75
% of homicide victims who were male (men and boys), 2020
Moderate trust, 65 of 100 Only one source (UNODC), so it cannot be checked against another.
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| Year | UNODC Data Portal, victims of intentional homicide, by sex |
|---|---|
| 2015 | 77.7 |
| 2016 | 85.1 |
| 2017 | 79.9 |
| 2020 | 75 |
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Cameroon among 133 countries
72 have a higher figure and 56 a lower one. Definitions differ between countries, and their years run from 2007 to 2024.
What this number counts
- Counts
- Share of intentional homicide victims who were male (men and boys)
- Where
- Cameroon
- When
- 2020 (one year, not an average)
Where the number comes from (1 source)
| Source | Figure and year | Definition | Quality | Counts for |
|---|---|---|---|---|
UNODC Data Portal, victims of intentional homicide, by sexUnited Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) · Police and justice recordsRetrieved 2026-10-25 · Data (Excel file) | 752020 | Victims of intentional homicide (ICCS 0101: unlawful death inflicted with intent to cause death or serious injury), all ages: male victims divided by male plus female victims, times 100, from UNODC's counts by sex.Victims of unknown sex are left out. Counts used: 901 male, 301 female. UNODC source codes for the two counts: NSO/CTS. Only years with at least 20 male plus female victims are used, because a share built on fewer victims swings widely from year to year. Year rule: only UNODC has data for this country, so its latest year is used. Raw file: data_cts_intentional_homicide.xlsx (UNODC, updated 12 July 2026). | 5 of 5 checks
| 100% |
- UNODC100%
How the trust score was worked out
- Quality40 / 40
How well the sources are made
- Agreement15 / 30
Unknown with one source, so set to half
- Independence6 / 20
How many separate ways the number was measured
- Freshness4 / 10
How recent the newest data is
Who reports it, and since when
No source of these kinds: death and health registers, independent count.
- Single source: nothing to check it against
- UNODC: no figure here for 2018, 2019
figure no figure here, inside its range no later figure recorded change
Why the numbers differ
- They come from two separate systems: UNODC compiles police and criminal justice records by sex of the victim, while the WHO Mortality Database counts death certificates with the cause coded as assault (ICD-10 X85-Y09) by sex of the deceased.
- Both shares leave out victims whose sex was not recorded, so they can differ from a share of the total.
- WHO blanks cells with fewer than 3 deaths in its files. When the counts are split by sex this happens more often, and it can move a share in small countries.
- Where many deaths go unregistered, or many violent deaths are coded as "undetermined intent", the WHO counts can miss victims, and the missing deaths need not be split by sex the same way.
Common mistakes
- A share of victims is not a risk. Two countries with the same male share can have very different homicide rates, and a share can change because one group's count moved while the other's stayed the same.
- The share is about victims, not perpetrators. UNODC publishes data on suspects separately.
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Cite as: RealStats, “Share of homicide victims who were male in Cameroon”, updated 2026-10-27, with the original sources listed on the page.