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Cambodia

Lower middle income · Population 17,638,801.00 · GDP 46,352,647,037.24
HistorySaid – pattern

Cambodia matched the Export Boom Cycle pattern in 2024. 2 pattern matches detected historically. View →

HistorySaid – ranking

Cambodia ranks 95th globally by GDP ($46.4B in 2024). View →

HistorySaid – inflation

Inflation in Cambodia fell from 2.1% (2023) to 0.8% (2024) – a 1.3pp shift. View →

HistorySaid – population

Cambodia has a population of 17.6 million as of 2024 (growth: 1.23%). View →

Economy & Growth
GDP $46.4B GDP per Capita $2,628 GDP Growth 5.98%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Agriculture Value Added 16.54% 17.08% 16.58% 16.60% Trend 16.53% Trend 16.45% Trend
GDP $40.0B $42.3B $46.4B $48.8B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $51.5B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $55.3B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $59.6B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $64.3B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $69.6B IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP Deflator 3.49% 1.02% 2.35% 3.15% Trend 3.63% Trend 4.10% Trend
GDP Growth 5.13% 5.01% 5.98% 4.77% IMF WEO Oct 2025 4.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025 4.54% IMF WEO Oct 2025 5.01% IMF WEO Oct 2025 5.27% IMF WEO Oct 2025 5.51% IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP PPP $119.0B $129.5B $140.5B $151.1B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $160.0B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $170.0B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $181.4B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $194.4B IMF WEO Oct 2025 $208.9B IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP per Capita $2,325 $2,430 $2,628 $2,812 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $2,939 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $3,122 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $3,331 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $3,560 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $3,814 IMF WEO Oct 2025
GDP per Capita PPP $6,919 $7,431 $7,967 $8,707 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $9,126 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $9,604 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $10,148 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $10,763 IMF WEO Oct 2025 $11,454 IMF WEO Oct 2025
GNI $38.4B $41.4B $46.0B $48.2B Trend $51.2B Trend $54.3B Trend
GNI per Capita $2,270 $2,390 $2,550 $2,657 Trend $2,784 Trend $2,911 Trend
Gross Savings 38.28% 38.84% 40.53% 31.06% IMF WEO Oct 2025 28.64% IMF WEO Oct 2025 28.94% IMF WEO Oct 2025 29.36% IMF WEO Oct 2025 29.63% IMF WEO Oct 2025 30.03% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Industry Value Added 40.86% 40.52% 41.75% 42.82% Trend 43.70% Trend 44.57% Trend
Services Value Added 36.39% 36.15% 35.59% 34.52% Trend 33.78% Trend 33.04% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Prices & Inflation
Inflation Rate 0.81% Consumer Price Index 149.51 PPP Conversion Factor 1,343.28
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Consumer Price Index 145.22 148.31 149.51 155.44 Trend 159.60 Trend 163.76 Trend
Inflation Rate 5.34% 2.13% 0.81% 1.63% IMF WEO Oct 2025 1.82% IMF WEO Oct 2025 3.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025 3.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025 3.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025 3.00% IMF WEO Oct 2025
PPP Conversion Factor 1,378.47 1,344.13 1,343.28 1,306.18 Trend 1,279.80 Trend 1,253.42 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Population
