02 March 2017 :

EXECUTIONS IN 2015

At least 4,040 executions were carried out in 25 Countries and territories in 2015.

China: at least 2,400
Iran: at least 970
Pakistan: at least 326
Saudi Arabia: at least 159
Iraq: at least 30
United States: 28
Somalia: at least 25
Egypt: at least 22
Indonesia: 14
North Korea: at least 13
Chad: 10
Yemen: at least 8
Taiwan *: 6
South Sudan: at least 5
Bangladesh: 4
Singapore: 2
Sudan: 4
Japan: 3
Jordan: 2
Oman: 2
Malaysia: at least 1
Vietnam: at least 1
Afghanistan: 1
United Arab Emirates: 1
India: 1

In 2015, no executions were reported in 3 Countries – Belarus, Equatorial Guinea and Palestine (Gaza Strip) – that carried out executions in 2014.
On the other hand, 5 countries, which had not carried out executions in 2014, resumed them in 2015: Indonesia (14), Chad (10), Bangladesh (4), Oman (2) and India (1).
It could not be confirmed if judicial executions took place in Syria in 2015.

Source: Hands Off Cain

In bold: liberal democracies1 (4) that carried out executions (38) in 2015.
In italics: changes in 2015 (5) with regard to 2014.

* Non-UN member States
1The classification “liberal democracy” is based on the rigorous analytic standards employed by Freedom House in its Freedom in the World 2016 report on the state of political rights and civil liberties around the world (www.freedomhouse.org).