21 Luglio 2020 :

EXECUTIONS IN 2018

At least 2,759 executions were carried out in 20 Countries and territories in 2018.

China: at least 2,000

Iran: at least 310

Saudi Arabia: at least 142

Vietnam: at least 85

Egypt: at least 62

Iraq: at least 52

United States: 25

JAPAN: 15

Pakistan: at least 14

Singapore: 13

Somalia: 13 (Jubaland 10, Federal Government of Somalia 3)

South Sudan: at least 7

Yemen: at least 5

Belarus: at least 4

North Korea: at least 3

Afghanistan: 3

Botswana: 2

Sudan: 2

Thailand: 1

Taiwan*: 1

In 2018, no executions were reported in 7 Countries – Bahrain, Bangladesh, Jordan, Kuwait, Malaysia, Palestine and United Arab Emirates – that carried out executions in 2017.
On the other hand, 4 countries, which had not carried out executions in 2017, resumed them in 2018: Botswana (2), Sudan (2), Taiwan (1) and Thailand (1).
It could not be confirmed if judicial executions took place in Syria in 2018.

Source: Hands Off Cain

In bold: liberal democracies1 (4) that carried out executions (43) in 2018.

In italics: changes in 2018 (4) with regard to 2017.

* Non-UN member States

1 The classification “liberal democracy” is based on the rigorous analytic standards employed by Freedom House in its Freedom in the World 2019 report on the state of political rights and civil liberties around the world (www.freedomhouse.org).