Saudi Arabia

RetentionistLegal status of the death penalty*
21Number of individuals currently under sentence of death
356Executions in 2025
360Executions in 2024
172Executions in 2023

2026Last known execution
Shooting, StoningMethod(s) of execution
NoParty to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights
NoParty to the Second Optional Protocol to the ICCPR, aiming at the abolition of the death penalty
Not applicableParty to the American Convention on Human Rights
Not applicableParty to the Protocol to the American Convention on Human Rights to Abolish the Death Penalty
NoUN Moratorium Resolution (2010): cosponsor
AgainstUN Moratorium Resolution (2010): vote
YesUN Moratorium Resolution (2010): has signed the Note Verbale of Dissociation
NoUN Moratorium Resolution (2012): cosponsor
AgainstUN Moratorium Resolution (2012): vote
YesUN Moratorium Resolution (2012): has signed the Note Verbale of Dissociation
UnclearDoes the country have a mandatory death penalty?
2026-03-30Last update


Source: Cornell Center on the Death Penalty Worldwide
*Source of classification: Amnesty International

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