Capital punishment is retained in law by 55 UN member states or observer states, with 140 having abolished it in law or in practice. The most recent legal executions performed by nations and other entities with criminal law jurisdiction over the people present within its boundaries are listed below. Extrajudicial executions and killings are not included. In general, executions performed in the territory of a sovereign state when it was a colony or before the sovereign state gained independence are not included. The colours on the map correspond to and have the same meanings as the colours in the charts.
Africa
# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Algeria | August 1993[1] | seven unnamed Islamic terrorists | terrorism | firing squad | |
Angola | 1977[2] | Nito Alves and many of his supporters | treason | firing squad | |
Benin | 23 September 1987[3] | murder | |||
Bophuthatswana | 13 December 1990[4][5] | Alpheus Sekoboane | murder | hanging | |
Botswana | 11 June 2021[6] | Phemelo Botogeleng | murder | hanging | |
Burkina Faso | 1988[3] | murder | |||
Burundi | 2000[7] | 2 soldiers | murder | ||
Cameroon | 9 January 1997[8] | Antoine Vandi Tize | murder | firing squad | |
Cape Verde | 1835[9] | ||||
Central African Republic | January 1981[10] | six unnamed officials | firing squad | ||
Chad | 29 August 2015[11] | Mahamat Mustapha and nine unnamed men | terrorism | firearm | |
Ciskei | |||||
Comoros | 29 May 1997[12][13] | Mohamed Saidali | armed robbery | firing squad | |
Congo | October 1982[14] | 2 men | murder | firing squad | |
Djibouti | none since independence on 27 June 1977[15] | ||||
DR Congo | 2003[16] | unnamed soldier | firearm | ||
Egypt | 14 June 2023[17] | Mohamed Adel | murder | hanging | |
Equatorial Guinea | January 2014[18] | 9 unnamed people | firearm | ||
Eritrea | |||||
Eswatini | 2 July 1983[4] | Philippa Mdluli | murder | hanging | |
Ethiopia | 6 August 2007[19] | Major Tsehaye Woldesellasie | murder | firearm | |
Gabon | 11 August 1985[20] | Alexandre Mandja Ngokouta | coup attempt | firing squad | |
Gambia | 24 August 2012[21][22] | Lamin B. Darboe, Alieu Bah, Lamin Jarju, Dawda Bojang, Abubacarr Yarboi, Malang Sonko, Lamin F. Jammeh, Gibril Bah and Tabara Samba | treason and murder | firearm | |
Ghana | 12 July 1993[4] | 12 men | murder and robbery | firearm | |
Guinea | 21 April 2001[3][23] | 3 people | robbery | firearm | |
Guinea-Bissau | 18 July 1986[24] | Paulo Correia, Viriato Rodrigues Pā, Benhancaren Na Tchanda, Pedro Ramos, Braima Bangura and N'Bunhe Sanbu | coup attempt | firearm | |
Ivory Coast | none since independence on 7 August 1960[3] | ||||
Kenya | 9 July 1985[4] | Hezekiah Ochuka and Pancras Oteyo Okumu | treason | hanging | |
Lesotho | 1995[25] | hanging | |||
Liberia | 2000[26] | hanging | |||
Libya | 30 May 2010[27] | 18 unnamed men | murder | firearm | |
Madagascar | 1958[28] | ||||
Malawi | 26 September 1992[4][29] | hanging | |||
Mali | 21 August 1980[3][30] | Mamadou Keita and Karuba Coulibaly | murder | firearm | |
Mauritania | 1987[3] | 3 armed forces officers | treason | firing squad | |
Mauritius | 10 October 1987[4] | Eshan Nayeck | murder | hanging | |
Morocco | 5 September 1993[31] | Mustapha Tabet | rape | firing squad | |
Mozambique | May 1986[4] | ||||
Namibia | May 1988[4] | Sagarias Ariseb | murder | hanging | |
Niger | 1976[3] | Bayéré Moussa, Sidi Mohamed, and Ahmed Mouddour | treason | ||
Nigeria | 23 December 2016[32] | Ogbomoro Omoregie, Apostle Igene and Mark Omosowhota | murder and armed robbery | hanging | |
Rwanda | 24 April 1998[33] | Froduald Karamira and at least 21 others | genocide | firing squad | |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | 1976 | ||||
