11 prisoners were executed in the United States in 2021.
2021
A total of eleven people, ten male and one female, were executed in the United States in 2021, all by lethal injection. With only eleven executions occurring throughout the year, 2021 saw the fewest number of executions within a single year since 1988.
2020
A total of seventeen people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2020, sixteen by lethal injection and one by electrocution. The Federal government of the United States executed ten people in 2020, ending a hiatus on federal executions which had lasted for over 17 years. State executions dropped significantly in 2020 compared to previous years, primarily due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.
2019
A total of twenty-two people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2019, twenty by lethal injection and two, in Tennessee, by electrocution.
2018
A total of twenty-five people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2018; of whom 23 died by lethal injection and two, in Tennessee, by electrocution, marking the first calendar year since 2000 in which more than one inmate was executed in that way.
2017
A total of twenty-three people, all male, were executed in the United States in 2017, all by lethal injection. The state of Arkansas executed four people in April, ending a hiatus on executions in the state which had lasted for over 11 years.
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