Executions (per capita) statistics - countries compared

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.

Crime Statistics > Executions (per capita) (most recent) by country

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Rank

Countries

Amount

# 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

Somalia:

0 executions per 1 million

= 31

Iraq:

0 executions per 1 million

= 31

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.

SOURCE: Amnesty International

Crime Statistics > Executions (per capita) (most recent) by country

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