For other years, see Worldwide Executions 2006-2025 Index.
Below are the monthly figures for worldwide executions in 2010.
(f) = female, (j) = juvenile, (p) = public
Executions in January 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for January 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 5 |
| Bangladesh | 5 |
| China | 12 |
| Iran | 15 |
| Iraq | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 |
| Sudan | 6 |
| Yemen | 2 |
51 men were executed in January 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 04/01 | Iran | Alireza and Amir Dolat-Khan | Hanging | Rape/murder |
| 06/01 | Iran | Fasih Yasamani | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 07/01 | China | 7 men : Zhang Baoyi, Gao Yuehui, He Pidong, Liu Luntao, Zhang Guo, Li Qing and Zhang Zhiyu | Injection | Gang crimes |
| 07/01 | America – Ohio | Vernon Smith | Injection | Murder |
| 07/01 | America – Texas | Kenneth Mosley | Injection | Murder |
| 07/01 | America – Louisiana | Gerald J. Bordelon | Injection | Murder |
| 09/01 | Iran | 6 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 11/01 | Saudi Arabia | Salah ibn Rihaidan ibn Hailan Al-Johani | Beheading (p) | Rape |
| 12/01 | America – Texas | Gary Johnson | Injection | Murder |
| 13/01 | China | Liu Lieyong & Chen Xiaohui | Injection? | Murder & gang crimes |
| 13/01 | Saudi Arabia | Redha bin Abid bin Abdullah Almabadi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 14/01 | Saudi Arabia | Mohammed bin Said bin Mohammed al-Resasma al-Shahrani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 14/01 | Sudan | 6 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 14/01 | America – Oklahoma | Julius Ricardo Young | Injection | Murder |
| 19/01 | China | Yang Tianqing & Liu Chenghu | Injection? | Murder & gang crimes |
| 19/01 | Saudi Arabia | Sultan Bin Ali Bin Abdullah al-Qahtani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 20/01 | Iran | Allahnazar Shahlibar | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 21/01 | China | Jiang Yongsheng | Injection? | Multiple rape |
| 22/01 | Yemen | Hamid Jabir al-Hamshali & 1 unnamed man | Shooting | Murder |
| 25/01 | Saudi Arabia | Mohsen bin Mohammed bin Saleh al-Mokhles | Beheading (p) | Drugs |
| 25/01 | Iraq | Ali Hassan al-Majid ”Chemical Ali” | Hanging | Mass murder |
| 27/01 | Iran | Jamshid Hadian | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 28/01 | Iran | Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmani Pour | Hanging | Rioting |
| 28/01 | Bangladesh | Syed Faruk Rahman, Mohiuddin Ahmed, Bazlul Huda, AKM Mohiuddin Ahmed and Sultan Shahriar Rashid Khan | Hanging | Murder |
| 30/01 | Iran | Masoud and Mohammad | Hanging | Rape |
Executions in February 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for February 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 2 |
| Iran | 11 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 |
15 men were executed in February 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 04/02 | America – Ohio | Mark Brown | Injection | Murder |
| 16/02 | America – Florida | Martin Edward Grossman | Injection | Murder |
| 17/02 | Saudi Arabia | Ahmed bin Mohammed bin Harish al-Ashjaai al-Anzi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 19/02 | Iran | Abdollah A. Mehdi S. & Dadollah Moradzadeh | Hanging | Drugs |
| 22/02 | Saudi Arabia | Fayhan al-Sabi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 27/02 | Iran | 3 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 27/02 | Iran | 5 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
Executions in March 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for March 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 5 |
| Belarus | 2 |
| Botswana | 1 |
| China | 3 |
| Egypt | 2 |
| Iran | 5 |