Population 17.6M Population Growth 1.23% Population Density 98.7
Indicator 2023 2024 2025 2025 2026 2027 2028
Birth Rate 20.8 19.6 Trend 19.1 Trend
Death Rate 6.4 6.6 Trend 6.6 Trend
Dependency Ratio 56.43 56.14 55.76 Trend 55.41 Trend 55.06 Trend
Fertility Rate 2.58 2.51 Trend 2.47 Trend
Life Expectancy 70.7 70.8 Trend 70.9 Trend
Net Migration -31,837 -32,960 -31,469 -34,078 Trend -35,127 Trend -36,177 Trend
Population 17.4M 17.6M 17.9M Trend 18.1M Trend 18.3M Trend
Population Density 98.7 101.4 Trend 102.8 Trend
Population Growth 1.28% 1.23% 1.15% Trend 1.08% Trend 1.02% Trend
Refugee Population
Urban Population 40.63% 40.87% 41.14% Trend 41.40% Trend 41.66% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Employment
Unemployment Rate 0.26% Youth Unemployment 0.71% Labor Force Participation 82.39%
Indicator 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028
Agriculture Employment 35.30% 34.16% 33.40% 32.40% Trend 31.45% Trend 30.50% Trend
Female Labor Participation 77.22% 77.30% 77.35% 78.77% Trend 79.51% Trend 80.25% Trend
Industry Employment 27.56% 28.43% 28.87% 29.56% Trend 30.19% Trend 30.82% Trend
Labor Force Participation 82.35% 82.37% 82.39% 83.53% Trend 84.11% Trend 84.69% Trend
Services Employment 37.13% 37.40% 37.72% 38.05% Trend 38.36% Trend 38.68% Trend
Unemployment Rate 0.26% 0.25% 0.26%
Youth Unemployment 0.70% 0.70% 0.71% 0.66% Trend 0.64% Trend 0.62% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Government
Tax Revenue 12.20% Government Spending 12.95% Military Spending 1.52%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Budget Deficit -0.29% -2.83% -2.67% -3.70% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.84% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.54% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.32% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.27% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.20% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Education Spending
Government Debt to GDP 25.52% 26.28% 25.90% 27.84% IMF WEO Oct 2025 29.31% IMF WEO Oct 2025 30.10% IMF WEO Oct 2025 31.01% IMF WEO Oct 2025 32.23% IMF WEO Oct 2025 33.06% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Government Revenue 18.43% 16.24% 14.58% 14.46% IMF WEO Oct 2025 14.24% IMF WEO Oct 2025 14.29% IMF WEO Oct 2025 14.33% IMF WEO Oct 2025 14.36% IMF WEO Oct 2025 14.45% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Government Spending 11.78% 12.95% 12.95% Trend 13.10% Trend
Health Spending 4.47% 4.62% 4.51% Trend 4.35% Trend
Military Spending 1.54% 1.54% 1.52% 1.42% Trend 1.35% Trend 1.28% Trend
Tax Revenue 13.52% 12.20% 11.31% Trend 10.86% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Debt
External Debt $21.0B External Debt to GNI 46.11% Short-term Debt 20.48%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Debt Service 10.56% 9.65% 10.54% 11.34% Trend 11.83% Trend 12.33% Trend
Domestic Credit
External Debt $22.5B $22.5B $21.0B $23.5B Trend $24.4B Trend $25.4B Trend
External Debt to GNI 58.46% 54.45% 46.11% 49.25% Trend 47.80% Trend 46.35% Trend
Interest Payments to Revenue 1.66% 1.84% 2.07% Trend 2.17% Trend
Short-term Debt 20.51% 19.40% 20.48% 19.38% Trend 18.90% Trend 18.43% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Money
Deposit Rate 1.52%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Credit to GDP 132.82% 130.13% 124.66% 137.68% Trend 142.69% Trend 147.71% Trend
Deposit Rate 1.50% 1.51% 1.52% 1.54% Trend 1.56% Trend 1.58% Trend
Lending Rate
M2 Money Supply Growth 8.19% 12.54% 17.52% 14.17% Trend 14.24% Trend 14.30% Trend
Non-Performing Loans 2.71% 5.13% 5.82% Trend 6.62% Trend
Real Interest Rate
