Saudi Arabia

The numbers behind Saudi executions

According to research by Reprieve, a UK-based human rights organisation, Saudi Arabia executed 150 people by the end of 2016 for the second year in a row. On 2 of January last year, 47 civilians were executed on terrorism charges in a single day, the majority of whom were beheaded. The infographic below was featured in the Independent and you can read the full story here.

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This chart shows the estimated number of annual executions carried out in Saudi Arabia from 2007 to 2016.

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Number of executions carried out in Saudi Arabia from 2007 to June 2019
Number of executions worldwide in 2024, by country
Number of executions worldwide from 2015 to 2024
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Number of deaths per 1,000 inhabitants in Saudi Arabia from 1960 to 2024
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Annual number of death row prisoners executed in the United States from 2000 to 2025
Total number of coronavirus (COVID-19) deaths in Saudi Arabia March 2020 to June 2022

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