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
(top to bottom)
|
| #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 |
|
| #12 |
Rwanda: |
24 executions |
|
| #13 |
Afghanistan: |
15 executions |
|
| #14 |
Yemen: |
15 executions |
|
| #15 |
Libya: |
9 executions |
|
| #16 |
Japan: |
9 executions |
|
| #17 |
Jordan: |
9 executions |
|
| #18 |
Sudan: |
7 executions |
|
| #19 |
Syria: |
7 executions |
|
| #20 |
Nigeria: |
6 executions |
|
| #21 |
Bangladesh: |
6 executions |
|
| #22 |
Oman: |
6 executions |
|
| #23 |
Cuba: |
5 executions |
|
| #24 |
Somalia: |
5 executions |
|
| #25 |
Kyrgyzstan: |
4 executions |
|
| #26 |
Equatorial Guinea: |
3 executions |
|
| #27 |
Lebanon: |
2 executions |
|
| #28 |
Bahamas, The: |
2 executions |
|
| #29 |
Zimbabwe: |
2 executions |
|
| #30 |
Singapore: |
2 executions |
|
| #31 |
Thailand: |
1 executions |
|
| #32 |
Indonesia: |
1 executions |
|
| #33 |
Belarus: |
1 executions |
|
| #34 |
Botswana: |
1 executions |
|
| #35 |
Ethiopia: |
1 executions |
|
| #36 |
Kuwait: |
1 executions |
|
| #37 |
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.