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Currency
Exchange Rate 4,072.40 Foreign Reserves $22.5B
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Exchange Rate 4,102.04 4,110.65 4,072.40 4,086.67 Trend 4,083.78 Trend 4,080.90 Trend
Foreign Reserves $17.8B $20.0B $22.5B $21.0B Trend $21.2B Trend $21.4B Trend
Real Effective Exchange Rate
Reserves in Months of Imports 5.8 7.8 7.7 6.3 Trend 5.9 Trend 5.4 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Trade
Exports $31.7B Imports $34.3B Trade Balance $-333.7M
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027 2028 2029 2030
Current Account Balance -18.96% 1.30% 0.49% -2.48% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.95% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.65% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -3.22% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -2.96% IMF WEO Oct 2025 -2.55% IMF WEO Oct 2025
Exports $25.5B $27.8B $31.7B $34.0B Trend $36.9B Trend $39.9B Trend
FDI Inflows 8.95% 9.35% 9.48% 8.94% Trend 8.74% Trend 8.54% Trend
FDI Outflows 0.38% 0.36% 0.37% 0.38% Trend 0.39% Trend 0.40% Trend
Imports $34.8B $29.4B $34.3B $36.6B Trend $38.5B Trend $40.4B Trend
Remittances Received $2.6B $2.8B $2.8B $2.9B Trend $3.0B Trend $3.0B Trend
Tourism Receipts
Trade Balance $-583.7M $-178.4M $-333.7M $-104.3M Trend $22.3M Trend $148.8M Trend
Trade Openness 145.87% 134.21% 143.45% 147.58% Trend 150.65% Trend 153.72% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Financial Markets
Political Stability
Political Stability 0.04 Government Effectiveness -0.31 Regulatory Quality -0.68
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
Control of Corruption -1.20 -1.24 -1.30 -1.24 Trend -1.23 Trend
Government Effectiveness -0.47 -0.35 -0.31 -0.15 Trend -0.07 Trend
Political Stability -0.13 -0.10 0.04 0.05 Trend 0.08 Trend
Regulatory Quality -0.69 -0.71 -0.68 -0.75 Trend -0.77 Trend
Rule of Law -0.92 -0.87 -0.82 -0.76 Trend -0.72 Trend
Voice and Accountability -1.43 -1.31 -1.29 -1.36 Trend -1.37 Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Health
Health Expenditure per Capita $115 Infant Mortality Rate 20.3 Maternal Mortality Ratio 137.00
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
Health Expenditure per Capita $137 $104 $115 $115 Trend $116 Trend
Hospital Beds
Infant Mortality Rate 21.9 21.1 20.3 18.7 Trend 17.9 Trend
Maternal Mortality Ratio 189.00 159.00 137.00 148.00 Trend 145.10 Trend
Physicians
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Education
Literacy Rate 71.93% Tertiary Enrollment 21.44% Education Spending 2.18%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
Education Spending 1.96% 2.18% 2.02% Trend 2.00% Trend
Literacy Rate
Primary Enrollment 106.33% 107.04% 108.97% 108.63% Trend 109.19% Trend 109.76% Trend
Tertiary Enrollment 14.61% 17.44% 21.44% 21.89% Trend 23.80% Trend 25.71% Trend
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Energy
Renewable Energy 52.40%
Indicator 2021 2022 2023 2025 2026
CO2 Emissions
CO2 per Capita
Electricity Access 82.50% 92.30% 95.00% 99.20% Trend 101.99% Trend
Energy Use per Capita 501 502 557 Trend
Forest Area 44.83% 43.94% 43.06% 41.30% Trend 40.42% Trend
Renewable Energy 52.40%
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Technology
Internet Users 60.72% Mobile Subscriptions 120.81 R&D Spending 0.12%
Indicator 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 2027
High-tech Exports 6.56% 12.99% 5.26% 10.80% Trend 12.40% Trend 14.00% Trend
Internet Users 59.66% 60.72% 65.99% Trend 68.27% Trend
Mobile Subscriptions 113.39 120.81 109.10 Trend 106.00 Trend
Patent Applications
R&D Spending
Italic values are IMF World Economic Outlook projections.
Inequality