Which countries execute the most people?

Over the last few days, Saudi Arabia's mass beheading of 47 people dominated the world's headlines. However, the kingdom comes nowhere close to topping the chart of the world's foremost executioners. China actually executes nearly four times as many people each year as anyone else, according to data released by Amnesty International. Read more in Statista's latest feature in the Independent.

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