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.
D
Maintain the death penalty in both law and practice
C
Abolished in practice (no execution in over 10 years and under a moratorium)
B
Abolished in law, except in exceptional circumstances, such as war
A
Completely abolished
#
Country
Last execution date
Name
Crime
Method
C
Algeria
August 1993 [ 1]
seven unnamed Islamic terrorists
terrorism
firing squad
A
Angola
1977 [ 2]
Nito Alves and many of his supporters
treason
firing squad
A
Benin
23 September 1987 [ 3]
murder
A
Bophuthatswana
13 December 1990 [ 4] [ 5]
Alpheus Sekoboane
murder
hanging
D
Botswana
11 June 2021 [ 6]
Phemelo Botogeleng
murder
hanging
C
Burkina Faso
1988 [ 3]
murder
A
Burundi
2000 [ 7]
2 soldiers
murder
C
Cameroon
9 January 1997 [ 8]
Antoine Vandi Tize
murder
firing squad
A
Cape Verde
1835 [ 9]
C
Central African Republic
January 1981 [ 10]
six unnamed officials
firing squad
C
Chad
29 August 2015 [ 11]
Mahamat Mustapha and nine unnamed men
terrorism
firearm
A
Ciskei
never used
C
Comoros
29 May 1997 [ 12] [ 13]
Mohamed Saidali
armed robbery
firing squad
C
Congo
October 1982 [ 14]
2 men
murder
firing squad
A
Djibouti
none since independence on 27 June 1977 [ 15]
D
DR Congo
2003[ 16]
unnamed soldier
firearm
D
Egypt
21 May 2024 [ 17]
Muhammad Abdel Badie
murder
hanging
D
Equatorial Guinea
January 2014 [ 18]
9 unnamed people
firearm
C
Eritrea
none since independence in May 1993
C
Eswatini
2 July 1983 [ 4]
Philippa Mdluli
murder
hanging
D
Ethiopia
6 August 2007 [ 19]
Major Tsehaye Woldesellasie
murder
firearm
A
Gabon
11 August 1985 [ 20]
Alexandre Mandja Ngokouta
coup attempt
firing squad
D
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
C
Ghana
12 July 1993 [ 4]
12 men
murder and robbery
firearm
C
Guinea
21 April 2001 [ 3] [ 23]
3 people
robbery
firearm
A
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
A
Ivory Coast
none since independence on 7 August 1960 [ 3]
C
Kenya
9 July 1985 [ 4]
Hezekiah Ochuka and Pancras Oteyo Okumu
treason
hanging
C
Lesotho
1995 [ 25]
hanging
C
Liberia
2000 [ 26]
hanging
D
Libya
30 May 2010 [ 27]
18 unnamed men
murder
firearm
A
Madagascar
1958 [ 28]
C
Malawi
26 September 1992 [ 4] [ 29]
hanging
C
Mali
21 August 1980 [ 3] [ 30]
Mamadou Keita and Karuba Coulibaly
murder
firearm
C
Mauritania
1987 [ 3]
3 armed forces officers
treason
firing squad
A
Mauritius
10 October 1987 [ 4]
Eshan Nayeck
murder
hanging
C
Morocco
5 September 1993 [ 31]
Mustapha Tabet
rape
firing squad
A
Mozambique
May 1986 [ 4]
A
Namibia
May 1988 [ 4]
Sagarias Ariseb
murder
hanging
C
Niger
1976 [ 3]
Bayéré Moussa, Sidi Mohamed, and Ahmed Mouddour
treason
D
Nigeria
23 December 2016 [ 32]
Ogbomoro Omoregie, Apostle Igene and Mark Omosowhota
murder and armed robbery
hanging
A
Rwanda
24 April 1998 [ 33]
Froduald Karamira and at least 21 others
genocide
firing squad
A
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
1976
A
São Tomé and Príncipe
none since independence on 12 July 1975 [ 34]
A
Senegal
15 June 1967 [ 35] [ 36]
Moustapha Lô
treason (attempted murder of the president )
firing squad
A
Seychelles
none since independence on 29 June 1976 [ 34]
C
Sierra Leone
19 October 1998 [ 4]
