Iran has the highest per-capita rate of death sentences in the world.

Omissions

• The sources located measure the EXECUTION rate per capita, not the death SENTENCE rate per capita; the two are related but distinct metrics and the claim conflates them.
• The per-capita leadership is confirmed by a single secondary source (ECPM barometer citing capital-punishment data); no primary source publishing a per-capita death-sentence ranking was located within the search budget.
• Amnesty International's annual report provides global death-sentence totals by country (e.g. 2,334 new death sentences across 48 countries in 2025) but does not publish a per-capita death-sentence league table.

Sources

• PrimaryAmnesty International — Death penalty in 2025: Facts and figuresAmnesty International recorded at least 2,707 executions in 2025 in 17 countries, an increase of 78% from the 1,518 known ... At least 2,334 new death sentences across 48 countries were recorded in 2025, compared to at least 2,087 death sentences recorded across 46 ...
• SecondaryECPM (Ensemble Contre la Peine de Mort) — BarometerIran holds the appalling record of being the country with the highest execution rate per capita: at least 1,639 people were executed in 2025.
• SecondaryDeath Penalty Information Center — Executions Around the WorldForty-eight countries imposed 2,334 new death sentences in 2025. ... 46 countries imposed 2,087 new death sentences in 2024, a 14% decrease from ...