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 carried out 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.
# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
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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 | never used | ||||
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 | 7 February 2024[17] | Muhammad Nasrallah Rizkallah Youssef, Ahmed Saber Abdel Samie Radwan, Muhammad Abdel Dayem Muhammad Hassan, and Maher Muhammad Ahmed Muhammad | hanging | ||
Equatorial Guinea | January 2014[18] | 9 unnamed people | firearm | ||
Eritrea | never used | ||||
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 | 30 March 2024[37] | Abdihakin Ahmed Egal and Ahmed Abdi Mohamed | murder | public firing squad | |
Somaliland | 1 November 2023[38] | five 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 | never used | ||||
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 |
# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
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Afghanistan | 26 February 2024[112] | Nazar Mohammad | murder | public execution by shooting | |
Bahrain | 27 July 2019[113] | Ali Mohammed al-Arab, Ahmad Issa al-Mulla and 1 unnamed man | terrorism | firing squad | |
Bangladesh | 27 July 2023[114] | Mia Mohammad Mohiuddin and Md Jahangir Alam | murder | hanging | |
Bhutan | 1974[115] | ||||
Brunei | none since independence on 1 January 1984[4] | ||||
Cambodia | 1989 | ||||
China | 19 April 2024[116] | Wen Qingyun | murder, endangering public safety | lethal injection | |
East Timor | none since independence on 20 May 2002[34] | ||||
Hong Kong | 16 November 1966[117][118] | Wong Kai-kei[119] | robbery-murder | hanging | |
India | 20 March 2020[120] | Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma | gang rape and murder | hanging | |
Indonesia | 29 July 2016[121] | Freddy Budiman, Seck Osmane, Michael Titus Igweh and Humphrey Ejike | drug offences | firing squad | |
Iran | 25 March 2024[122] | Abbas Aghaei | drug offences | hanging | |
Iraq | 25 August 2023[123] | 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[124] | Tomohiro Katō | murder | hanging | |
Jordan | 4 March 2017[125] | 15 unnamed men | murder and terrorism | hanging | |
Kazakhstan | 2003 | ||||
Kuwait | 27 July 2023[126] | 5 men | terrorism, murder and drug offences | hanging | |
Kyrgyzstan | none since independence on 25 December 1991 | ||||
Laos | 1989[127] | ||||
Lebanon | 17 January 2004[128][129] | Badih Hamadeh, Remi Antoine Zaatar and Ahmed Mansour | murder | firing squad, hanging | |
Macau | 19th century[130] | ||||
Malaysia | 24 May 2017[131] | Yong Kar Mun and another unnamed man | armed robbery / murder | hanging | |
Maldives | none since independence on 26 July 1965[4] | ||||
Mongolia | 2008[132][133] | ||||
Myanmar | 24 April 2024 (National Unity Government)[134] 23 July 2022 (State Administration Council)[135] |
3 unnamed men 4 men (Kyaw Min Yu, Zayar Thaw, Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw) |
murder, kidnapping, abuse of power and theft (3 unnamed men) terrorism, murder (4 men) |
public firearm (3 unnamed men) hanging (4 men) | |
Nepal | 1979[136] | ||||
North Korea | January 2022[137] | Unnamed man and woman (A and B) | watching and distributing “South Korean videos” | public firing squad | |
Oman | 2021[138] | ||||
Pakistan | 24 November 2019[139] | Brigadier Raja Rizwan | espionage and high treason | hanging | |
Palestine | 4 September 2022 (Gaza Strip)[140][141] July 2005 (Palestinian Authority)[142] |
5 men (N. A., Kh. S., A. E., M. Z. and J. Q.) unnamed prisoner |
espionage and murder (5 men) murder (unnamed prisoner) |
public firearm and hanging (5 men) unknown method (unnamed prisoner) | |
Philippines | 4 January 2000[143] | Alex Bartolome | child rape | lethal injection | |
