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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This chart shows the number of executions in countries worldwide in 2014.
Gross domestic product (GDP) of China 1985-2029
Gross domestic product (GDP) per capita in China 1985-2029
Number of executions in the United States 2015-2023
GDP growth in China 2023, by region
Total assets of the Agricultural Bank of China 2013-2023
Operating income of the Agricultural Bank of China 2013-2023
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