death penalty for murder;[216] drug offences;[217] 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;[218] treason[219] and war crimes.
 Bhutan1974[109]2004
 Brunei*None since independence in 1984 (1957, before independence)N/AHanging. Capital punishment 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;[220] 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.[221] 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.[220][222]
 Cambodia19891989Abolished in 1989 by the constitution.
China2025[223]1000+N/AShooting (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.[224][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 (likeinsubordination,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 billionaireLiu Han was executed 9 February 2015.[225][226] Both Hong Kong and Macau have fully abolished capital punishment. In Hong Kong, it was last used in 1966 and abolished in 1993 by its British colonial government. In Macau, it was last used in the 1800s and abolished in 1976 by its Portuguese colonial government.
 Cyprus19622002Abolished in 2002.
 Timor-Leste*None since independence in 20022002[227]Death penalty suspended following UN administration in 1999 when still a province of Indonesia. Abolished by constitution 2002.[227]
 Georgia1995[228]2006Capital punishment was abolished for most offenses in 1997, but the constitution stated that the Supreme Court had the power to impose capital punishment in exceptionally serious cases of "crimes against life". On 27 December 2006, PresidentMikheil Saakashvili signed into a law a new constitutional amendment fully abolishing capital punishment.
 India2020[229]N/AHanging andshooting. Capital punishment for murder; abetting 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; capital perjury;[230] aggravated rape; aggravated drug trafficking under aggravated circumstances;mutiny and its abetting; causing explosions which can endanger life or property and a few military offences likedesertion. Military offences may be punished with a firing squad.
 Indonesia2016N/AFiring 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. PresidentJoko 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[231][109][232] 8 people including overseas nationals executed on 29 April 2015.[233]
 Iran2025[71]256+N/AHanging,shooting orstoning. Iran performs public executions. Iran is second only to China in the number of executions it carries out—executing hundreds every year.[234][235] 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;[236][237] rebellion; plotting to overthrow the Islamic regime;political dissidence; sabotage;arson; espionage; treason; terrorism; joining theIslamic 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 publishingpornography; using pornographic materials to solicit sex; recidivist false accusation of capital sexual offenses causing execution of an innocent person;[238] "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.
 Iraq2026[239]46+N/AHanging. Death penalty for murder; endangering national security; distributing drugs; rape; incest; espionage; treason;[240] joining theIslamic 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.[241] Suspended in June 2003 after2003 invasion; reinstated August 2004.[242][243] A total of 447 people were executed between then and the end of March 2013, with 129 in 2012 alone.[244]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 presidentMasoud Barzani issued it in 2007.[245]
 Israel19621954 (civilian)
N/A (military)		Hanging;firing squad. Death penalty forcrimes against humanity and treason. Only two executions since independence in 1948: falsely accused traitorMeir Tobiansky (1948; posthumously acquitted) andHolocaust architectAdolf Eichmann (1962).[246] Abolished for other crimes 1954.
 Japan2025[247]3N/ALong-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 andSapporo.

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).[248]

 Jordan2021[249]N/AHanging,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.[250] Executions resumed in 2014 after a hiatus.[251]
 Kazakhstan2003[252]2021[253] Signed theSecond Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in 2020.[254][255] Abolished in 2021.[253]
 Kuwait2025[256]N/AHanging. Death penalty for drug trafficking; rape; murder; aggravated murder; kidnapping; piracy; torture; human trafficking; terrorism; certain military offences; national security crimes;[257] espionage; treason and perjury causing execution of an innocent person.[258]
 Kyrgyzstan*None since independence in 19912007Kyrgyz authorities had extended a moratorium on executions each year since 1998. Abolished by constitution in 2007.[259][260]
 Laos1989N/ADeath 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.[261][262]
 Lebanon2004[263][264]N/AHanging;firing squad. Death penalty for murder;[265] 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.[266]
 Malaysia2017[267]N/AHanging. 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 orYang di-Pertua Negeri; offenses against theYang 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.[268][269] A plan to fully abolish the death penalty was announced on 10 October 2018,[270][271] but was later scaled down to only abolish mandatory death penalty on 13 March 2019.[272][273] In April 2023,mandatory death penalty was officially abolished. A moratorium on executions remains, but execution remains legal.[202]
 Maldives*None since independence in 1965 (1952, before independence)N/ALast execution when a colony of Britain was in 1952. Death penalty for murder,[274] terrorism, treason, adultery and apostasy. 60-year moratorium lifted in 2014.[275]
 Mongolia20082012 PresidentTsakhiagiin 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, theState Great Khural formally signed theSecond Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.[276] 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.[277][278] Mongolia is one of the lastEastern Bloc states (not including Eastern Europe) to abolish the death penalty. Death penalty was formally abolished on 1 July 2017.[279]
 Myanmar2024[280]0N/ADeath 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, capital perjury,[281] high treason and drug trafficking.[282]