| North Korea | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Sudan | 2 |
22 men and 1 woman were executed in March 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/03 | America – Texas | Michael Sigala | Injection | Murder |
| 05/03 | Saudi Arabia | Mussa Ahmed | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 06/03 | Iran | Gh. B. and H. R | Hanging | Drugs |
| 10/03 | Egypt | Atef Rohyum Abd El Al Rohyum & Jihan Mohammed Ali (f) | Hanging | Murder |
| 10/03 | Iran | S.M. | Hanging (p) | Drugs |
| 10/03 | Iran | Hamid Kh. and Zeinolabedeen Gh. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 11/03 | America – Texas | Joshua Maxwell | Injection | Murder |
| 12/03 | North Korea | Pak Nam-ki & 1 unnamed man | Shooting | Economic crimes |
| 16/03 | America – Ohio | Lawrence Reynolds | Injection | Murder |
| 17/03 | Sudan | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Murder |
| 18/03 | America – Virginia | Paul Warner Powell | Electrocution | Murder |
| 19/03 | Belarus | Andrei Zhuk & Vasily Yuzepchuk | Shooting | Murder |
| 25/03 | China | Li Shubiao | Injection? | Corruption |
| 25/03 | China | Xu Qingxi and Xu Qifang | Injection? | Child abduction |
| 25/03 | Botswana | Modise Fly | Hanging | Murder |
| 30/03 | America – Texas | Franklin DeWayne Alix | Injection | Murder |
Executions in April 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for April 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 3 |
| China | 10 |
| Iran | 24 |
| Palestine | 2 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 |
| Taiwan | 4 |
46 men were executed in April 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/04 | China | 5 unnamed persons | Injection? | Drugs |
| 05/04 | China | Mitsunobu Akano | Injection? | Drugs |
| 08/04 | Iran | 5 unnamed persons | Hanging | Drugs |
| 09/04 | China | Teruo Takeda, Hironori Ukai and Katsuo Mori | Injection? | Drugs |
| 12/04 | Iran | Morteza, Qader & Gholam Reza | Hanging | Drugs |
| 13/04 | Iran | Adnan Albuali | Hanging (p) | Armed robbery |
| 14/04 | Iran | Torab A. | Hanging (p) | Drugs |
| 14/04 | Iran | A.A., M. V. and A. T. | Hanging (p) | Rape |
| 15/04 | Palestine (Gaza) | Mohammed Ismail and Nasser Abu Freh | Shooting | Treason |
| 19/04 | Iran | Feizollah, Nazar, Mehdi N., & Alam H. Hossein S., | Hanging | Drugs Rape |
| 20/04 | Iran | Ahmad Kh. and Solieman J. | Hanging | Rape |
| 20/04 | Iran | Rahman R. | Hanging | Murder |
| 20/04 | America – Ohio | Darryl Durr | Injection | Murder |
| 22/04 | America – Texas | William Berkley | Injection | Murder |
| 25/04 | Saudi Arabia | Saleh al-Ghamdi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 27/04 | America – Texas | Samuel Bustamante | Injection | Murder |
| 27/04 | China | Zhang Minsheng | Shooting? | Child murder |
| 27/04 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 27/04 | Saudi Arabia | Umeir bin Moheissen bin Umeir al-Shihri | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 28/04 | Saudi Arabia | Hussein al-Darwish | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 29/04 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 30/04 | Taiwan | Chang Chun-hung, Hung Chen-yao, Ko Shih-ming and Chang Wen-wei | Shooting | Murder |
Executions in May 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for May 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 9 |
| China | 1 |
| Iran | 22 |
| Libya | 18 |
| Palestine | 3 |
52 men and 1 woman were executed in May 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/05 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 04/05 | Iran | Rahman R. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 08/05 | Iran | Arsalan Asadi, Mohammad Ali Fakhri, Abbas Geravand, Rahman Biabani, Parviz Taqi Zadeh and Saeed Mikaili (6 men) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 09/05 | Iran | Shirin Alamhouli, (f) Farzad Kamangar, Ali Heidarian, Farhad Vakili and Mehdi Eslamian | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 12/05 | America – Texas | Kevin Varga | Injection | Murder |
