Death penalty: Countries abolitionist for all crimes
Countries whose laws do not provide for the death penalty for any crime
Abbreviations: Date (A) = date of abolition for all crimes; Date (AO) = date of abolition for ordinary crimes; Date (last ex.) = date of last execution; K = date of last known execution; Ind. = no executions since independence
Country | Date (A) | Date (AO) | Date (last ex.) |
ALBANIA | 2007 | 2000 |
|
ANDORRA | 1990 |
| 1943 |
ANGOLA | 1992 |
|
|
ARGENTINA | 2008 | 1984 |
|
ARMENIA | 2003 |
|
|
AUSTRALIA | 1985 | 1984 | 1967 |
AUSTRIA | 1968 | 1950 | 1950 |
AZERBAIJAN | 1998 |
| 1993 |
BELGIUM | 1996 |
| 1950 |
BHUTAN | 2004 |
| 1964K |
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA | 2001 | 1997 |
|
BULGARIA | 1998 |
| 1989 |
BURUNDI | 2009 |
|
|
CAMBODIA | 1989 |
|
|
CANADA | 1998 | 1976 | 1962 |
CAPE VERDE | 1981 |
| 1835 |
COLOMBIA | 1910 |
| 1909 |
COOK ISLANDS | 2007 |
|
|
COSTA RICA | 1877 |
|
|
COTE D'IVOIRE | 2000 |
|
|
CROATIA | 1990 |
| 1987 |
CYPRUS | 2002 | 1983 | 1962 |
CZECH REPUBLIC | 1990 |
|
|
DENMARK | 1978 | 1933 | 1950 |
DJIBOUTI | 1995 |
| Ind. |
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC | 1966 |
|
|
ECUADOR | 1906 |
|
|
ESTONIA | 1998 |
| 1991 |
FINLAND | 1972 | 1949 | 1944 |
FRANCE | 1981 |
| 1977 |
| GABON | 2010 | 1985 | |
GEORGIA | 1997 |
| 1994K |
GERMANY | 1987 |
|
|
GREECE | 2004 | 1993 | 1972 |
GUINEA-BISSAU | 1993 |
| 1986K |
HAITI | 1987 |
| 1972K |
HONDURAS | 1956 |
| 1940 |
HUNGARY | 1990 |
| 1988 |
ICELAND | 1928 |
| 1830 |
IRELAND | 1990 |
| 1954 |
ITALY | 1994 | 1947 | 1947 |
KYRGYZSTAN | 2007 |
|
|
KIRIBATI |
|
| Ind. |
| LATVIA | 2012 | 1999 | 1996 |
LIECHTENSTEIN | 1987 |
| 1785 |
LITHUANIA | 1998 |
| 1995 |
LUXEMBOURG | 1979 |
| 1949 |
MACEDONIA | 1991 |
|
|
MALTA | 2000 | 1971 | 1943 |
MARSHALL ISLANDS |
|
| Ind. |
MAURITIUS | 1995 |
| 1987 |
MEXICO | 2005 |
| 1961 |
MICRONESIA |
|
| Ind. |
MOLDOVA | 1995 |
|
|
MONACO | 1962 |
| 1847 |
MONTENEGRO | 2002 |
|
|
MOZAMBIQUE | 1990 |
| 1986 |
NAMIBIA | 1990 |
| 1988K |
NEPAL | 1997 | 1990 | 1979 |
NETHERLANDS | 1982 | 1870 | 1952 |
NEW ZEALAND | 1989 | 1961 | 1957 |
NICARAGUA | 1979 |
| 1930 |
NIUE |
|
|
|
NORWAY | 1979 | 1905 | 1948 |
PALAU |
|
|
|
PANAMA | 1922 |
| 1903K |
PARAGUAY | 1992 |
| 1928 |
PHILIPPINES | 2006 (1987) |
| 2000 |
POLAND | 1997 |
| 1988 |
PORTUGAL | 1976 | 1867 | 1849K |
ROMANIA | 1989 |
| 1989 |
RWANDA | 2007 |
| 1998 |
SAMOA | 2004 |
| Ind. |
SAN MARINO | 1865 | 1848 | 1468K |
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE | 1990 |
| Ind. |
SENEGAL | 2004 |
| 1967 |
SERBIA (Incl. Kosovo) | 2002 |
| 1992 |
SEYCHELLES | 1993 |
| Ind. |
SLOVAKIA | 1990 |
|
|
SLOVENIA | 1989 |
|
|
SOLOMON ISLANDS |
| 1966 | Ind. |
SOUTH AFRICA | 1997 | 1995 | 1991 |
SPAIN | 1995 | 1978 | 1975 |
SWEDEN | 1972 | 1921 | 1910 |
SWITZERLAND | 1992 | 1942 | 1944 |
TOGO | 2009 |
| 1978 |
TIMOR-LESTE | 1999 |
|
|
TURKEY | 2004 | 2002 | 1984 |
TURKMENISTAN | 1999 |
|
|
TUVALU |
|
| Ind. |
UKRAINE | 1999 |
|
|
UNITED KINGDOM | 1998 | 1973 | 1964 |
URUGUAY | 1907 |
|
|
UZBEKISTAN | 2008 |
| 2005 |
VANUATU |
|
| Ind. |
HOLY SEE | 1969 |
|
|
VENEZUELA | 1863 |
|
|
(In 1990 the German Democratic Republic became unified with the Federal Republic of Germany, where the death penalty had been abolished in 1949.)
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