List of most recent executions by jurisdiction
Appearance
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.
Legend
[edit]D | Maintain the death penalty in both law and practice |
C | Abolished in practice (no execution in over 10 years or under a moratorium) |
B | Abolished in law, except in exceptional circumstances, such as war |
A | Completely abolished |
Africa
[edit]# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | ![]() |
August 1993[1] | seven unnamed Islamic terrorists | terrorism | firing squad |
A | ![]() |
1977[2] | Nito Alves and many of his supporters | treason | firing squad |
A | ![]() |
23 September 1987[3] | murder | ||
A | ![]() |
13 December 1990[4][5] | Alpheus Sekoboane | murder | hanging |
D | ![]() |
11 June 2021[6] | Phemelo Botogeleng | murder | hanging |
C | ![]() |
1988[3] | murder | ||
A | ![]() |
2000[7] | 2 soldiers | murder | |
C | ![]() |
9 January 1997[8] | Antoine Vandi Tize | murder | firing squad |
A | ![]() |
1835[9] | |||
C | ![]() |
January 1981[10] | six unnamed officials | firing squad | |
C | ![]() |
29 August 2015[11] | Mahamat Mustapha and nine unnamed men | terrorism | firearm |
A | ![]() |
never used | |||
C | ![]() |
29 May 1997[12][13] | Mohamed Saidali | armed robbery | firing squad |
C | ![]() |
October 1982[14] | 2 men | murder | firing squad |
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 27 June 1977[15] | |||
D | ![]() |
2003[16] | unnamed soldier | firearm | |
D | ![]() |
21 May 2024[17] | Muhammad Abdel Badie | murder | hanging |
D | ![]() |
January 2014[18] | 9 unnamed people | firearm | |
C | ![]() |
none since independence in May 1993 | |||
C | ![]() |
2 July 1983[4] | Philippa Mdluli | murder | hanging |
D | ![]() |
6 August 2007[19] | Major Tsehaye Woldesellasie | murder | firearm |
A | ![]() |
11 August 1985[20] | Alexandre Mandja Ngokouta | coup attempt | firing squad |
D | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
12 July 1993[4] | 12 men | murder and robbery | firearm |
C | ![]() |
21 April 2001[3][23] | 3 people | robbery | firearm |
A | ![]() |
18 July 1986[24] | Paulo Correia, Viriato Rodrigues Pā, Benhancaren Na Tchanda, Pedro Ramos, Braima Bangura and N'Bunhe Sanbu | coup attempt | firearm |
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 7 August 1960[3] | |||
C | ![]() |
9 July 1985[4] | Hezekiah Ochuka and Pancras Oteyo Okumu | treason | hanging |
C | ![]() |
1995[25] | hanging | ||
C | ![]() |
2000[26] | hanging | ||
D | ![]() |
30 May 2010[27] | 18 unnamed men | murder | firearm |
A | ![]() |
1958[28] | |||
C | ![]() |
26 September 1992[4][29] | hanging | ||
C | ![]() |
21 August 1980[3][30] | Mamadou Keita and Karuba Coulibaly | murder | firearm |
C | ![]() |
1987[3] | 3 armed forces officers | treason | firing squad |
A | ![]() |
10 October 1987[4] | Eshan Nayeck | murder | hanging |
C | ![]() |
5 September 1993[31] | Mustapha Tabet | rape | firing squad |
A | ![]() |
May 1986[4] | |||
A | ![]() |
May 1988[4] | Sagarias Ariseb | murder | hanging |
C | ![]() |
1976[3] | Bayéré Moussa, Sidi Mohamed, and Ahmed Mouddour | treason | |
D | ![]() |
23 December 2016[32] | Ogbomoro Omoregie, Apostle Igene and Mark Omosowhota | murder and armed robbery | hanging |
A | ![]() |
24 April 1998[33] | Froduald Karamira and at least 21 others | genocide | firing squad |
A | ![]() |
1976 | |||
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 12 July 1975[34] | |||
A | ![]() |
15 June 1967[35][36] | Moustapha Lô | treason (attempted murder of the president) | firing squad |
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 29 June 1976[34] | |||
C | ![]() |
19 October 1998[4] | 24 soldiers (23 men, 1 woman) | high treason | public firing squad |
D | ![]() |
7 June 2024[37] | Nur Abdi Mohamed Hashi, Shueyb Mohamed Farah, and Bile Abdullahi Hassan | murder | public firing squad |
