Number of executions carried out in Saudi Arabia 2007-2019

Number of executions carried out in Saudi Arabia from 2007 to June 2019

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Release date

February 2020

Region

Saudi Arabia, MENA

Survey time period

2007 to June 2019

Supplementary notes

This statistic displays only data of confirmed and carried out executions by Human Rights Watch and Amnesty International. Though both sources often estimate that the actual number of carried out executions was much higher.

The Most common method of execution in Saudi Arabia is through public beheading with a sword.
The death penalty for adultery is often executed through stoning.
In both cases the condemned are sedated before the execution.
There have been rare reports of some executions carried out by a firing squad.

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