Country profile

Cambodia

At a glance

  • Cambodia has a population of about 17.8M; its total GDP of $51.3B ranks #93 of 168 countries with data.
  • Its surface area of 182,967 km² is about 96% of the world median of 190,157 km².
  • Unemployment rate stands out most against the median: 0.3% — rank #167 of 168 countries with data.

Cambodia: all 46 metrics vs the world median

Key metrics ranked against the world median
Metric Value Rank vs median
Population & land
Population 17.8M (2025) #72 / 169 median 11.5M · 1.6×
Population growth 1.2% (2025) #81 / 169 median 1.1% · 1.1×
Urban population share 41.1% (2025) #134 / 169 median 63.8% · 64%
Population aged 65+ 6.4% (2025) #95 / 169 median 7.4% · 86%
Fertility rate 2.5 (2024) #64 / 169 median 2.1 · 1.2×
Birth rate 20.3‰ (2024) #64 / 169 median 16.0‰ · 1.3×
Death rate 6.5‰ (2024) #107 / 169 median 7.1‰ · 91%
Net migration -31.5K (2025) #140 / 169 N/A
Surface area 182,967 km² #90 / 176 median 190,157 km² · 96%
Population density derived 97.5/km² (2025) #65 / 169 median 73.2/km² · 1.3×
Economy
GDP (total) $51.3B (2025) #93 / 168 median $80.7B · 64%
GDP per capita $2,872 (2025) #122 / 168 median $6,834 · 42%
GNI per capita $2,750 (2025) #122 / 168 median $6,350 · 43%
GDP growth (annual) 5.3% (2025) #37 / 168 median 3.1% · 1.7×
Inflation rate 2.4% (2025) #105 / 162 median 3.3% · 71%
Unemployment rate 0.3% (2025) #167 / 168 median 5.1% · 5%
Gini index N/A N/A N/A
Poverty rate ($2.15/day) N/A N/A N/A
Trade & industry
Exports share of GDP 68.6% (2025) #22 / 163 median 35.0% · 2.0×
Imports share of GDP 67.4% (2025) #24 / 163 median 40.2% · 1.7×
Agriculture share of GDP 16.1% (2025) #47 / 168 median 7.2% · 2.2×
Manufacturing share of GDP 29.0% (2025) #3 / 165 median 11.2% · 2.6×
International tourist arrivals 1.3M (2020) #77 / 162 median 1.1M · 1.2×
Tourism receipts $1.1B (2020) #68 / 165 median $705M · 1.6×
Health & education
Life expectancy 70.8 years (2024) #108 / 169 median 73.8 years · 96%
Infant mortality 16.4‰ (2024) #70 / 166 median 13.1‰ · 1.3×
Under-five mortality 18.4‰ (2024) #70 / 166 median 15.8‰ · 1.2×
DPT immunization 83.0% (2024) #112 / 166 median 90.5% · 92%
Hospital beds 0.7 per 1,000 (2018) #140 / 167 median 2.0 per 1,000 · 36%
Health spending share of GDP 4.6% (2023) #111 / 165 median 6.5% · 71%
Secondary school enrollment 58.8% (2024) #127 / 167 median 90.5% · 65%
Education spending share of GDP 2.2% (2023) #147 / 165 median 4.1% · 53%
Society & living
Human Development Index 0.606 (2023) #124 / 165 median 0.754 · 80%
Internet users 68.5% (2024) #106 / 169 median 81.5% · 84%
Mobile subscriptions 116.1 per 100 (2024) #86 / 169 median 116.4 per 100 · 100%
Fixed broadband 4.1 per 100 (2024) #111 / 168 median 12.1 per 100 · 34%
Electricity access 99.2% (2024) #94 / 169 median 99.9% · 99%
Environment & security
CO₂ emissions per capita 1.1 t (2024) #113 / 165 median 2.6 t · 42%
CO₂ emissions (total) derived 19.4 Mt (2024) #87 / 165 median 21.3 Mt · 91%
Renewable electricity share 56.4% (2021) #61 / 169 median 34.1% · 1.7×
Renewable energy consumption 52.4% (2021) #45 / 169 median 26.9% · 1.9×
Forest area 43.1% (2023) #52 / 169 median 32.4% · 1.3×
Agricultural land 34.9% (2023) #101 / 169 median 41.7% · 84%
Arable land 23.3% (2023) #40 / 168 median 11.0% · 2.1×
PM2.5 exposure 19.4 µg/m³ (2023) #87 / 168 median 19.8 µg/m³ · 98%
Military spending 1.5% (2024) #91 / 157 median 1.8% · 84%

Ranks are value-descending and count only the countries that have data for that metric (#1 = highest value); N/A rows occupy no rank.

The median is the unweighted middle value across the countries with data (gold tick) — not a world average. Bars grow with the value: reaching the tick means matching the median, and a full bar means twice the median or more. The median value and this country's multiple are noted under each bar.

Cambodia's true-shape outline

Cambodia's border outline from Natural Earth 1:110m boundaries — total surface area 182,967 km².

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Data & method

Indicators: World Bank Open Data, 43 indicators — CC BY 4.0 © World Bank — https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/; Human Development Index — CC BY 3.0 IGO © United Nations Development Programme — https://hdr.undp.org/terms-use

Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:110m (public domain); surface areas are computed with an equal-area spherical formula (Chamberlin–Duquette).

Reference facts (capital, languages, currencies, subregion): mledoze/countries (ODbL).