D | ![]() |
1 November 2023[38] | five unnamed convicts | murder | firing squad |
A | ![]() |
14 November 1989[4] | Solomon Ngobeni | murder | hanging |
D | ![]() |
7 January 2022[39] | Babu Emmanuel Lokiri | triple murder | hanging |
D | ![]() |
9 February 2021[40] | Eliza Aban Othu | murder | hanging |
C | ![]() |
October 1994[4] | 7 unnamed men, 1 unnamed woman | ||
A | ![]() |
1978[3] | M. Adjata Koffi | murder | |
A | ![]() |
never used | |||
C | ![]() |
17 November 1990[41] | Naceur Damergi | murder | hanging |
C | ![]() |
2005[42] | firing squad | ||
A | ![]() |
31 January 1991[4] | John Tsakani Chauke | hanging | |
C | ![]() |
October 1997[4] | Abraham Kasongo, Nelson Ngindano, Dennis Chembe, Robert Mulumbi, David Kapunga, John Gombo, Joe Chilada and Christopher Oldfield | murder | hanging |
C | ![]() |
22 July 2005[43][44][45] | Stephen Chidhumo and Edmund Edgar Masendeke | murder | hanging |
The Americas
[edit]United States
[edit]This section needs additional citations for verification. (October 2021) |
Asia
[edit]# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
D | ![]() |
26 February 2024[112] | Nazar Mohammad | murder | public firearm |
D | ![]() |
27 July 2019[113] | Ali Mohammed al-Arab, Ahmad Issa al-Mulla and 1 unnamed man | terrorism | firing squad |
D | ![]() |
27 July 2023[114] | Mia Mohammad Mohiuddin and Md Jahangir Alam | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
1974[115] | |||
C | ![]() |
none since independence on 1 January 1984[4] | |||
A | ![]() |
1989 | |||
D | ![]() |
9 July 2024[citation needed] | Jiang | drug offences | firearm or lethal injection |
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 20 May 2002[34] | |||
A | ![]() |
16 November 1966[citation needed][116] | Wong Kai-kei[117] | robbery-murder | hanging |
D | ![]() |
20 March 2020[118] | Akshay Thakur, Mukesh Singh, Pawan Gupta and Vinay Sharma | gang rape and murder | hanging |
D | ![]() |
29 July 2016[119] | Freddy Budiman, Seck Osmane, Michael Titus Igweh and Humphrey Ejike | drug offences | firing squad |
D | ![]() |
30 June 2024[120] | Aliullah Bakhsh and Afzalullah Bakhsh | drug offences | hanging |
D | ![]() |
22 July 2024[121] | 10 unnamed men | terrorism | hanging |
B | ![]() |
31 May 1962 | Adolf Eichmann | crimes against humanity, crimes against the Jewish people | hanging |
D | ![]() |
26 July 2022[122] | Tomohiro Katō | murder | hanging |
D | ![]() |
4 March 2017[123] | 15 unnamed men | murder and terrorism | hanging |
B | ![]() |
2003 | |||
D | ![]() |
27 July 2023[124] | 5 men | terrorism, murder and drug offences | hanging |
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 25 December 1991 | |||
C | ![]() |
1989[125] | |||
C | ![]() |
17 January 2004[126][127] | Badih Hamadeh, Remi Antoine Zaatar and Ahmed Mansour | murder | firing squad, hanging |
A | ![]() |
19th century[128] | |||
D | ![]() |
24 May 2017[129] | Yong Kar Mun and another unnamed man | armed robbery / murder | hanging |
C | ![]() |
none since independence on 26 July 1965[4] | |||
A | ![]() |
2008[130][131] | |||
C | ![]() |
23 July 2022[132] | Kyaw Min Yu, Zayar Thaw, Hla Myo Aung and Aung Thura Zaw | terrorism, murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
1979[133] | |||
D | ![]() |
19 December 2023[134] | Unnamed man | robbery / murder | public firing squad |
D | ![]() |
22 April 2024[135] | 3 unnamed men | murder | firing squad |
D | ![]() |
24 November 2019[136] | Brigadier Raja Rizwan | espionage and high treason | hanging |
D | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
4 January 2000[140] | Alex Bartolome | child rape | lethal injection |
C | ![]() |
21 May 2020[141] | Anil Chaudhary | murder | firing squad |
D | ![]() |
2 August 2024[142] | 4 unnamed Saudi men and one unnamed Indian man | robbery, kidnapping and murder | public beheading |