| 13/05 | America – Ohio | Michael Beuke | Injection | Murder |
| 13/05 | America – Texas | Billy Galloway | Injection | Murder |
| 18/05 | Palestine (Gaza) | 3 unnamed men | Shooting | Murder |
| 19/05 | Iran | Morteza and Azizollah | Hanging | Drugs |
| 19/05 | America – Texas | Rogelio Cannady | Injection | Murder |
| 19/05 | America – Mississippi | Paul Everette Woodward | Injection | Murder |
| 20/05 | Iran | A.A. | Hanging (p) | Drugs |
| 20/05 | America – Mississippi | Gerald James Holland | Injection | Murder |
| 20/05 | America – Virginia | Darick Demorris Walker | Injection | Murder |
| 21/05 | Iran | Mohammad | Hanging | Murder |
| 23/05 | Iran | S. R. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 24/05 | Iran | Abdolhamid Rigi | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 25/05 | America – Texas | John Alba | Injection | Murder |
| 27/05 | Iran | Jamshid Mir | Hanging | Rape |
| 27/05 | America – Alabama | Thomas Whisenhant | Injection | Murder |
| 29/05 | China | Xu Yuyuan | Shooting? | Child attacks |
| 29/05 | Iran | Nour Jamal S. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 30/05 | Libya | 18 unnamed men | Shooting | Murder |
| 31/05 | Iran | 2 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
Executions in June 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for June 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 5 |
| China | 16 |
| Iran | 15 |
| Saudi Arabia | 5 |
36 men were executed in June 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/06 | America – Texas | George Jones | Injection | Murder |
| 03/06 | Iran | A. Sh., Kh. N., M. B. & M. M. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 03/06 | Iran | Saeed | Hanging | Rape |
| 05/06 | Saudi Arabia | Faisal Ali Abdel Ghani Ahmed | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 05/06 | Iran | Jalil B. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 06/06 | Iran | Reza A | Hanging | Drugs |
| 08/06 | Iran | Mehdi + 3 unnamed men Masoud | Hanging | Rape Drugs |
| 09/06 | Iran | M. H. | Hanging (p) | Murder |
| 09/06 | America – Georgia | Melbert Ray Ford | Injection | Murder |
| 10/06 | America – Alabama | John Forrest Parker | Injection | Murder |
| 13/06 | Saudi Arabia | Hanni al-Barqawi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 15/06 | America – Texas | David Lee Powell | Injection | Murder |
| 18/06 | America – Utah | Ronnie Lee Gardner | Shooting | Murder |
| 18/06 | Iran | Akbar H. | Hanging | Murder & rape |
| 20/06 | Iran | Abdolmalek Rigi | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 20/06 | Iran | Jamshid | Hanging | Rape |
| 22/06 | Saudi Arabia | Shaaban al-Nasheri and Mohammed al-Zahrani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 22/06 | China | 8 unnamed men | Injection ? | Drugs |
| 23/06 | China | Chen Mingxiong & Jian Zhicheng | Injection ? | Drugs |
| 24/06 | China | Xia Zhijun, He Pingquan, Zhu Yufeng, Wang Zhengyuan, Liu Wei & Li Dezhong | Injection ? | Drugs |
| 29/06 | Saudi Arabia | Obeid bin Saif al-Qahtani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
Executions in July 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for July 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 4 |
| Bahrain | 1 |
| China | 2 |
| Iran | 23 |
| Japan | 2 |
| North Korea | 1 |
| Saudi Arabia | 1 |
| Yemen | 1 |
35 men were executed in July 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/07 | America – Texas | Michael James Perry | Injection | Murder |
| 03/07 | Yemen | Akram al-Samawi | Shooting | Rape/murder |
| 04/07 | Iran | Amanollah Pourian and Younes Rahmani | Hanging | Drugs |
