Amnesty International reports 54 nations still carry out state executions

Amnesty International's latest data shows that 54 countries still employ the death penalty, whereas 145 have eliminated it. The NGO recorded 2,707 executions in 17 nations, highlighting a significant concentration in China, Iran and Saudi Arabia. In the United States, 47 individuals were executed, most using lethal injection.

Execution methods globally also feature hanging, shooting, beheading and gas chambers. While most democracies have ceased capital punishment, Japan and Taiwan continue to practice it, alongside the United States. The European Union requires abolition of the death penalty for Council of Europe membership, and Germany prohibited it in its constitution in 1949.