Myanmar carried out no executions between 1988 and 2022; it is now retentionist again.[201][283][284] While Myanmar courts do hand down death sentencespro 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,[285] 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.[284]

Prior to the military coup of 2021, Myanmar was regarded as "abolitionist in practice" by both Amnesty International[286] and Death Penalty Watch.[283] This was jeopardised on 1 February 2021 when themilitary overthrew the democratic government in a coup. On 14 March, the military declared martial law in selected regions of two largest cities (Yangon andMandalay) and furthermore announced the introduction of a suite of new laws and penalties for insurrection and protest, including capital punishment.[287] 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 triedin absentia[288] 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 theNUG) 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."[289]

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.[290] 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.[290] With the confirmation of the death warrant, responsibility to determine whether, how, and when to proceed to executions fell to the Prison Department.[290] It was announced by the junta that the executions were carried out on 23 July 2022.[291] 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.[292]

In addition, executions are carried out within thede facto autonomousWa 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 theUnited 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.[293] Wa State imposes the death penalty only for murder[294] and executions are carried out by gunshot to the back of the head.

An otherde facto autonomous region, Mong La (officially: Shan State Special region 4) on the Myanmar-Chinese border under the control of theNational Democratic Alliance Army (NDAA) is also reputed to carry out executions much like Wa State.[295]