D | ![]() |
28 February 2024[143] | Ahmed Salim | murder | hanging |
C | ![]() |
31 December 1997[144] | 23 people including Kim Yong-je, Lee Sang-su and Lee Young-gil | murder, terrorism | hanging |
C | ![]() |
23 June 1976[4] | Chardradasa Jayasinghe | murder | hanging |
D | ![]() |
2 February 2022[145] | Mohammed | murder | hanging |
D | ![]() |
1 April 2020[146] | Weng Jen-hsien | arson / murder | firearm |
C | ![]() |
April 2004[147] | Rachabmurod Chumayev, Umed Idiyev, Akbar Radzshabov and Mukharam Fatkhulloyev | mass murder | firing squad |
D | ![]() |
18 June 2018[148] | Theerasak Longji | robbery / murder | lethal injection |
A | ![]() |
1997[34] | |||
D | ![]() |
2021[149] | unnamed man | hanging | |
A | ![]() |
1 March 2005[150] | Akhrorkhoja Akbarkhojayevich Talipkhojaev | single firearm | |
D | ![]() |
23 September 2023[151] | Lê Văn Mạnh | murder, child rape and robbery | lethal injection |
D | ![]() |
5 June 2024[152] | Abd al-Rahman Baqadir and Hussein Banafa | murder | firearm |
Europe
[edit]United Kingdom
[edit]# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | ![]() |
13 August 1964[153] | Peter Anthony Allen and Gwynne Owen Evans | capital murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
10 February 1854[153] | John Tapner | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
1 August 1872[153] | John Kewish | patricide | hanging |
A | ![]() |
9 October 1959[153] | Francis Joseph Huchet | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
20 December 1961[153] | Robert McGladdery | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
15 August 1963[153] | Henry John Burnett | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
6 May 1958[153] | Vivian Teed | murder | hanging |
Oceania
[edit]# | Country | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | ![]() |
none since self-government on 4 August 1965 | |||
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 3 November 1986[176] | |||
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 10 October 1970[4] | |||
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 12 July 1979[4] | |||
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 21 October 1986[177] | |||
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 31 January 1968[4] | |||
A | ![]() |
17 February 1957[4] | Walter James Bolton | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
never used | |||
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 1 October 1994[34] | |||
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 16 September 1975[4][178] | |||
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 1 January 1962[4] | |||
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 7 July 1978[4] | |||
C | ![]() |
7 September 1982[4] | Haloti Sole, Livingi Sole, and Fili Esau | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 1 October 1978[4] | |||
A | ![]() |
none since independence on 30 July 1980[4] |
Australia
[edit]# | State | Last execution date | Name | Crime | Method |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
A | ![]() |
11 June 1951 | Takuma Nishimura | war crimes | hanging |
A | ![]() |
never used | |||
A | ![]() |
24 August 1939[4] | John Kelly | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
7 August 1952[4] | Jaroslav Koci and Jan Novotny | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
22 September 1913[4] | Ernest Austin | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
24 November 1964[4] | Glen Sabre Valance | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
14 February 1946[4] | Frederick Thompson | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
3 February 1967[4] | Ronald Ryan | murder | hanging |
A | ![]() |
26 October 1964 | Eric Edgar Cooke | murder | hanging |
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