15 March 2017 :

At least 3.135 executions were carried out in 23 Countries and territories in 2016.

China: at least 2000

Iran: at least  530

Saudi Arabia: at least  154

Vietnam: at least  100

Iraq: at least  92

Pakistan: 87

North Korea: at least  70

Egypt: at least  16 (44)

United States: 20

Somalia: at least  14

Bangladesh: 10

Malaysia: at least  9

Afghanistan: 6

Belarus: 4

Singapore: 4

Indonesia: 4

Japan: 3

Nigeria: 3

Palestine (Gaza Streep): 3

Sudan: 2

South Sudan: at least  2

Taiwan*: 1

Botswana: 1

In 2016 no executions were reported in 7 Countries – Chiad, Egypt, Jordan, India, Indonesia, Oman and United Arab Emirates– that carried out executions in 2015.

On the other end, 3 Countries resumed executions: Botswana (1), Belarus (1) and Palestine (Gaza Streep) (3).

It couldnot be condirmed if “legal” executions took place in 2016 in Syria and Yemen.

Source: Hands off Cain

In bold, liberal democracies1 (6) that carried out executions (18) in 2016.

In italics, changes in 2016 (3) with regard to 2015.

 * 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 2016 report on the state of political rights and civil liberties around the world (www.freedomhouse.org).