| 06/07 | Iran | 4 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/07 | China | Wen Qiang | Injection ? | Corruption & rape |
| 08/07 | Bahrain | Jassim Abdulmanan | Shooting | Murder |
| 13/07 | America – Ohio | William Garner | Injection | Murder |
| 16/07 | China | Wu Zhiqiao | Injection ? | Firearms offences |
| 16/07 | Iran | Feisal Saedi, Karam Azizi, Omid Nourani, Abdolrahman Randi and Ali Sarban | Hanging | Drugs |
| 18/07 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 18/07 | North Korea | Kwon Ho Ung | Shooting | Treason |
| 19/07 | Iran | Abbas Y., Ruhollah B., and Mohammad Naim Sh. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 19/07 | Iran | A. Sh. | Hanging (p) | Drugs |
| 20/07 | America – Texas | Derrick Jackson | Injection | Murder |
| 21/07 | Iran | S. H. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 22/07 | America – Mississippi | Joseph Daniel Burns | Injection | Murder |
| 22/07 | China | 1 unnamed man | Injection ? | Child rape |
| 24/07 | Iran | S. Z., S.M. & A. A. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 28/07 | Japan | Kazuo Shinozawa & Hidenori Ogat | Hanging | Murder |
| 28/07 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah bin Obeid al-Thawri al-Sobaie | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 29/07 | Iran | Yousef Khamseh | Hanging | Rape & robbery |
| 31/07 | Iran | Behnam J. & Shahram A. | Hanging | Drugs |
Executions in August 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for August 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 3 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 4 |
| Iran | 11 |
18 men were executed in August 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/08 | Iran | Reza Mohajer, A.B & S.D. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 07/08 | Iran | M. M., M. Ch., Y. S., S. A. & A. R. (5 men) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 10/08 | America – Ohio | Roderick Davie | Injection | Murder |
| 12/08 | America – Alabama | Michael Jeffrey Land | Injection | Murder |
| 12/08 | Iran | S.R., A.M. and M.Kh. | Hanging (p) | Kidnaping |
| 17/08 | America – Texas | Peter Anthony Cantu | Injection | Murder |
| 21/08 | Equatorial Guinea | Jose Abeso Nsue, Manuel Ndong Anseme, Alipio Ndong Asumu and Jacinto Micha Obiang | Shooting? | Terrorism and treason |
| 22/08 | Iran | Akbar Z., Hamid Reza H., and Shah S. | Hanging | Drugs |
Executions in September 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for September 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 4 |
| Bangladesh | 2 |
| China | 6 |
| Iran | 11 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 |
24 men and 1 woman were executed in September 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 09/09 | America – Alabama | Holly Wood | Injection | Murder |
| 10/09 | America Washington | Cal Coburn Brown | Injection | Murder |
| 14/09 | Iran | 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| 16/09 | Bangladesh | Sabul Mia & Alam Uddin Swapan | Hanging | Murder |
| 16/09 | Iran | Amir Bilchi Kangarlu | Hanging | Rape |
| 19/09 | China | Yue Cun & Yin Zhiwei | Injection ? | Murder & graft |
| 19/09 | Saudi Arabia | Abdullah al-Mohammadi | Beheading (p) | Rape |
| 19/09 | Iran | Keshvar Gorg | Hanging | Murder |
| 20/09 | Iran | A Gh, SF, & Gh J. | Hanging | Drugs Murder |
| 21/09 | Iran | M. M, A. Ch. & A. D. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 22/09 | Iran | 1 unnamed man Majid Sh. | Hanging | Drugs Rape |
| 23/09 | America – Virginia | Teresa Lewis (f) | Injection | Murder |
| 27/09 | America – Georgia | Brandon Rhode | Injection | Murder |
| 27/09 | Saudi Arabia | Abdulkarim bin Khalif al-Anzi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 28/09 | China | Qiao Haiqiang, Dong Jiaji and Li Hongbin | Injection | Murder |
| 29/09 | China | Hu Yihua | Injection ? | Murder & robbery |