   Nepal19791997The death penalty was abolished in 1946 for ordinary crimes[clarification needed] but was reinstated between 1985 and 1990 for cases of murder and terrorism.[296] Completely abolished since 1997 by Constitution.
 North Korea2025[297]UnknownN/AShooting; firing squad and a single shot. Most recent executions have been private, but some occasionally are public. Capital punishment for drug offences; plots against national sovereignty; circulating "harmful" information;political dissidence; terrorism; espionage; treason; murder; viewing international websites and media; listening to internationalradio broadcasts;kidnapping; rape; assault; burglary; insubordination; armed robbery; violation ofJuche customs; human trafficking; defection;grand theft; making illegal international calls without a phone card; producing and/or watchingpornography; embezzlement; counterfeiting; black market trafficking; damaging or destroying state property; taking unauthorised photographs of state property; unauthorised religious activity; prostitution.[298][299] 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.[300] No official numbers are known because of the secrecy surrounding capital punishment within the state.
 Oman2024[301]N/AFiring squad. Capital punishment for treason; terrorism; espionage; murder; drug trafficking; arson; piracy; kidnapping; recidivism of offences imprisonable for life; capital perjury.[302][303]
 Pakistan2019[304]20+N/AHanging. Capital punishment for treason; terrorism; espionage; murder; drug trafficking; arms trafficking; some military offences; kidnapping; rape; capital perjury; adultery; blasphemy.[305][306] Six-year moratorium lifted in 2014 after thePeshawar school massacre.
 Palestine2005[307]N/AHanging; firing squad. Capital punishment for treason; terrorism; espionage; murder; some military offences.[308] The State of Palestine has ratified theSecond Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.[309]
 Philippines2000[310]2006Abolished in 1987 under the presentConstitution, re-introduced in 1993, re-abolished on 24 June 2006 underRepublic Act No. 9346. The House of Representatives voted to reinstate the death penalty for drug crimes in March 2017,[311] but it was stalled in the Senate.[312]
 Qatar2020[313]N/AExecution byfiring squad. Death penalty for espionage;[314] threat to national security;[315] apostasy (no recorded executions); homosexuality; blasphemy;[316] 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.[317]
 Saudi Arabia2025[318]184+N/ADecapitation,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;[319] drug trafficking; rape; armed robbery;[320] some military offences; witchcraft; sexual misconduct and terrorism. Method most often used is beheading with ascimitar, although the firing squad is sometimes used. Bodies may be put on public display.
 Singapore20251[321]N/AHanging. 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.[322][323]
 South Korea1997[324]N/AHanging andfiring 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.[325] There has been an unofficial moratorium on executions sincePresidentKim Dae-jung took office in February 1998.[326]
 Sri Lanka1976N/ADeath 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.[327] Moratorium since 1976.
Syria2024[328]UnknownN/AHanging 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 labour 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 theMuslim Brotherhood; joining theIslamic 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.[329] Extrajudicial killings are commonplace in Syria.[330] 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.[329] 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.[329]
 Taiwan2025[331]N/AGun 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.[332] Crimes punishable by death are treason (articles 14, 15, 103, 104, 105, and 107), collaboration (articles 17 and 18), espionage (articles 19 and 20), defection (article 24), malfeasance (articles 26 and 27), disclosure of intelligence or secrets (article 31), desertion during wartime (articles 41 and 42), disobeying orders (articles 47 and 48), mutiny (articles 49 and 50), hijacking (article 53), destroying military supplies and equipment (article 58), stealing and selling ammunition (article 65), fabricating orders (article 66), civil disturbance as a ringleader (article 101), abandoning territory (article 120), hijacking (articles 185–1 and 185–2), aggravated drug trafficking (Article 261), murder (articles 226–1, 271, 272, 272-1, and 286), aggravated robbery (articles 328 and 332), piracy (articles 333 and 334), aggravated kidnapping (articles 347 and 348).[332] Those excluded from capital punishment are: the elderly, pregnant women, women with small children, mentally ill people, and teenagers under the age of 18 at the time of the crime. In 2006, the mandatory death penalty minimum was taken away. By the end of 2012, there were a recorded number of 120 prisoner executions.
 Tajikistan2004N/AFiring squad. Capital punishment for aggravated murder, aggravated rape, terrorism,biocide, genocide.[333] Moratorium introduced 30 April 2004 by PresidentEmomali Rahmon. 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.[334]
 Thailand2018[335]N/ALethal injection. Capital punishment for 35 crimes including treason; murder; terrorism; espionage; murder; bribery; arson; rape; drug trafficking; kidnapping; certain military offences; illegal use of firearms or explosives. For a full list seehere (PDF)
 Turkey19842004Abolished in 2004 by theconstitution.
 Turkmenistan19971999Abolished 1999 by Constitution.
 United Arab Emirates2025[336]N/AFiring squad. Capital punishment for murder; drug trafficking;[337] abetting the suicide of a mentally ill person; disposal of nuclear waste in the environment; aggravated rape; treason; apostasy; aggravated robbery; terrorism; espionage; capital perjury.[338][339]
 Uzbekistan2005[340]2008PresidentIslam Karimov signed a decree on 1 August 2005 that replaced the death penalty with life imprisonment on 1 January 2008[341]
 Vietnam2024[342]UnknownN/ALethal injection. Capital punishment for treason (article 108), insurrection (article 109), espionage (article 110), rebellion (article 112), terrorism (articles 113 and 299), sabotage (article 114), murder (article 123), aggravated child rape (article 142), aggravated drug trafficking (article 248), crimes against peace (article 421), crimes against humanity (article 422), and war crimes (article 423).[343][344][345]
 Yemen2025[71]7+N/AShooting,stoning. Yemen performs public executions. Capital punishment for murder;[346] adultery;[347] homosexuality;[112][348] apostasy[113] (no recorded executions); blasphemy;[349] drug trafficking; capital perjury; kidnapping;zina; aggravated robbery; certain military offences; espionage; treason.[350]

Europe

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Main article:Capital punishment in Europe

There are 43United Nations member states in Europe, and 1observer state. Of these:

  • 1 (2.27 %) actively retain capital punishment.
  • 1 (2.27 %) retain capital punishment in law but have not used it in at least ten years.
  • 0 (0.00 %) retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime).
  • 42 (95.45 %) have fully abolished capital punishment.

Executions in Europe in the last five years: 2022 (1), 2023 (0), 2024 (0), 2025 (0), 2026 (0).

These figures do not include Kosovo which is fully abolitionistic but is not a UN member state.

The abolition of capital punishment is a pre-condition forEuropean Union membership, which considers capital punishment a "cruel and inhuman" practice and "has not been shown in any way to act as a deterrent to crime".[351]

Since 1997, Belarus has been the only UN member state in Europe to carry out executions. 2009, 2015, 2020, 2021, 2023, 2024, and 2025 are the first six years in recorded history during which Europe has been completely free of executions.