São Tomé and Príncipe | none since independence on 12 July 1975[34] | ||||
Senegal | 15 June 1967[35][36] | Moustapha Lô | treason (attempted murder of the president) | firing squad | |
Seychelles | none since independence on 29 June 1976[34] | ||||
Sierra Leone | 19 October 1998[4] | 24 soldiers (23 men, 1 woman) | high treason | public firing squad | |
Somalia | 18 May 2023[37] | Adam Ali Abdi and Mohamed Geedow Nurow | murder | firing squad | |
Somaliland | 6 September 2022[38] | four unnamed convicts | murder | firing squad | |
South Africa | 14 November 1989[4] | Solomon Ngobeni | murder | hanging | |
South Sudan | 7 January 2022[39] | Babu Emmanuel Lokiri | triple murder | hanging | |
Sudan | 9 February 2021[40] | Eliza Aban Othu | murder | hanging | |
Tanzania | October 1994[4] | 7 unnamed men, 1 unnamed woman | |||
Togo | 1978[3] | M. Adjata Koffi | murder | ||
Transkei | |||||
Tunisia | 17 November 1990[41] | Naceur Damergi | murder | hanging | |
Uganda | 2005[42] | firing squad | |||
Venda | 31 January 1991[4] | John Tsakani Chauke | hanging | ||
Zambia | October 1997[4] | Abraham Kasongo, Nelson Ngindano, Dennis Chembe, Robert Mulumbi, David Kapunga, John Gombo, Joe Chilada and Christopher Oldfield | murder | hanging | |
Zimbabwe | 22 July 2005[43][44][45] | Stephen Chidhumo and Edmund Edgar Masendeke | murder | hanging |
Americas
United States
Asia
# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Afghanistan | 20 June 2023[110] | Ajmal | murder | public execution by shooting | |
Bahrain | 27 July 2019[111] | Ali Mohammed al-Arab, Ahmad Issa al-Mulla and 1 unnamed man | terrorism | firing squad | |
Bangladesh | 27 July 2023[112] | Mia Mohammad Mohiuddin and Md Jahangir Alam | murder | hanging | |
Bhutan | 1974[113] | ||||
Brunei | none since independence on 1 January 1984[4] | ||||
Cambodia | 1989 | ||||
China | 4 August 2023[114] | Unnamed South Korean national | drug offences | lethal injection | |
East Timor | none since independence on 20 May 2002[34] | ||||
Hong Kong | 16 November 1966[115][116] | Wong Kai-kei[117] | robbery-murder | hanging | |
India | 20 March 2020[118] | Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma | gang rape and murder | hanging | |
Indonesia | 29 July 2016[119] | Freddy Budiman, Seck Osmane, Michael Titus Igweh, and Humphrey Ejike | drug offences | firing squad | |
Iran | 27 June 2023[120] |
unnamed man |
rape | hanging | |
Iraq | 25 August 2023[121] | Ghazwan al-Zawbaee and two unnamed men | terrorism | hanging | |
Israel | 31 May 1962 | Adolf Eichmann | crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people | hanging | |
Japan | 26 July 2022[122] | Tomohiro Katō | murder | hanging | |
Jordan | 4 March 2017[123] | 15 unnamed men | murder and terrorism | hanging | |
Kazakhstan | 2003 | ||||
Kuwait | 27 July 2023[124] | 5 men | terrorism, murder and drug offences | hanging | |
Kyrgyzstan | none since independence on 25 December 1991 | ||||
Laos | 1989[125] | ||||
Lebanon | 17 January 2004[126][127] | Badih Hamadeh, Remi Antoine Zaatar and Ahmed Mansour | murder | firing squad, hanging | |
Macau | 19th century[128] | ||||
Malaysia | 24 May 2017[129] | Yong Kar Mun and another unnamed man | armed robbery / murder | hanging | |
Maldives | none since independence on 26 July 1965[4] | ||||
Mongolia | 2008[130][131] | ||||
Myanmar | 23 July 2022[132] | Kyaw Min Yu, Zayar Thaw, Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw | terrorism, murder | hanging | |
Nepal | 1979[133] | ||||
North Korea | January 2022[134] | Unnamed man and woman (A and B) | watching and distributing “South Korean videos” | public firing squad | |
Oman | 2021[135] | ||||