24 soldiers (23 men, 1 woman)
high treason
public firing squad
D
Somalia
7 June 2024 [ 37]
Nur Abdi Mohamed Hashi, Shueyb Mohamed Farah, and Bile Abdullahi Hassan
murder
public firing squad
D
Somaliland
1 November 2023 [ 38]
five unnamed convicts
murder
firing squad
A
South Africa
14 November 1989 [ 4]
Solomon Ngobeni
murder
hanging
D
South Sudan
7 January 2022[ 39]
Babu Emmanuel Lokiri
triple murder
hanging
D
Sudan
9 February 2021 [ 40]
Eliza Aban Othu
murder
hanging
C
Tanzania
October 1994 [ 4]
7 unnamed men, 1 unnamed woman
A
Togo
1978 [ 3]
M. Adjata Koffi
murder
A
Transkei
never used
C
Tunisia
17 November 1990 [ 41]
Naceur Damergi
murder
hanging
C
Uganda
2005 [ 42]
firing squad
A
Venda
31 January 1991 [ 4]
John Tsakani Chauke
hanging
C
Zambia
October 1997 [ 4]
Abraham Kasongo, Nelson Ngindano, Dennis Chembe, Robert Mulumbi, David Kapunga, John Gombo, Joe Chilada and Christopher Oldfield
murder
hanging
C
Zimbabwe
22 July 2005 [ 43] [ 44] [ 45]
Stephen Chidhumo and Edmund Edgar Masendeke
murder
hanging
#
Country
Last execution date
Name
Crime
Method
D
Afghanistan
26 February 2024 [ 112]
Nazar Mohammad
murder
public firearm
D
Bahrain
27 July 2019 [ 113]
Ali Mohammed al-Arab, Ahmad Issa al-Mulla and 1 unnamed man
terrorism
firing squad
D
Bangladesh
27 July 2023 [ 114]
Mia Mohammad Mohiuddin and Md Jahangir Alam
murder
hanging
A
Bhutan
1974 [ 115]
C
Brunei
none since independence on 1 January 1984 [ 4]
A
Cambodia
1989
D
China
9 July 2024 [citation needed ]
Jiang
drug offences
firearm or lethal injection
A
East Timor
none since independence on 20 May 2002 [ 34]
A
Hong Kong
16 November 1966 [citation needed ] [ 116]
Wong Kai-kei[ 117]
robbery -murder
hanging
D
India
20 March 2020 [ 118]
Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma
gang rape and murder
hanging
D
Indonesia
29 July 2016 [ 119]
Freddy Budiman , Seck Osmane, Michael Titus Igweh and Humphrey Ejike
drug offences
firing squad
D
Iran
30 June 2024 [ 120]
Aliullah Bakhsh and Afzalullah Bakhsh
drug offences
hanging
D
Iraq
22 July 2024 [ 121]
10 unnamed men
terrorism
hanging
B
Israel
31 May 1962
Adolf Eichmann
crimes against humanity , crimes against the Jewish people
hanging
D
Japan
26 July 2022 [ 122]
Tomohiro Katō
murder
hanging
D
Jordan
4 March 2017 [ 123]
15 unnamed men
murder and terrorism
hanging
B
Kazakhstan
2003
D
Kuwait
27 July 2023 [ 124]
5 men
terrorism , murder and drug offences
hanging
A
Kyrgyzstan
none since independence on 25 December 1991
C
Laos
1989 [ 125]
C
Lebanon
17 January 2004 [ 126] [ 127]
Badih Hamadeh, Remi Antoine Zaatar and Ahmed Mansour
murder
firing squad , hanging
A
Macau
19th century[ 128]
D
Malaysia
24 May 2017 [ 129]
Yong Kar Mun and another unnamed man
armed robbery / murder
hanging
C
Maldives
none since independence on 26 July 1965 [ 4]
A
Mongolia
2008 [ 130] [ 131]
C
Myanmar
23 July 2022 [ 132]
Kyaw Min Yu , Zayar Thaw , Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw
terrorism , murder
hanging
A
Nepal
1979 [ 133]
D
North Korea
19 December 2023 [ 134]
Unnamed man
robbery / murder
public firing squad
D
Oman
22 April 2024 [ 135]
3 unnamed men
murder
firing squad
D
Pakistan
24 November 2019 [ 136]