The countries in Europe that most recently abolished capital punishment are Bosnia and Herzegovina (2019), Latvia (2012), and Albania (2007).

Executions in Europe in 2019: Belarus (2+).[203][352]

  Maintain the death penalty in both law and practice
  Abolished in practice (no execution in over 10 years and under a moratorium)
  Abolished in law, except in exceptional circumstances, such as war
  Completely abolished
Key
Country
Last executionExecutions 2019Year abolished
Notes
 Albania1995[228]2007 Absolished in 2007.[353]
 Andorra19431990Abolished in 1990 by theconstitution.
 Austria19501968Abolished in 1968 by the constitution.
 Belarus2022[354]2+N/A Shooting. Capital punishment for treason; terrorism; aggravated murder; crimes against humanity; sabotage.[355]
 Belgium19501996Abolished in 1996 by thepenal code.
 Bosnia and Herzegovina*None since independence in 1991 (1977, before independence)1998 Abolished in 1998 by theconstitution.
 Bulgaria19891998Abolished in 1998.
 Croatia*None since independence in 1991 (1987, before independence)1991Abolished in 1991 by theconstitution.[356]
 Czech Republic*None since independence in 1993 (1989, before independence)1990Abolished in 1990 by theconstitution.
 Denmark19501978Last 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.
 Estonia19911998The last execution in Estonia has taken place on 11 September 1991 whenRein Oruste was shot with a bullet to the back of the head for the crime of murder.
 Finland19441972Last 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.
 France19771981The 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 byConstitution in 2007.
 Germany19811987Abolished by theBasic Law since the formation of theFederal 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.[357]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.
 Greece19722004[358][359]Abolished completely with theConstitutional amendment of 2001 and then with the approval by Greek Parliament of the ratification of protocol 13 of the ECHR in 12/2004.
 Hungary19881990Capital 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)[360]1928[361]Last execution in 1830 when a colony of Denmark.[360] Abolished in 1928;[361] reintroduction made unconstitutional in 1995 by unanimous vote ofParliament.[362]
 Ireland19541990Abolished for murder in 1964, and for remaining offences in 1990. Last death sentences passed in 1985; all since 1954 commuted to imprisonment.
 Italy19471994On 30 November 1786 theGrand 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, theDuchy of Lucca became the only Italian territory in which the abolition was in force. The short livedRoman Republic of Feb–July 1849 abolished the death penalty before being overthrown by French troops. When theKingdom 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 theConstitution 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)[228]2008[citation needed]The partially recognised Republic of Kosovo does not have the death penalty.[363][364]
 Latvia19962012Abolished for civilian offences in 1999. Abolished for all crimes in 2012.[365]
 Liechtenstein17851989[366]
 Lithuania19951998
 Luxembourg19491979Abolished by the Constitution in 1979.
 Malta*None since independence in 1964 (1943, before independence)2000Last 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 19912005No executions since independence from USSR in 1991.[367] On 23 September 2005 theMoldovan 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.