Qatar | 21 May 2020[144] | Anil Chaudhary | murder | firing squad | |
Saudi Arabia | 5 March 2024[145] | Arshad Ali Deebar, Mohammad Ismail, Abdul Majeed, Haji Nooruddin, and Abdul Ghaffar Mohammad Soma | murder | public beheading | |
Singapore | 28 February 2024[146] | Ahmed Salim | murder | hanging | |
South Korea | 31 December 1997[147] | 23 people including Kim Yong-je, Lee Sang-su and Lee Young-gil | murder, terrorism | hanging | |
Sri Lanka | 23 June 1976[4] | Chardradasa Jayasinghe | murder | hanging | |
Syria | 2 February 2022[148] | Mohammed | murder | hanging | |
Taiwan | 1 April 2020[149] | Weng Jen-hsien | arson / murder | firearm | |
Tajikistan | April 2004[150] | Rachabmurod Chumayev, Umed Idiyev, Akbar Radzshabov and Mukharam Fatkhulloyev | mass murder | firing squad | |
Thailand | 18 June 2018[151] | Theerasak Longji | robbery murder | lethal injection | |
Turkmenistan | 1997[34] | ||||
United Arab Emirates | 2021[138] | unnamed man | hanging | ||
Uzbekistan | 1 March 2005[152] | Akhrorkhoja Akbarkhojayevich Talipkhojaev | single firearm | ||
Vietnam | 23 September 2023[153] | Lê Văn Mạnh | murder, child rape and robbery | lethal injection | |
Yemen | 8 February 2024[17] | Salman Ibrahim Suleiman Ali | murder | firearm |
# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
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Abkhazia | never used | ||||
Albania | 29 June 1995[citation needed] | murder | hanging | ||
Andorra | 18 October 1943[154][155] | Pere Areny | murder | firing squad | |
Armenia | 30 August 1991[154] | unnamed man | murder | single firearm | |
Austria | 24 March 1950[154] | Johann Trnka | murder | hanging | |
Azerbaijan | 1993[156] | single firearm | |||
Belarus | 16 July 2022[157] | Viktar Skrundzik | murder | firearm | |
Belgium | 9 August 1950[154] | Philipp Schmitt | war crimes | firing squad | |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1977 (as a republic of Yugoslavia) | Dušan Prodić[158] | murder | firing squad | |
Bulgaria | 4 November 1989[154] | Georgi Alinski[159] | sabotage | firing squad | |
Croatia | 29 January 1987 (as a republic of Yugoslavia)[154] | Dušan Kosić[160] | murder | firing squad | |
Cyprus | 13 June 1962[154] | Hambis Zacharia, Michael Hiletikos and Lazaris Demetriou | murder | hanging | |
Czech Republic | 2 February 1989[154] (as a republic of Czechoslovakia) | Vladimír Lulek | murder | hanging | |
Denmark | 20 July 1950 | Ib Birkedal Hansen | war crimes | firing squad | |
East Germany | 26 June 1981[154] | Werner Teske | treason | single firearm | |
Estonia | 11 September 1991[154] | Rein Oruste | murder | single firearm | |
Finland | 3 September 1944[154] | three Soviet infiltrators | war crimes | firing squad | |
France | 10 September 1977[154] | Hamida Djandoubi | torture murder | beheading by guillotine | |
Georgia | 1995[154] | murder | single firearm | ||
Germany | 18 February 1949[154][161] 11 May 1949 |
Richard Schuh Berthold Wehmeyer (West Berlin) |
murder | beheading by guillotine | |
Gibraltar | 11 January 1944[154] | Luis López Cordón-Cuenca and José Martín Muñoz | treason/sabotage | hanging | |
Greece | 25 August 1972[154] | Vassilis Lymberis | murder | firing squad | |
Hungary | 14 July 1988 | Ernő Vadász | torture murder | hanging | |
Iceland | 12 January 1830[154] | Agnes Magnúsdóttir and Friðrik Sigurðsson | murder | public beheading | |
Ireland | 20 April 1954[154] | Michael Manning | murder | hanging | |
Italy | 5 March 1947[162] | Aurelio Gallo, Emilio Battisti and Aldo Morelli | war crimes | firing squad | |
Kosovo | 20 November 1987 (as a province of Yugoslavia) | Ahmet Paqarizi[163] | murder | firing squad | |
Latvia | 26 January 1996[154] | Rolands Laceklis-Bertmanis | murder | single firearm | |
Liechtenstein | 26 February 1785[154] | Barbara Erni | theft | public beheading | |