Brigadier Raja Rizwan
espionage and high treason
hanging
D
Palestine
4 September 2022 (Gaza Strip )[ 137] [ 138] July 2005 (Palestinian Authority )[ 139]
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)
A
Philippines
4 January 2000 [ 140]
Alex Bartolome
child rape
lethal injection
C
Qatar
21 May 2020 [ 141]
Anil Chaudhary
murder
firing squad
D
Saudi Arabia
2 August 2024 [ 142]
4 unnamed Saudi men and one unnamed Indian man
robbery , kidnapping and murder
public beheading
D
Singapore
28 February 2024 [ 143]
Ahmed Salim
murder
hanging
C
South Korea
31 December 1997 [ 144]
23 people including Kim Yong-je, Lee Sang-su and Lee Young-gil
murder , terrorism
hanging
C
Sri Lanka
23 June 1976 [ 4]
Chardradasa Jayasinghe
murder
hanging
D
Syria
2 February 2022 [ 145]
Mohammed
murder
hanging
D
Taiwan
1 April 2020 [ 146]
Weng Jen-hsien
arson / murder
firearm
C
Tajikistan
April 2004 [ 147]
Rachabmurod Chumayev, Umed Idiyev, Akbar Radzshabov and Mukharam Fatkhulloyev
mass murder
firing squad
D
Thailand
18 June 2018 [ 148]
Theerasak Longji
robbery / murder
lethal injection
A
Turkmenistan
1997 [ 34]
D
United Arab Emirates
2021 [ 149]
unnamed man
hanging
A
Uzbekistan
1 March 2005 [ 150]
Akhrorkhoja Akbarkhojayevich Talipkhojaev
single firearm
D
Vietnam
23 September 2023 [ 151]
Lê Văn Mạnh
murder , child rape and robbery
lethal injection
D
Yemen
5 June 2024 [ 152]
Abd al-Rahman Baqadir and Hussein Banafa
murder
firearm
#
Country
Last execution date
Name
Crime
Method
C
Abkhazia
never used
A
Albania
29 June 1995 [citation needed ]
murder
hanging
A
Andorra
18 October 1943 [ 153] [ 154]
Pere Areny
murder
firing squad
A
Armenia
30 August 1991 [ 153]
unnamed man
murder
single firearm
A
Austria
24 March 1950 [ 153]
Johann Trnka
murder
hanging
A
Azerbaijan
1993 [ 155]
single firearm
D
Belarus
16 July 2022 [ 156]
Viktar Skrundzik
murder
firearm
A
Belgium
9 August 1950 [ 153]
Philipp Schmitt
war crimes
firing squad
A
Bosnia and Herzegovina
1977 (as a republic of Yugoslavia )
Dušan Prodić[ 157]
murder
firing squad
A
Bulgaria
4 November 1989 [ 153]
Georgi Alinski[ 158]
sabotage
firing squad
A
Croatia
29 January 1987 (as a republic of Yugoslavia )[ 153]
Dušan Kosić[ 159]
murder
firing squad
A
Cyprus
13 June 1962 [ 153]
Hambis Zacharia, Michael Hiletikos and Lazaris Demetriou
murder
hanging
A
Czech Republic
2 February 1989 [ 153] (as a republic of Czechoslovakia )
Vladimír Lulek
murder
hanging
A
Denmark
20 July 1950
Ib Birkedal Hansen
war crimes
firing squad
A
East Germany
26 June 1981 [ 153]
Werner Teske
treason
single firearm
A
Estonia
11 September 1991 [ 153]
Rein Oruste
murder
single firearm
A
Finland
3 September 1944 [ 153]
three Soviet infiltrators
war crimes
firing squad
A
France
10 September 1977 [ 153]
Hamida Djandoubi
torture murder
beheading by guillotine
A
Georgia
1995 [ 153]
murder
single firearm
A
Germany
18 February 1949 [ 153] [ 160] 11 May 1949
Richard Schuh Berthold Wehmeyer (West Berlin)
murder
beheading by guillotine
A
Gibraltar
11 January 1944 [ 153]
Luis López Cordón-Cuenca and José Martín Muñoz
treason /sabotage
hanging
A
Greece
25 August 1972 [ 153]
Vassilis Lymberis
murder
firing squad
A
Hungary
