DEFINITION
Number of known
executions in the country (Data is for 1998). Because these figures include only documented cases; the true figures are likely to be much higher. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.
| Rank |
Countries
|
Amount
(top to bottom)
|
| #1 |
Bahamas, The: |
6.62712 executions per 1 million |
|
| #2 |
Singapore: |
6.32625 executions per 1 million |
|
| #3 |
Sierra Leone: |
4.09068 executions per 1 million |
|
| #4 |
Belarus: |
3.20388 executions per 1 million |
|
| #5 |
Rwanda: |
2.84327 executions per 1 million |
|
| #6 |
Kuwait: |
2.56849 executions per 1 million |
|
| #7 |
Oman: |
1.99867 executions per 1 million |
|
| #8 |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
1.64571 executions per 1 million |
|
| #9 |
Jordan: |
1.5625 executions per 1 million |
|
| #10 |
Taiwan: |
1.39775 executions per 1 million |
|
| #11 |
Saudi Arabia: |
1.09774 executions per 1 million |
|
| #12 |
Iran: |
0.970331 executions per 1 million |
|
| #13 |
Yemen: |
0.820186 executions per 1 million |
|
| #14 |
China: |
0.816802 executions per 1 million |
|
| #15 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
0.777303 executions per 1 million |
|
| #16 |
Egypt: |
0.619307 executions per 1 million |
|
| #17 |
Lebanon: |
0.522739 executions per 1 million |
|
| #18 |
Cuba: |
0.440645 executions per 1 million |
|
| #19 |
Afghanistan: |
0.334124 executions per 1 million |
|
| #20 |
United States: |
0.229936 executions per 1 million |
|
| #21 |
Vietnam: |
0.215476 executions per 1 million |
|
| #22 |
Zimbabwe: |
0.16446 executions per 1 million |
|
| #23 |
Guatemala: |
0.0832362 executions per 1 million |
|
| #24 |
Syria: |
0.0542035 executions per 1 million |
|
| #25 |
Japan: |
0.0470895 executions per 1 million |
|
| #26 |
Nigeria: |
0.0465962 executions per 1 million |
|
| #27 |
Sudan: |
0.0248837 executions per 1 million |
|
| #28 |
Pakistan: |
0.0246275 executions per 1 million |
|
| #29 |
Thailand: |
0.0155797 executions per 1 million |
|
| #30 |
Ethiopia: |
0.0136887 executions per 1 million |
|
| #31 |
Iraq: |
0 executions per 1 million |
|
| #32 |
Somalia: |
0 executions per 1 million |
|
| #33 |
Uzbekistan: |
0 executions per 1 million |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
1.2 executions per 1 million |
|
DEFINITION: Number of known
executions in the country (Data is for 1998). Because these figures include only documented cases; the true figures are likely to be much higher. Per capita figures expressed per 1 million
population.