 Monaco18471962Abolished by Constitution 1962.
 Montenegro*None since independence in 2006 (1981, before independence)1995Last execution when a part of Yugoslavia was on 29 January 1981.[368] Capital punishment abolished by the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in 1995. When Montenegro declared independence in 2006 it became an abolitionist state.
 Netherlands19521982 (Netherlands)
2010 (Antilles)		Last execution for peacetime offences in 1860. Abolished for peacetime offences in 1870. Abolished in Netherlands byConstitution 1982. Last Netherlands overseas territory to abolish was Antilles in 2010.[369]
 North Macedonia*None since independence in 1991 (1988, before independence)1991Last execution when it was part of Yugoslavia in 1988.[228] Abolished by Constitution in 1991.
 Norway19481979Abolished 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.
 Poland19881998A criminal law reform including reintroduction of death penalty was proposed in 2004 byPrawo i Sprawiedliwość, but lost its first reading vote in theSejm by 198 to 194 with 14 abstentions. It is said that this was only populism, since Poland had joined theEuropean Union so there was no chance.[109]
 Portugal1917[228]1867 (civil crimes); 1976 (all crimes)Capital Punishment was abolished for political crimes in 1852, civil crimes in 1867 and war crimes in 1911.[370] 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.[371] Capital punishment was completely abolished again in 1976.[372]
 Romania19891990[373]The last people to be convicted and executed in Romania were the dictatorNicolae Ceaușescu and his wife,Elena Ceaușescu, by firing squad during theRomanian Revolution of 1989. Their accusations ranged from crimes against humanity to high-treason. Abolished in 1990 and banned byConstitution in 1991.
 Russia1999 (Chechnya)
1996 (rest of Russia)		N/AShooting. There have been four brief periods when Russia has completely abolished the death penalty, in the 18th century Russian empressElizabeth abolished it, but it was restored by the next emperor,Peter III of Russia; then, from 12 March to 12 July 1917 following theoverthrow of the Tsar, 27 October 1917 to 16 June 1918 following the seizure of power by theBolsheviks, and in 1947–1950 after the end of theSecond World War (Joseph Stalin abolished it in 1947, but he had restored it in 1950, and for this short period, the strictest punishment inUSSR waspenal servitude ingulag 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.[374] On 16 April 1997 Russia signed the Sixth Protocol to theEuropean 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, theConstitutional Court extended the moratorium indefinitely pending ratification of the Sixth Protocol. Capital punishment is still present within the statutes.[48]
 San Marino1468[375][228] or 1667[376]1848 (Civil)
1865 (Military)		Abolished for civilian crimes in 1848. Abolished for all crimes in 1865.
 Serbia*None since independence in 2006 (1992, before independence)1995Last 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)1990Last 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)1991Last execution when a part of Yugoslavia was in 1959. Abolished in Slovenian Yugoslav Republic 1989 byConstitution. Upon declaration of independence in 1991 Slovenia removed itself from the jurisdiction of the Federal Yugoslav capital punishment statutes effectively achieving complete abolition.
 Spain19751978 (civilian)
1995 (military)		Abolished in 1978 by Constitution except for wartime offences. Abolished from the military penal code in 1995.[377]
 Sweden19101973Peacetime offences 1921, Wartime offences 1973. Constitutionally prohibited since 1975.
  Switzerland19441992Capital punishment was abolished in 1874, but reinstated in 1879. It was practised by a fewcantons (nine executions up to 1940). Abolished by popular vote in 1938, except for wartime military crimes, for which it was abolished in 1992. Prohibited by the 1999 constitution.
 Ukraine1997[378]2000[379][380]Abolished February 2000 after theConstitutional Court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional in December 1999.[379][380] New criminal code passed in April 2000.[379][380][381] The unrecognizedDonetsk People's Republic reintroduced the death penalty for treason in 2014.[382]
 United Kingdom1977 (Bermuda)
1964 (UK)		1998Last 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 inNorthern Ireland. Abolished for all remaining offences (treason, piracy with violence, and six military offences) in the UK in 1998. 13th protocol to the ECHR ratified in 2003 confirming total abolition. The last British Territory or Crown Dependency to completely abolish capital punishment was Jersey in 2006 (seeCapital punishment in Jersey).
 Vatican City1870[383]1969[383]Last execution on 9 July 1870.Mazzatello. Never used within the Vatican City itself and only carried out in thePapal States by local authorities where the sentences were handed out. From 1870 to 1929 the Vatican had no sovereign territories, and no death sentences were applied. Officially re-introduced in the Law Codes in 1927, only for papal murder. Abolished in 1969.

Oceania

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There are 14member states of the United Nations in Oceania. Of these:

  • 0 (0.00 %) actively retain capital punishment.
  • 1 (7.14 %) retain capital punishment in law but have not used it in at least ten years.
  • 0 (0.00 %) retain capital punishment only in extraordinary circumstances (such as for treason, military offences, or offences committed during wartime).
  • 13 (92.86 %) have fully abolished capital punishment.

OnlyTonga has not formally abolished capital punishment despite not using the practice since 1982.

The countries in Oceania that most recently abolished the death penalty are Papua New Guinea (2022), Nauru (2016), and Fiji (2015).

