Methods of Execution by Country (Countries in italics are abolitionist de facto, underlined countries are abolitionist for ordinary crimes only.) 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 firing squad Cuba firing squad Dominica hanging Djibouti firing squad Egypt hanging, firing squad El Salvador firing squad Equatorial Guinea firing squad, hanging Eritrea 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 Laos 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 Oman 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 Western Samoa Yemen firing squad Yugoslavia (Federal Republic) firing squad Zambia hanging Zimbabwe hanging



Method of Execution practiced in... 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