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Methods of Execution Worldwide

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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

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