14 July 1988
Ernő Vadász
torture murder
hanging
A
Iceland
12 January 1830 [ 153]
Agnes Magnúsdóttir and Friðrik Sigurðsson [is ]
murder
public beheading
A
Ireland
20 April 1954 [ 153]
Michael Manning
murder
hanging
A
Italy
5 March 1947 [ 161]
Aurelio Gallo, Emilio Battisti and Aldo Morelli
war crimes
firing squad
A
Kosovo
20 November 1987 (as a province of Yugoslavia )
Ahmet Paqarizi[ 162]
murder
firing squad
A
Latvia
26 January 1996 [ 153]
Rolands Laceklis-Bertmanis
murder
single firearm
A
Liechtenstein
26 February 1785 [ 153]
Barbara Erni
theft
public beheading
A
Lithuania
12 July 1995 [ 153]
Boris Dekanidze
murder
single firearm
A
Luxembourg
24 February 1949 [ 153]
treason
firing squad
A
Malta
5 July 1943 [ 153]
Karmnu Zammit and Guiseppi Zammit
murder
hanging
A
Moldova
none since independence [ 34]
A
Monaco
1847 [ 153]
murder
beheading by guillotine
A
Montenegro
29 January 1981 (as a republic of Yugoslavia)
Dragiša Ristić[ 163]
murder
firing squad
A
Netherlands
21 March 1952 [ 153]
Artur Albrecht , Andries Jan Pieters
war crimes
firing squad
C
Northern Cyprus
never used
A
North Macedonia
29 March 1988 (as a republic of Yugoslavia )
Malje Zeqiri[ 164]
murder and rape
firing squad
A
Norway
28 August 1948 [ 153]
Ragnar Skancke
treason
firing squad
A
Poland
21 April 1988 [ 153]
Andrzej Czabański
murder
hanging
A
Portugal
16 September 1917 (military) 22 April 1846 (civilian) [ 153]
João Augusto Ferreira de Almeida José Joaquim[ 165]
desertion murder
firing squad hanging [ 166]
A
Romania
25 December 1989 [ 153]
Nicolae Ceauşescu and Elena Ceauşescu
genocide , crimes against the state
firing squad
A
Russia
June 1999 (in Chechnya )[ 167] [ 168] 2 August 1996 or 2 September 1996 (mainland Russia , disputed)[ 169]
Salan Bakharchiyev (in Chechnya )Sergey Golovkin (mainland Russia , 2 August), R.V. Mukhametdinov (mainland Russia , 2 September) [ 170]
murder (Bakharchiyev)murder , rape , dismemberment , torture (Golovkin), unknown crime (R.V. Mukhametdinov)
single firearm
A
San Marino
1468 [ 153] or 1667[ 171]
hanging
A
Serbia
14 February 1992 (as a republic of Yugoslavia)[ 153] [ 172]
Johan Drozdek [ 172]
murder
firing squad
A
Slovakia
8 June 1989 [ 153] (as a republic of Czechoslovakia )
Štefan Svitek
murder
hanging
A
Slovenia
30 October 1959 (as a republic of Yugoslavia )
Franc Rihtarič [ 173]
murder
firing squad
C
South Ossetia
never used
A
Spain
27 September 1975 [ 153]
José Humberto Francisco Baena Alonso [es ] , Ramón García Sanz [es ] , José Luis Sánchez-Bravo Sollas [es ] , Juan Paredes Manotas [es ] and Angel Otaegui Echevarría [es ]
murder
firing squad
A
Sweden
23 November 1910 [ 153]
Johan Alfred Andersson Ander
murder
beheading by guillotine
A
Switzerland
7 December 1944 [ 153]
Hermann Grimm and Walter Laubscher[ 174]
treason
firing squad
C
Transnistria
never used
A
Turkey
25 October 1984 [ 153]
Hıdır Aslan
murder
hanging
A
Ukraine
11 March 1997 [ 153]
unnamed man
murder
single firearm
A
Vatican City
9 July 1870 [ 153] (as the Papal States ) (never used as Vatican City , established 11 February 1929)[ 175]
Agabito Bellomo
murder
beheading by guillotine
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