DEFINITION
Number of known
executions in the country (Data is for 2007). Because these figures include only documented cases; the true figures are likely to be higher in many countries.
| Rank |
Countries
 |
Amount
 |
|
# 1
|
China: |
470 executions |
|
|
# 2
|
Iran: |
317 executions |
|
|
# 3
|
Saudi Arabia: |
143 executions |
|
|
# 4
|
Pakistan: |
135 executions |
|
|
# 5
|
Congo, Democratic Republic of the: |
100 executions |
|
|
# 6
|
Egypt: |
48 executions |
|
|
# 7
|
United States: |
42 executions |
|
|
# 8
|
Iraq: |
33 executions |
|
|
# 9
|
Taiwan: |
32 executions |
|
|
# 10
|
Vietnam: |
25 executions |
|
|
= 11
|
Sierra Leone: |
24 executions |
|
|
= 11
|
Rwanda: |
24 executions |
|
|
= 13
|
Afghanistan: |
15 executions |
|
|
= 13
|
Yemen: |
15 executions |
|
|
= 15
|
Libya: |
9 executions |
|
|
= 15
|
Japan: |
9 executions |
|
|
= 15
|
Jordan: |
9 executions |
|
|
= 18
|
Sudan: |
7 executions |
|
|
= 18
|
Syria: |
7 executions |
|
|
= 20
|
Nigeria: |
6 executions |
|
|
= 20
|
Bangladesh: |
6 executions |
|
|
= 20
|
Oman: |
6 executions |
|
|
= 23
|
Cuba: |
5 executions |
|
|
= 23
|
Somalia: |
5 executions |
|
|
# 25
|
Kyrgyzstan: |
4 executions |
|
|
# 26
|
Equatorial Guinea: |
3 executions |
|
|
= 27
|
Lebanon: |
2 executions |
|
|
= 27
|
Bahamas, The: |
2 executions |
|
|
= 27
|
Zimbabwe: |
2 executions |
|
|
= 27
|
Singapore: |
2 executions |
|
|
= 31
|
Thailand: |
1 executions |
|
|
= 31
|
Indonesia: |
1 executions |
|
|
= 31
|
Belarus: |
1 executions |
|
|
= 31
|
Botswana: |
1 executions |
|
|
= 31
|
Ethiopia: |
1 executions |
|
|
= 31
|
Kuwait: |
1 executions |
|
|
= 31
|
Guatemala: |
1 executions |
|
|
# 38
|
Uzbekistan: |
0 executions |
|
| |
Total: |
1,514 executions |
|
| |
Weighted average: |
39.8 executions |
|
DEFINITION: Number of known
executions in the country (Data is for 2007). Because these figures include only documented cases; the true figures are likely to be higher in many countries.
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