Amnesty International reported this list of countries and their
execution methods in mid-1999.
Afghanistan
firing squad, hanging, stoning
Albania
firing squad, hanging
Algeria
firing squad
Antigua and Barbuda
hanging
Armenia
firing squad
Bahamas
hanging
Bahrain
firing squad
Bangladesh
firing squad, hanging
Barbados
hanging
Belarus
firing squad
Belize
hanging
Benin
firing squad
Bermuda
hanging
Bolivia
firing squad
Bosnia-Herzegovina
firing squad
Botswana
hanging
Brunei Darussalam
hanging
Burkina Faso
firing squad
Burundi
firing squad, hanging
Cameroon
firing squad, hanging
Central African Republic
firing squad
Chad
firing squad
Chile
firing squad
China (People's Republic)
firing squad, lethal injection
Comoros
firing squad
Congo (Democratic Republic)
firing squad, hanging
Congo (Republic)
firing squad, beheading
Cote d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
firing squad
Cuba
firing squad
Dominica
hanging
Djibouti
firing squad
Egypt
hanging, firing squad
El Salvador
firing squad
Equatorial Guinea
firing squad, hanging
Ethiopia
firing squad,
Gabon
firing squad
Ghana
firing squad
Grenada
hanging
Guatemala
lethal injection
Guinea
firing squad
Guyana
hanging
India
hanging
Indonesia
firing squad
Iran
firing squad, hanging, stoning
Iraq
firing squad, hanging
Israel
hanging
Jamaica
hanging
Japan
hanging
Jordan
firing squad, hanging
Kazakhstan
firing squad
Kenya
hanging
Korea (North/Democratic People's Republic)
firing squad, hanging
Korea (South/ Republic)
hanging
Kuwait
hanging, firing squad
Kyrgyzstan
firing squad
Latvia
firing squad
Lebanon
firing squad, hanging
Lesotho
hanging
Liberia
firing squad, hanging
Libya
firing squad, hanging
Madagascar
firing squad
Malawi
hanging
Malaysia
hanging
Mali
firing squad
Mauritania
firing squad
Mongolia
firing squad
Morocco
firing squad
Myanmar
hanging
Niger
firing squad
Nigeria
firing squad, hanging
Pakistan
hanging, stoning
Palestinian Authority
firing squad, hanging
Papua New Guinea
hanging
Philippines
lethal injection
Qatar
hanging, firing squad
Russian Federation
firing squad
Rwanda
firing squad
St. Christopher and Nevis
hanging
St. Lucia
hanging
St. Vincent and The Grenadines
hanging
Saudi Arabia
beheading, stoning
Senegal
firing squad
Sierra Leone
firing squad, hanging
Singapore
hanging
Somalia
firing squad
Sri Lanka
hanging
Sudan
hanging, stoning, crucifixion, firing squad
Suriname
firing squad
Swaziland
hanging
Syria
hanging, firing squad
Taiwan (Republic of China)
firing squad, lethal injection
Tajikistan
firing squad
Tanzania
hanging
Thailand
firing squad
Togo
firing squad
Tonga
hanging
Trinidad and Tobago
hanging
Tunisia
hanging, firing squad
Turkey
hanging
Turkmenistan
firing squad
Uganda
firing squad, hanging
Ukraine
firing squad
United Arab Emirates
firing squad, stoning, beheading
United States of America
lethal injection, electrocution, lethal gas, hanging, firing squad
Uzbekistan
firing squad
Vietnam
firing squad
Yemen
firing squad
Yugoslavia (Federal Republic)
firing squad
Zambia
hanging
Zimbabwe
hanging
Firing squad: 73 countries (sole method in 45 countries)
Hanging: 58 countries (sole method in 33 countries)
Stoning: 6 countries
Lethal injection: 5 countries (sole method in 1 country)
Beheading: 3 countries
Electrocution: 1 country
Lethal gas: 1 country