Lithuania | 12 July 1995[154] | Boris Dekanidze | murder | single firearm | |
Luxembourg | 24 February 1949[154] | treason | firing squad | ||
Malta | 5 July 1943[154] | Karmnu Zammit and Guiseppi Zammit | murder | hanging | |
Moldova | none since independence[34] | ||||
Monaco | 1847[154] | murder | beheading by guillotine | ||
Montenegro | 29 January 1981 (as a republic of Yugoslavia) | Dragiša Ristić[164] | murder | firing squad | |
Netherlands | 21 March 1952[154] | Artur Albrecht, Andries Jan Pieters | war crimes | firing squad | |
Northern Cyprus | never used | ||||
North Macedonia | 29 March 1988 (as a republic of Yugoslavia) | Malje Zeqiri[165] | murder and rape | firing squad | |
Norway | 28 August 1948[154] | Ragnar Skancke | treason | firing squad | |
Poland | 21 April 1988[154] | Andrzej Czabański | murder | hanging | |
Portugal | 16 September 1917 (military) 22 April 1846 (civilian)[154] |
João Augusto Ferreira de Almeida José Joaquim[166] |
desertion murder |
firing squad hanging[167] | |
Romania | 25 December 1989[154] | Nicolae Ceauşescu and Elena Ceauşescu | genocide, crimes against the state | firing squad | |
Russia | June 1999 (in Chechnya)[168][169] 2 August 1996 or 2 September 1996 (mainland Russia, disputed)[170] |
Salan Bakharchiyev (in Chechnya) Sergey Golovkin (mainland Russia, 2 August), unnamed man (mainland Russia, 2 September) |
murder (Bakharchiyev) murder, rape, dismemberment, torture (Golovkin), unknown crime (unnamed man) |
single firearm | |
San Marino | 1468[154] or 1667[171] | hanging | |||
Serbia | 14 February 1992 (as a republic of Yugoslavia)[154][172] | Johan Drozdek[172] | murder | firing squad | |
Slovakia | 8 June 1989[154] (as a republic of Czechoslovakia) | Štefan Svitek | murder | hanging | |
Slovenia | 30 October 1959 (as a republic of Yugoslavia) | Franc Rihtarič[173] | murder | firing squad | |
South Ossetia | never used | ||||
Spain | 27 September 1975[154] | José Humberto Francisco Baena Alonso | , Ramón García Sanz , José Luis Sánchez-Bravo Sollas , Juan Paredes Manotas and Angel Otaegui Echevarríamurder | firing squad | |
Sweden | 23 November 1910[154] | Johan Alfred Andersson Ander | murder | beheading by guillotine | |
Switzerland | 7 December 1944[154] | Hermann Grimm and Walter Laubscher[174] | treason | firing squad | |
Transnistria | never used | ||||
Turkey | 25 October 1984[154] | Hıdır Aslan | murder | hanging | |
Ukraine | 11 March 1997[154] | unnamed man | murder | single firearm | |
Vatican City | 9 July 1870[154] (as the Papal States) (never used as Vatican City, established 11 February 1929)[175] | Agabito Bellomo | murder | beheading by guillotine
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# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
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England | 13 August 1964[154] | Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans | capital murder | hanging | |
Guernsey | 10 February 1854[154] | John Tapner | murder | hanging | |
Isle of Man | 1 August 1872[154] | John Kewish | patricide | hanging | |
Jersey | 9 October 1959[154] | Francis Joseph Huchet | murder | hanging | |
Northern Ireland | 20 December 1961[154] | Robert McGladdery | murder | hanging | |
Scotland | 15 August 1963[154] | Henry John Burnett | murder | hanging | |
Wales | 6 May 1958[154] | Vivian Teed | murder | hanging |
# | 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[176] | ||||
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[177] | ||||
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][178] | ||||
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] |
# | State | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
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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 |
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