Homicide rate in Cameroon
Cameroon: Homicide rate was 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022. ▼ Falling
Homicide rate in Cameroon, 2000–2022
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in homicides per 100,000 population.
Analysis
The most recent figure for homicide rate in Cameroon is 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population, measured in 2022. That is the highest value across all 14 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 47.4% on the previous year and up 59.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, homicide rate in Cameroon peaked at 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022 and was at its lowest, 3.08 homicides per 100,000 population, in 2000.
Cameroon ranks 49th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 14 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 5.27 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.08 homicides per 100,000 population | 6.68 homicides per 100,000 population | 6 |
| 2010s | 4.12 homicides per 100,000 population | 3.36 homicides per 100,000 population | 5.08 homicides per 100,000 population | 6 |
| 2020s | 5.67 homicides per 100,000 population | 4.59 homicides per 100,000 population | 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population | 2 |
Countries ranked near Cameroon
- 46 Kiribati 7.12 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 47 Cape Verde 6.99 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 48 Paraguay 6.78 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 50 Zimbabwe 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 51 Suriname 6.52 homicides per 100,000 population compare
- 52 Chile 6.35 homicides per 100,000 population compare
More social development data for Cameroon
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of asy 408,613 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of ori 140,366 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 6 (2025)
- Freedom of Association Index 0.336 (2025)
- Human Rights Index 0.509 (2025)
- Liberal Democracy Index 0.114 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 1 (2025)
- Participatory Democracy Index 0.093 (2025)
- Key features of human rights 0.509 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is homicide rate in Cameroon?
- Homicide rate in Cameroon was 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022, according to UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest homicide rate recorded in Cameroon?
- The highest recorded value was 6.76 homicides per 100,000 population in 2022.
- What is the lowest homicide rate recorded in Cameroon?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.08 homicides per 100,000 population in 2000.
- How does Cameroon rank for homicide rate?
- Cameroon ranks 49th out of 179 countries with data for 2022.
- Is homicide rate rising or falling in Cameroon?
- Over the last ten years it is up 59.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Cameroon data come from?
- The figures come from UN, World Population Prospects (2024); United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Intentional homicide rate per 100,000 population.