DATABASE
The numbers that power does not show.
Death penalty, deaths in prison, preventive measures. The database collects and publishes every number, every name, every date. Updated daily since 1993.
112
ABOLITIONIST IN LAW
31
ABOLITIONIST IN PRACTICE
55
RETENTIONIST
1,547
CONFIRMED EXECUTIONS 2026
Since 1993 Hands Off Cain has recorded, country by country, the executions carried out, the people on death row and the legal status of capital punishment. The data on this page was last updated on September 16, 2026 and can be downloaded in open formats.
This data is published under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence. Recommended citation: Hands Off Cain, Database on the death penalty worldwide, https://handsoffcain.info/banca-dati/world (data updated September 16, 2026).
COUNTRY BY COUNTRY
Death penalty in the world.
- Abolitionist
- Abolitionist de facto
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- Retentionist
- Moratorium on executions
COUNTRY BY COUNTRY
All countries.
201 COUNTRIES
- Burkina Faso
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Burundi
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Cameroon
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Cape Verde
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Chad
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Comoros
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Congo - Brazzaville
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Congo - Kinshasa
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 54
- Côte d’Ivoire
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Algeria
- Status
- Moratorium on executions
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Angola
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Benin
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Botswana
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Egypt
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 3
- Eritrea
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Ethiopia
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Gabon
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Equatorial Guinea
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Libya
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Malawi
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Mali
- Status
- Moratorium on executions
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Niger
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Gambia
- Status
- Moratorium on executions
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Guinea
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Lesotho
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Liberia
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Morocco
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 2
- Mauritius
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Mozambique
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Namibia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Nigeria
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 24
- Djibouti
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Guinea-Bissau
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Kenya
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 5
- Madagascar
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Mauritania
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Rwanda
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Senegal
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- South Sudan
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Tanzania
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 4
- Togo
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Uganda
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 1
- Seychelles
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Somalia
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 5
- SENTENCES
- 2
- Sudan
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 3
- Zambia
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Sierra Leone
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- South Africa
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Eswatini
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Tunisia
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Zimbabwe
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Ghana
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Central African Republic
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- São Tomé & Príncipe
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Chile
- Status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Colombia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Costa Rica
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Cuba
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Dominica
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Ecuador
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Antigua & Barbuda
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Argentina
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Bahamas
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Barbados
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Belize
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Bermuda
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Bolivia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Brazil
- Status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Guatemala
- Status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Jamaica
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Guyana
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Haiti
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Grenada
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Honduras
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Nicaragua
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Paraguay
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Peru
- Status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Puerto Rico
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- St. Vincent & Grenadines
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- St. Kitts & Nevis
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Uruguay
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Panama
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Dominican Republic
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Trinidad & Tobago
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- El Salvador
- Status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- St. Lucia
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Suriname
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Venezuela
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Brunei
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Cambodia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- China
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- North Korea
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- South Korea
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Saudi Arabia
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 9
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Australia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Bahrain
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Bangladesh
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 27
- Bhutan
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Myanmar (Burma)
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Fiji
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- United Arab Emirates
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Japan
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Jordan
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 6
- SENTENCES
- 1
- Hong Kong SAR China
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Indonesia
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Kazakhstan
- Status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Kiribati
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Marshall Islands
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Iran
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 869
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Kyrgyzstan
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Macao SAR China
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Maldives
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Malaysia
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 2
- Nepal
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- India
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 20
- Iraq
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 1
- SENTENCES
- 18
- Israel
- Status
- Abolitionist for ordinary crimes
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Kuwait
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 5
- SENTENCES
- 5
- Lebanon
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Mongolia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Nauru
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Palau
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Papua New Guinea
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Singapore
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 4
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Sri Lanka
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 17
- Vanuatu
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Yemen
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 19
- Qatar
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Syria
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Taiwan
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 3
- Turkmenistan
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Uzbekistan
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Afghanistan
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Philippines
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Samoa
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Thailand
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 2
- Tonga
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Tuvalu
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Vietnam
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 6
- Laos
- Status
- Abolitionist de facto
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Micronesia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- New Zealand
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Oman
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Pakistan
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 15
- Palestinian Territories
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Solomon Islands
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Tajikistan
- Status
- Moratorium on executions
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Timor-Leste
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Cook Islands
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Albania
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Bulgaria
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Cyprus
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Vatican City
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Croatia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Denmark
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Andorra
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Armenia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Austria
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Azerbaijan
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Belgium
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Belarus
- Status
- Retentionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Bosnia & Herzegovina
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- France
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Finland
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Germany
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Ireland
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Italy
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Latvia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Luxembourg
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Monaco
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Estonia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Georgia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Greece
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Iceland
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Lithuania
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Moldova
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Montenegro
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Liechtenstein
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Malta
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Norway
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Netherlands
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Czechia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Romania
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Slovenia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Switzerland
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Türkiye
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Poland
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- United Kingdom
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Russia
- Status
- Moratorium on executions
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- San Marino
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Serbia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Sweden
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Hungary
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Spain
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Ukraine
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- North Macedonia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Portugal
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
- Slovakia
- Status
- Abolitionist
- EXEC.
- 0
- SENTENCES
- 0
| COUNTRY | STATUS | EXEC. | SENTENCES |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 54 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Moratorium on executions | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 3 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Moratorium on executions | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Moratorium on executions | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 2 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 24 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 5 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 4 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 1 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 52026 | 2 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 3 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist for ordinary crimes | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist for ordinary crimes | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist for ordinary crimes | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist for ordinary crimes | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist for ordinary crimes | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 92026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 27 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 62026 | 1 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist for ordinary crimes | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 8692026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 2 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 20 | |
| Retentionist | 12026 | 18 | |
| Abolitionist for ordinary crimes | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 52026 | 5 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 42026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 17 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 19 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 3 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 2 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 6 | |
| Abolitionist de facto | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 15 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Moratorium on executions | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Moratorium on executions | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Abolitionist | 02026 | 0 | |
| Retentionist | 162026 | 0 | |
— HISTORY
Executions in the world, 1999–2026.
Data aggregated from official sources, local NGOs and independent press. Secret executions (e.g. China) are not included in the count.
DEATH BY PUNISHMENT
Archive of Italian penitentiary institutions
How this data is collected
The count covers cases documented by public sources: news agencies, national and local newspapers, official statements, human rights organisations, and testimony gathered directly by the association. Every case is verified and attributed to the country where it took place and the year in which it was carried out.
The figures are therefore a documented minimum, not an estimate of the real total. Some states publish no data on executions; in others executions are not even communicated to the families. Where an official figure exists and differs from the one recorded, the difference is set out in that year's annual report.