|
Afghanistan |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Albania |
No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 |
|
|
Algeria |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
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 ordinary crimes2 |
1984 |
|
Armenia |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Australia |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1967 |
|
Austria |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1950 |
|
Azerbaijan |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1993 |
|
The Bahamas |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
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 legal |
|
|
Bermuda |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1977 |
|
Bhutan |
Capital punishment legal1 |
1964 |
|
Bolivia |
No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 |
1974 |
|
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 |
N/A |
|
Botswana |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Brazil |
No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 |
1855 |
|
Brunei |
Capital punishment legal1 |
1957 |
|
Bulgaria |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
|
|
Burkina Faso |
Capital punishment legal1 |
|
|
Burundi |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Cambodia |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1989 |
|
Cameroon |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
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 |
|
|
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 ordinary crimes2 |
N/A |
|
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 |
N/A |
|
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 legal |
|
|
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 legal |
|
|
The Gambia |
Capital punishment legal1 |
1981 |
|
Georgia |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1994 |
|
Germany |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1949 |
|
Ghana |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Greece |
No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 |
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 |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Kenya |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Kiribati |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
N/A |
|
Kuwait |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Kyrgyzstan |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Laos |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Latvia |
No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 |
|
|
Lebanon |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Lesotho |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Liberia |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Libya |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Liechtenstein |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1785 |
|
Lithuania |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
|
|
Luxembourg |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1949 |
|
Macedonia, Former Yugoslav Republic of |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
N/A |
|
Madagascar |
Capital punishment legal1 |
1958 |
|
Malawi |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
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 |
N/A |
|
Mauritania |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Mauritius |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1987 |
|
Mexico |
No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 |
1937 |
|
Micronesia, Federated States of |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
N/A |
|
Moldova |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1995 |
|
Monaco |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1847 |
|
Mongolia |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Morocco |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Mozambique |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1986 |
|
Myanmar |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Namibia |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1988 |
|
Nauru |
Capital punishment legal1 |
|
|
Nepal |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1979 |
|
The Netherlands |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1952 |
|
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 |
|
|
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 |
N/A |
|
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 |
Capital punishment legal |
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 |
|
|
Rwanda |
Capital punishment legal |
1982 |
|
Saint Kitts and Nevis, Federation of |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Saint Lucia |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Samoa |
Capital punishment legal1 |
|
|
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 |
Capital punishment legal1 |
1967 |
|
Serbia and Montenegro |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
|
|
Seychelles |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
N/A |
|
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 legal |
|
|
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 legal |
|
|
Sweden |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1910 |
|
Switzerland |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1944 |
|
Syria |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Taiwan |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Tajikistan |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Tanzania |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Thailand |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Togo |
Capital punishment legal1 |
|
|
Tonga |
Capital punishment legal1 |
1982 |
|
Trinidad and Tobago |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Tunisia |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Turkey |
No capital punishment for ordinary crimes2 |
1984 |
|
Turkmenistan |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
|
|
Tuvalu |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
N/A |
|
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 |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Vanuatu |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
N/A |
|
Vatican City |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
N/A |
|
Venezuela |
No capital punishment for any crimes |
1863 |
|
Vietnam |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Yemen |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Zambia |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
Zimbabwe |
Capital punishment legal |
|
|
N/A = Not available
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). |
