Cameroon vs Kenya: Homicides

Cameroon

1,868 homicides

in 2022

Kenya

2,643 homicides

in 2022

Cameroon rank

25th

Kenya rank

22nd

Homicides over time

Kenya currently reports 2,643 homicides against 1,868 homicides in Cameroon, a difference of 775 homicides.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.4 times Cameroon's.

Across all 10 years both countries report, Kenya has been ahead every year.

Cameroon ranks 25th and Kenya ranks 22nd of 179 countries.

Indicator: Homicides
Unit: homicides
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 4,154 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Number of intentional homicides.