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    
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
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
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
KIRIBATI     Ind.
LIBERIA 2005    
LIECHTENSTEIN 1987   1785
LITHUANIA 1998   1995
LUXEMBOURG 1979   1949
MACEDONIA (former Yug. Rep.) 1991    
MALTA 2000 1971 1943
MARSHALL ISLANDS     Ind.
MAURITIUS 1995   1987
MEXICO
2005		   1937
MICRONESIA (Federated States)     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
2002		   1992
SEYCHELLES 1993   Ind.
SLOVAK REPUBLIC 1990    
SLOVENIA 1989    
SOLOMON ISLANDS   1966 Ind.
SOUTH AFRICA 1997 1995 1991
SPAIN 1995 1978 1975
SWEDEN 1972 1921 1910
SWITZERLAND 1992 1942 1944
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.
VATICAN CITY STATE 1969    
VENEZUELA 1863