Top 16 countries with highest number of death sentences in 2016 (See where Nigeria ranks)

According to the report, “at least 1,032
people were executed in 23 countries in
2016.
The report which was released on
Tuesday, April 11, showed that Nigeria
now leads Sub-Saharan Africa, with 527
cases of death penalty within one year,
an increase from 171 cases recorded in
2015. This figure represents 208%
increase.
Nigeria was ranked second in the world
after China in recorded death sentences
in 2016.

China topped the list of countries in the
world with the largest number of death
penalties and executions. However, the
true extent of the use of the death
penalty in China is unknown as this
data is considered a state secret.
The global figure of at least 1,032
executed in 2016 excludes the thousands
of executions believed to have been
carried out in China.
China is believed to have executed more
than all other countries in the world put
together, while the USA reached a
historic low in its use of the death
penalty in 2016.
The list of the
countries in the world with the largest
number of death sentences in 2016
according to Amnesty International

1. China
2. Nigeria 527
3. Pakistan 360+
4. Bangladesh 245+
5. Egypt 237+
6. Thailand 216
7. Cameroon 160+
8. Iraq 145+
9. India 136
10. Lebanon 126
11. Zambia 101
12. Democratic Republic of Congo 93+
13. Sri Lanka 79+
14. Viet Nam 63+
15. Indonesia 60+
16. Somalia 60

The report stated: “ Information provided
by the Nigerian Prisons Service to
Amnesty International showed that 527
people were sentenced to death in 2016.
“The Nigerian Prisons Service also
reported that 33 were granted pardon,
32 death row prisoners were exonerated
and 1,979 people were on death row,
including five foreign nationals. During
the year, a total of 105 death sentences
were commuted .”