  Maintain the death penalty in both law and practice
  Abolished in practice (no execution in over 10 years and under a moratorium)
  Abolished in law, except in exceptional circumstances, such as war
  Completely abolished
Key
Country
Last executionExecutions 2019Year abolished
Notes
 Australia1967[384]1985Capital punishment was abolished inQueensland in 1922;Tasmania in 1968; theNorthern Territory, theAustralian Capital Territory and theCommonwealth in 1973;Victoria in 1975; South Australia in 1976; Western Australia in 1984; andNew 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.[385]
 Fiji*None since independence in 1970 (1964, before independence)2015[386]Last execution when a colony of Britain was in 1964. The death penalty for crimes under theRepublic of Fiji Military Forces Act was abolished in Feb 2015. Abolished for other crimes 1979.
 Kiribati*None since independence in 19791979
 Marshall Islands*None since independence in 19861986Abolished in 1986 by Constitution.
 Micronesia*None since independence in 19861986Abolished in 1986 by Constitution.
 Nauru*None since independence in 19682016Death penalty abolished May 2016.[387] Despite having abolished capital punishment, Nauru voted against theUN Moratorium on the Death Penalty in 2018.
 New Zealand19571989Abolished 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.In 2007 the Cook Islands became the last of New Zealand's overseas territories to abolish capital punishment.
 Palau*None since independence in 19941994
 Papua New Guinea*None since independence in 1975 (1957, before independence)[388]2022Last 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.[389]
 Samoa*None since independence in 1962 (1952, before independence)[390]2004[391]Last 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 19781978
 Tonga1982[55]N/AHanging. Death penalty for treason, murder.
 Tuvalu*None since independence in 19781978
 Vanuatu*None since independence in 19801980

Abolition chronology

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Further information:Capital punishment § History of abolition
Abolition over time
  Abolitionist states
  Retentionist states

The table below lists in chronological order the 110 UN member or observer states that have completely abolished capital punishment. In the century after the abolition of capital punishment by Venezuela in 1863, only 11 more countries followed, not counting temporary abolitions that were later reversed. From the 1960s onwards, abolition accelerated: 4 countries abolished capital punishment in the 1960s (a record up to that time for any decade), 11 in the 1970s, and 10 in the 1980s. After theCold War, many more countries followed: 36 countries abolished capital punishment in the 1990s, with 9 in 1990 alone, 23 in the 2000s, 11 in the 2010s, and 7 so far in the 2020s. Since 1985, there have been only 7 years when no country has abolished capital punishment: 2001, 2003, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2024, and 2025.

When a country has abolished, reinstated, and re-abolished (e.g. Philippines, Switzerland, Portugal, Italy) only the later abolition date is included. Countries which have abolished and since reinstated it and are yet to abolish it again (e.g. Liberia, Malawi) are excluded altogether. References are in the continental tables above and not repeated here. Federal countries such as the United States where it has not been abolished everywhere do not appear, even if some jurisdictions in that country have abolished capital punishment.

Year abolishedCountryCountries per yearRunning total
1863 Venezuela11
1865 San Marino12
1877 Costa Rica13
1903 Panama14
1906 Ecuador15
1907 Uruguay16
1910 Colombia17
1928 Iceland18
1949 Germany19
1956 Honduras110
1962 Monaco111
1966 Dominican Republic112
1968 Austria113
1969 Vatican City114
1972 Finland115
1973 Sweden116
1976 Portugal117
1978 Denmark Solomon Islands Tuvalu320
1979 Kiribati Luxembourg Nicaragua Norway424
1980 Vanuatu125
1981 Cape Verde France227
1982 Netherlands128
1985 Australia129
1986 Marshall Islands Micronesia231
1988 Haiti132
1989 Cambodia Liechtenstein New Zealand335
1990 Andorra ( Czech Republic Slovakia asCzechoslovakia) Hungary Ireland Mozambique Namibia Romania São Tomé and Príncipe944
1991 Croatia North Macedonia Slovenia347
1992 Angola Paraguay  Switzerland350
1993 Guinea-Bissau Seychelles252
1994 Italy Palau254
1995 Djibouti Mauritius ( Montenegro Serbia asYugoslavia) South Africa Spain660
1996 Belgium161
1997   Nepal162
1998 Armenia Azerbaijan Bosnia and Herzegovina Bulgaria Estonia Lithuania Poland United Kingdom870
1999 Canada Turkmenistan272
2000 Ivory Coast Malta Ukraine375
2002 Cyprus Timor-Leste277
2004 Bhutan Greece Samoa Senegal Turkey582
2005 Mexico Moldova284
2006 Georgia Philippines286
2007 Albania Kyrgyzstan Rwanda389
2008 Uzbekistan190
2009 Argentina Bolivia Burundi Togo494
2010 Gabon195
2012 Latvia Mongolia297
2014 Madagascar198
2015 Congo Fiji Suriname3101
2016 Benin Nauru2103
2017 Guinea1104
2020 Chad1105
2021 Kazakhstan Sierra Leone2107
2022 Central African Republic Papua New Guinea2109
2023 Zambia1110

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