10.7910/DVN/LI3WYKAnckar, CarstenCarstenAnckar0000-0003-3812-2014Åbo Akademi UniversityDenk, ThomasThomasDenkÖrebro UniversityHarvard Dataverse2024Social SciencesAnckar, CarstenCarstenAnckarÅbo Akademi University2024-05-202024-06-0598789592416628693text/tab-separated-valuesapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.spreadsheetml.sheetapplication/vnd.openxmlformats-officedocument.wordprocessingml.document1.0CC0 1.0We provide a yearly categorization of death penalty status as well as changes of the status in the world. The database covers the period 1800-2022 for all currently independent countries in the world.