| Characteristic | Number of death sentences |
|---|---|
| China** | 1,000 |
| Egypt | 365 |
| Iraq* | 200 |
| Nigeria* | 186 |
| Bangladesh* | 165 |
| Yemen* | 152 |
| Vietnam* | 150 |
| India | 139 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo* | 125 |
| Pakistan* | 117 |
| Thailand | 115 |
| Indonesia* | 85 |
| Sudan* | 30 |
| USA | 26 |
| Sri Lanka* | 25 |
| Malaysia | 24 |
| Mauritania* | 23 |
| Somalia* | 17 |
| Mali* | 16 |
| Niger* | 16 |
| Tanzania* | 12 |
| Tunisia* | 12 |
| Libya* | 11 |
| Algeria | 8 |
| Jordan* | 7 |
| Kuwait* | 7 |
| Myanmar* | 7 |
| Ghana | 6 |
| Singapore | 5 |
| Ethiopia* | 3 |
| South Sudan* | 3 |
| Japan | 3 |
| Kenya | 3 |
| Laos* | 2 |
| Lebanon* | 2 |
| Morocco/Western Sahara* | 2 |
| Uganda* | 2 |
| United Arab Emirates* | 1 |
| Belarus | 1 |
| Botswana | 1 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 1 |
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Release date
April 2025
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Region
Worldwide
Survey time period
2024
Supplementary notes
* The actual figures are likely to be higher, according to Amnesty International.
**The figure is estimated to be in the several thousands. 1000 is a place holder.
There is no exact data available on the number of death sentences in Afghanistan, Iran, Syria, North Korea and Saudi Arabia.
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