Between 1990 and 2020, 152 death sentences of people below the age of 18 at the time of the crime were documented worldwide. The countries who applied death penalty to minors during these years were China, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Iran, Nigeria, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, South Sudan, Sudan, the United States, and Yemen. The majority of them took place in Iran, with 102 cases. In total, there were death sentences in 54 countries in 2020. China executed by far the largest number of people, with over one thousand cases.
Number of death sentences to people younger than 18 worldwide between 1990 to 2020
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Amnesty International. (August 11, 2021). Number of death sentences to people younger than 18 worldwide between 1990 to 2020 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256733/death-sentences-to-people-under-18-years-old/
Amnesty International. "Number of death sentences to people younger than 18 worldwide between 1990 to 2020." Chart. August 11, 2021. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256733/death-sentences-to-people-under-18-years-old/
Amnesty International. (2021). Number of death sentences to people younger than 18 worldwide between 1990 to 2020. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256733/death-sentences-to-people-under-18-years-old/
Amnesty International. "Number of Death Sentences to People Younger than 18 Worldwide between 1990 to 2020." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Aug 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256733/death-sentences-to-people-under-18-years-old/
Amnesty International, Number of death sentences to people younger than 18 worldwide between 1990 to 2020 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256733/death-sentences-to-people-under-18-years-old/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Number of death sentences to people younger than 18 worldwide between 1990 to 2020 [Graph], Amnesty International, August 11, 2021. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1256733/death-sentences-to-people-under-18-years-old/
