Data summary
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Country
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Executions, 2011
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Death sentences 2011
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Executions, 2012
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Death sentences 2012
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TOTAL EXECUTED, 2007-2012
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TOTAL SENTENCED TO DEATH, 2007-2012
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AFGHANISTAN | 2 | 14 | 34 | 364 | ||
| ALGERIA | 51 | 153 | 0 | 752 | ||
| BAHAMAS | 0 | 8 | ||||
| BAHRAIN | 5 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||
| BANGLADESH | 5 | 49 | 1 | 45 | 28 | 423 |
| BARBADOS | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| BELARUS | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | |
| BENIN | 0 | 6 | ||||
| BOTSWANA | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 7 | |
| BRUNEI DARUSSALAM | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||
| BURKINA FASO | 0 | 8 | ||||
| BURUNDI | 0 | 1 | ||||
| CAMEROON | 0 | 0 | ||||
| CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC | 0 | 14 | ||||
| CHAD | 2 | 0 | 13 | |||
| CHINA | THOUSANDS | THOUSANDS | THOUSANDS | THOUSANDS | THOUSANDS | THOUSANDS |
| CONGO (Democratic Republic) | 11 | 0 | 74 | |||
| EGYPT | 1 | 123 | 91 | 12 | 704 | |
| EQUATORIAL GUINEA | 1 | 7 | 4 | |||
| ETHIOPIA | 1 | 55 | ||||
| GAMBIA | 13 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 31 | |
| GHANA | 4 | 27 | 0 | 31 | ||
| GUATEMALA | 0 | 1 | ||||
| GUINEA | 16 | 2 | 0 | 19 | ||
| GUYANA | 3 | 5 | 0 | 7 | ||
| INDIA | 110 | 1 | 78 | 0 | 435 | |
| INDONESIA | 6 | 12 | 11 | 35 | ||
| IRAN | 360 | 156 | 314 | 79 | 1,663 | 156 |
| IRAQ | 68 | 291 | 129 | 81 | 256 | 1,420 |
| JAMAICA | 0 | 7 | ||||
| JAPAN | 10 | 7 | 3 | 33 | 108 | |
| JORDAN | 15 | 16 | 0 | 67 | ||
| KENYA | 11 | 21 | 0 | 16 | ||
| KOREA (NORTH) | 30 | 6 | 105 | 0 | ||
| KOREA (SOUTH) | 2 | 0 | 13 | |||
| KUWAIT | 17 | 9 | 1 | 31 | ||
| LAOS | 0 | 6 | ||||
| LEBANON | 8 | 9 | 0 | 24 | ||
| LIBERIA | 1 | 4 | 0 | 15 | ||
| LIBYA | 5 | 39 | 0 | |||
| MADAGASCAR | 0 | 14 | ||||
| MALAWI | 2 | 0 | 4 | |||
| MALAYSIA | 108 | 60 | 2 | 324 | ||
| MALDIVES | 2 | 0 | 1 | |||
| MALI | 2 | 10 | 0 | 41 | ||
| MAURITANIA | 8 | 6 | 0 | 33 | ||
| MONGOLIA | 1 | 45 | ||||
| MOROCCO | 5 | 7 | 0 | 27 | ||
| MYANMAR | 33 | 17 | 0 | 37 | ||
| NIGER | 0 | 1 | ||||
| NIGERIA | 72 | 56 | 0 | 341 | ||
| OMAN | 4 | 7 | ||||
| PAKISTAN | 313 | 1 | 242 | 171 | 1,497 | |
| PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY | 3 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 33 |
| PAPUA NEW GUINEA | 5 | 0 | 8 | |||
| QATAR | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 | ||
| SAINT KITTS & NEVIS | 1 | 1 | ||||
| SAINT VINCENT AND & THE GRENADINES | 0 | 1 | ||||
| SAINT LUCIA | 1 | 0 | 1 | |||
| SAUDI ARABIA | 82 | 9 | 79 | 10 | 423 | 54 |
| SIERRA LEONE | 2 | 0 | 7 | |||
| SINGAPORE | 5 | 2 | 4 | 26 | ||
| SOMALIA | 10 | 37 | 6 | 76 | 23 | 57 |
| SRI LANKA | 7 | 0 | 120 | |||
| SUDAN | 7 | 13 | 19 | 199 | 30 | 166 |
| SUDAN (SOUTH) | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | |
| SWAZILAND | 1 | |||||
| SYRIA | 33 | 34 | ||||
| TAIWAN | 5 | 16 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 45 |
| TANZANIA | 3 | 0 | 5 | |||
| THAILAND | 40 | 106 | 2 | 56 | ||
| TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO | 2 | 5 | 0 | 12 | ||
| TUNISIA | 9 | 0 | 27 | |||
| UGANDA | 5 | 0 | 134 | |||
| UNITED ARAB EMIRATES | 1 | 31 | 1 | 21 | 2 | 64 |
| UNITED STATES | 43 | 78 | 43 | 77 | 220 | 504 |
| VIETNAM | 5 | 23 | 86 | 58 | 258 | |
| YEMEN | 41 | 29 | 28 | 7 | 152 | 109 |
| ZAMBIA | 48 | 7 | 0 | 91 | ||
| ZIMBABWE | 1 | 11 | 0 | 17 | ||
| TOTALS (exc China) | 670 | 1,792 | 680 | 1,722 | 6,221 | 24,172 |
Source: The Guardian
Executioners - and abolitionists
Number of countries
Executing countries
Abolitionist
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Abolitionist - light blue, and retentionist dark blue
