U.S. capital punishment - executions 1976-2022, by method

Published by Statista Research Department, Feb 21, 2022
As of February 2022, a total of 1,363 people had been executed by lethal injection in the United States since 1976, making it the most common method of execution in the country. Over that same time period, a further 163 people were executed via electrocution.

Total number of executions in the United States from 1976 to 2022, by method of execution

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Release date

February 2022

Region

United States

Survey time period

1976 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Figures as of January 19, 2021

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