Does El Salvador have the death penalty?
Abolished for ordinary crimes
Abolished for ordinary crimes; retained for exceptional crimes such as those under military law.
El Salvador is one of 8 countries classified “Abolished for ordinary crimes” for the death penalty — 4% of the 196 with data. (Also searched as capital punishment.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Capital punishment by country
- Last checked
- 15 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Read directly from the source’s own table, without interpretation.
Nearby countries
- Guatemala
- Abolished for ordinary crimes Abolished for ordinary crimes; retained for exceptional crimes such as those under military law.
- Honduras
- Fully abolished Fully abolished for all crimes.
- Belize
- Retained / in use Retained in law and used.
- Nicaragua
- Fully abolished Fully abolished for all crimes.
- Costa Rica
- Fully abolished Fully abolished for all crimes.
- Panama
- Fully abolished Fully abolished for all crimes.
Other laws in El Salvador
- Gun Laws
- Permissive
- Military Conscription
- No conscription
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