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Capital Punishment Worldwide

Country Legal Status Date of Last Execution
Afghanistan Capital punishment legal  
Albania No capital punishment for any crimes  
Algeria Capital punishment legal1 1993
Andorra No capital punishment for any crimes 1943
Angola No capital punishment for any crimes 1992
Antigua and Barbuda Capital punishment legal  
Argentina No capital punishment for any crimes 1984
Armenia No capital punishment for any crimes  
Australia No capital punishment for any crimes 1967
Austria No capital punishment for any crimes 1950
Azerbaijan No capital punishment for any crimes 1993
Bahrain Capital punishment legal  
Bangladesh Capital punishment legal  
Barbados Capital punishment legal  
Belarus Capital punishment legal  
Belgium No capital punishment for any crimes 1950
Belize Capital punishment legal  
Benin Capital punishment legal1 1987
Bhutan No capital punishment for any crimes 1964
Bolivia No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 1974
Bosnia and Herzegovina No capital punishment for any crimes  
Botswana Capital punishment legal  
Brazil No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 1855
Brunei Capital punishment legal1 1957
Bulgaria No capital punishment for any crimes 1989
Burkina Faso Capital punishment legal1 1988
Burundi Capital punishment legal  
Cambodia No capital punishment for any crimes 1989
Cameroon Capital punishment legal1  
Canada No capital punishment for any crimes 1962
Cape Verde No capital punishment for any crimes 1835
Central African Republic Capital punishment legal1 1981
Chad Capital punishment legal  
Chile No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 1985
China Capital punishment legal  
Colombia No capital punishment for any crimes 1909
Comoros Capital punishment legal  
Congo, Democratic Republic of the Capital punishment legal  
Congo, Republic of the Capital punishment legal1 1982
Cook Islands No capital punishment for any crimes  
Costa Rica No capital punishment for any crimes 1877
Côte d´Ivoire No capital punishment for any crimes 1990
Croatia No capital punishment for any crimes  
Cuba Capital punishment legal  
Cyprus No capital punishment for any crimes 1962
Czech Republic No capital punishment for any crimes 1990
Denmark No capital punishment for any crimes 1950
Djibouti No capital punishment for any crimes  
Dominica Capital punishment legal  
Dominican Republic No capital punishment for any crimes 1966
Ecuador No capital punishment for any crimes 1906
Egypt Capital punishment legal  
El Salvador No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 1973
Equatorial Guinea Capital punishment legal  
Eritrea Capital punishment legal1  
Estonia No capital punishment for any crimes 1991
Ethiopia Capital punishment legal  
Fiji Islands No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 1964
Finland No capital punishment for any crimes 1944
France No capital punishment for any crimes 1977
Gabon Capital punishment legal1  
Georgia No capital punishment for any crimes 1994
Germany No capital punishment for any crimes 1949
Ghana Capital punishment legal1  
Greece No capital punishment for any crimes 1972
Grenada Capital punishment legal1 1978
Guatemala Capital punishment legal  
Guinea Capital punishment legal  
Guinea-Bissau No capital punishment for any crimes 1986
Guyana Capital punishment legal  
Haiti No capital punishment for any crimes 1972
Honduras No capital punishment for any crimes 1940
Hungary No capital punishment for any crimes 1988
Iceland No capital punishment for any crimes 1830
India Capital punishment legal  
Indonesia Capital punishment legal  
Iran Capital punishment legal  
Iraq Capital punishment legal  
Ireland No capital punishment for any crimes 1954
Israel No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 1962
Italy No capital punishment for any crimes 1947
Jamaica Capital punishment legal  
Japan Capital punishment legal  
Jordan Capital punishment legal  
Kazakhstan No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2  
Kenya Capital punishment legal1  
Kiribati No capital punishment for any crimes  
Kuwait Capital punishment legal  
Kyrgyzstan No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2  
Laos Capital punishment legal1  
Latvia No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 1996
Lebanon Capital punishment legal  
Lesotho Capital punishment legal  
Liberia Capital punishment legal1 2000
Libya Capital punishment legal  
Liechtenstein No capital punishment for any crimes 1785
Lithuania No capital punishment for any crimes 1995
Luxembourg No capital punishment for any crimes 1949
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of No capital punishment for any crimes  
Madagascar Capital punishment legal1 1958