Pakistan | 24 November 2019[136] | Brigadier Raja Rizwan | espionage and high treason | hanging | |
Palestine | 4 September 2022[137][138] | 5 men (N. A., Kh. S., A. E., M. Z. and J. Q.) | espionage and murder | public shooting and hanging | |
Philippines | 4 January 2000[139] | Alex Bartolome | child rape | lethal injection | |
Qatar | 21 May 2020[140] | Anil Chaudhary | murder | firing squad | |
Saudi Arabia | 14 September 2023[141] | Majid bin Musa Awad al-Bali and Yusuf bin Rida Hassan al-Azuni | treason | public beheading | |
Singapore | 3 August 2023[142] | Mohamed Shalleh Abdul Latiff | drug offences | hanging | |
South Korea | 31 December 1997[143] | 23 criminals including Kim Yong-je, Lee Sang-su, Lee Young-gil | murder, terrorism | hanging | |
Sri Lanka | 23 June 1976[4] | Chardradasa Jayasinghe | murder | hanging | |
Syria | 2 February 2022[144] | Mohammed | murder | hanging | |
Taiwan | 1 April 2020[145] | Weng Jen-hsien | arson / murder | firearm | |
Tajikistan | April 2004[146] | Rachabmurod Chumayev, Umed Idiyev, Akbar Radzshabov, and Mukharam Fatkhulloyev | mass murder | firing squad | |
Thailand | 18 June 2018[147] | Theerasak Longji | robbery murder | lethal injection | |
Turkmenistan | 1997[34] | ||||
United Arab Emirates | 2021[135] | unnamed man | hanging | ||
Uzbekistan | 1 March 2005[148] | Akhrorkhoja Akbarkhojayevich Talipkhojaev | single firearm | ||
Vietnam | 23 September 2023[149] | Lê Văn Mạnh | murder, child rape and robbery | lethal injection | |
Yemen | 7 June 2023[120] | Muhammad Ahmed Omar Al-Jabri | murder | shooting |
Europe
Oceania
# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Cook Islands | none since self-government on 4 August 1965 | ||||
Micronesia | none since independence on 3 November 1986[172] | ||||
Fiji | none since independence on 10 October 1970[4] | ||||
Kiribati | none since independence on 12 July 1979[4] | ||||
Marshall Islands | none since independence on 21 October 1986[173] | ||||
Nauru | none since independence on 31 January 1968[4] | ||||
New Zealand | 17 February 1957[4] | Walter James Bolton | murder | hanging | |
Niue | never used | ||||
Palau | none since independence on 1 October 1994[34] | ||||
Papua New Guinea | none since independence on 16 September 1975[4][174] | ||||
Western Samoa | none since independence on 1 January 1962[4] | ||||
Solomon Islands | none since independence on 7 July 1978[4] | ||||
Tonga | 7 September 1982[4] | Haloti Sole, Livingi Sole, and Fili Esau | murder | hanging | |
Tuvalu | none since independence on 1 October 1978[4] | ||||
Vanuatu | none since independence on 30 July 1980[4] |
Australia
# | State | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Government of Australia | 11 June 1951 | Takuma Nishimura | war crimes | hanging | |
Australian Capital Territory | never used | ||||
New South Wales | 24 August 1939[4] | John Kelly | murder | hanging | |
Northern Territory | 7 August 1952[4] | Jaroslav Koci and Jan Novotny | murder | hanging | |
Queensland | 22 September 1913[4] | Ernest Austin | murder | hanging | |
South Australia | 24 November 1964[4] | Glen Sabre Valance | murder | hanging | |
Tasmania | 14 February 1946[4] | Frederick Thompson | murder | hanging | |
Victoria | 3 February 1967[4] | Ronald Ryan | murder | hanging | |
Western Australia | 26 October 1964 | Eric Edgar Cooke | murder | hanging |
See also
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External links
- Death Penalty Worldwide Archived 2013-11-13 at the Wayback Machine Academic research database on the laws, practice, and statistics of capital punishment for every death penalty country in the world.
- Monthly updates of world-wide executions
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