90% of worldwide executions were carried out by just 3 countries last year
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It's important to note that the figure doesn't include executions in China because the Chinese government keep the figures secret. Excluding China, a massive 90% of worldwide executions were carried out by just three countries - Iran, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia.
Topping the execution list is Iran who executed around 981 people in 2015. That's 60% of the worldwide total and represents an increase of 238 executions from 2014. Four of the people it executed were under 18 at the time they are alleged to have committed a crime.
From 2008 to December 2014 Pakistan didn't execute anyone, but in response to a terrorist attack on a school it has started up again big time. It put 326 people to death in 2015, the largest number ever recorded by Amnesty international.
Saudi Arabia executed around 158 in 2015. That a 76% increase on 2014 and, as Business Insider has pointed out before, represents a trend for Saudi to escalate the rate it carries out executions year on year.
Despite the upwards trend, not everyone is joining the execution bandwagon. Fiji, the Republic of the Congo, Madagascar and Suriname all abolished the death penalty last year.
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