Malawi Capital punishment legal1  
Malaysia Capital punishment legal  
Maldives Capital punishment legal1 1952
Mali Capital punishment legal1 1980
Malta No capital punishment for any crimes 1943
Marshall Islands No capital punishment for any crimes  
Mauritania Capital punishment legal1 1987
Mauritius No capital punishment for any crimes 1987
Mexico No capital punishment for any crimes 1937
Micronesia, Federated States of No capital punishment for any crimes  
Moldova No capital punishment for any crimes 1995
Monaco No capital punishment for any crimes 1847
Mongolia Capital punishment legal  
Montenegro No capital punishment for any crimes  
Morocco Capital punishment legal1  
Mozambique No capital punishment for any crimes 1986
Myanmar Capital punishment legal1  
Namibia No capital punishment for any crimes 1988
Nauru Capital punishment legal1  
Nepal No capital punishment for any crimes 1979
New Zealand No capital punishment for any crimes 1957
Nicaragua No capital punishment for any crimes 1930
Niger Capital punishment legal1 1976
Nigeria Capital punishment legal  
Niue No capital punishment for any crimes  
North Korea Capital punishment legal  
Norway No capital punishment for any crimes 1948
Oman Capital punishment legal  
Pakistan Capital punishment legal  
Palau No capital punishment for any crimes  
Panama No capital punishment for any crimes 1903
Papua New Guinea Capital punishment legal1 1950
Paraguay No capital punishment for any crimes 1928
Peru No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 1979
Philippines No capital punishment for any crimes 1976
Poland No capital punishment for any crimes 1988
Portugal No capital punishment for any crimes 1849
Qatar Capital punishment legal  
Romania No capital punishment for any crimes 1989
Russian Federation Capital punishment legal1 1999
Rwanda No capital punishment for any crimes 1998
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of Capital punishment legal  
Saint Lucia Capital punishment legal  
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Capital punishment legal  
Samoa No capital punishment for any crimes  
San Marino No capital punishment for any crimes 1468
São Tomé and Príncipe No capital punishment for any crimes 1990
Saudi Arabia Capital punishment legal  
Senegal No capital punishment for any crimes 1967
Serbia No capital punishment for any crimes  
Seychelles No capital punishment for any crimes  
Sierra Leone Capital punishment legal  
Singapore Capital punishment legal  
Slovakia No capital punishment for any crimes 1990
Slovenia No capital punishment for any crimes 1989
Solomon Islands No capital punishment for any crimes 1966
Somalia Capital punishment legal  
South Africa No capital punishment for any crimes 1991
South Korea Capital punishment legal1  
Spain No capital punishment for any crimes 1975
Sri Lanka Capital punishment legal1 1976
Sudan Capital punishment legal  
Suriname Capital punishment legal1 1982
Swaziland Capital punishment legal1  
Sweden No capital punishment for any crimes 1910
Switzerland No capital punishment for any crimes 1944
Syria Capital punishment legal  
Tajikistan Capital punishment legal1  
Tanzania Capital punishment legal1  
Thailand Capital punishment legal  
The Bahamas Capital punishment legal  
The Gambia Capital punishment legal1 1981
The Netherlands No capital punishment for any crimes 1952
Timor-Leste No capital punishment for any crimes  
Togo Capital punishment legal1  
Tonga Capital punishment legal1 1982
Trinidad and Tobago Capital punishment legal  
Tunisia Capital punishment legal1 1991
Turkey No capital punishment for any crimes 1984
Turkmenistan No capital punishment for any crimes  
Tuvalu No capital punishment for any crimes  
Uganda Capital punishment legal  
Ukraine No capital punishment for any crimes  
United Arab Emirates Capital punishment legal  
United Kingdom No capital punishment for any crimes 1964
United States of America Capital punishment legal  
Uruguay No capital punishment for any crimes 1907
Uzbekistan No capital punishment for any crimes 2005
Vanuatu No capital punishment for any crimes  
Vatican City No capital punishment for any crimes  
Venezuela No capital punishment for any crimes 1863
Vietnam Capital punishment legal  
Yemen Capital punishment legal  
Zambia Capital punishment legal1  
Zimbabwe Capital punishment legal  
1) Provides for capital punishment for ordinary crimes but has not held an execution in 10 or more years or has made an international commitment not to carry out executions.

2) Provides for capital punishment only for extraordinary crimes (such as crimes under military law) or crimes committed in exceptional circumstances (such as wartime).

Source: Amnesty International.
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