Executions in October 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for October 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 4 |
| China | 3 |
| Iran | 21 |
| Saudi Arabia | 3 |
30 men and 1 woman were executed in October 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 06/10 | America – Ohio | Michael Benge | Injection | Murder |
| 06/10 | Iran | Sayyad N., Jalal Sh., Dariush A., Rouhollah R., Farhad K., Ahmad Kh., Mohammad G. & Mohammad R. (8 men) | Hanging | Drugs |
| 10/10 | Iran | 3 unnamed men & 1 unnamed woman | Hanging | Drugs |
| 11/10 | Iran | 5 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 12/10 | China | Chen Wei | Injection ? | Drugs |
| 14/10 | America – Oklahoma | Donald Ray Wackerly | Injection | Murder |
| 17/10 | Iran | K. Sh. & M. Kh. H. D. | Hanging | Drugs Acts against chastity |
| 21/10 | America – Texas | Larry Wooten | Injection | Murder |
| 22/10 | Saudi Arabia | Kahram Shah Zad and Mohammed Abdulqadeer | Beheading (p) | Rape |
| 23/10 | Iran | M.S. | Hanging | Satanic & immoral acts |
| 26/10 | America – Arizona | Jeffrey Landrigan | Injection | Murder |
| 28/10 | China | Kong Jinlin and Shu Luwen | Injection ? | Murder |
| 29/10 | Saudi Arabia | Yahia Majrashi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
Executions in November 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for November 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 1 |
| China | 4 |
| Iran | 9 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 |
16 men were executed in November 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 02/11 | China | Cheng Ruilong | Injection | Murder |
| 04/11 | America – Alabama | Phillip Hallford | Injection | Murder |
| 05/11 | Iran | Hossein M. | Hanging | Kidnapping and rape |
| 09/11 | Iran | 5 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 13/11 | Iran | Farid Baghlani | Hanging | Murder |
| 16/11 | China | Chen Zhiyi and Yang Quan | Injection? | Gang crimes |
| 19/11 | China | Li Haitao | Injection? | Stealing and selling cultural relics |
| 20/11 | Saudi Arabia | Mohsen bin Faisal Al Barik Al-Dossary | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 23/11 | Iran | Mahmood N. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 26/11 | Saudi Arabia | Musleh bin Saleem Eid Al-Atawi | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 26/11 | Iran | Hossein M. | Hanging | Rape |
Executions in December 2010
Listing of verifiable executions worldwide reported for December 2010.
| Country | No. of executions |
| America (USA) | 1 |
| China | 11 |
| Iran | 35 |
| Saudi Arabia | 2 |
| Somalia | 1 |
48 men and 2 women were executed in December 2010.
| Date | Country | Name | Method | Crime |
| 01/12 | Iran | Shahla Jahed (f) | Hanging | Murder |
| 04/12 | Iran | Abdollah N., Zarif D., Masoud Gh. & Bakhtiar S. | Hanging | Drugs |
| 08/12 | Somalia | Nur Ahmed Shire | Shooting | Murder |
| 16/12 | America – Oklahoma | John David Duty | Injection | Murder |
| 19/12 | Iran | Mahin Qadiri (f) | Hanging | Murder |
| 20/12 | Iran | 11 unnamed men | Hanging | Terrorism |
| 21/12 | Saudi Arabia | Mitaab Al Sanani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 22/12 | Saudi Arabia | Kirun Abdulhai Abdulghani | Beheading (p) | Murder |
| 25/12 | Iran | Gh.F A.A., H.M. & J.J. | Hanging | Rape Drugs |
| 25/12 | Iran | Ahmad Amini Sangar, Hassan Davtalab + 1 unnamed man | Hanging | Drugs |
| ??/12 | Iran | 8 unnamed men | Hanging | Drugs |
| 28/12 | Iran | Ali-Akbar Siadat Ali Saremi | Hanging | Spying Terrorism |
| 28/12 | China | Chen Dengkui, Han Qingfeng and Li Peishen + 6 unnamed men | Injection? | Drugs |
| 29/12 | China | Chen Haitao | Injection? | Arson |
| 30/12 | China | Zeng Jinchun | Shooting | Corruption |
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