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Cambodia


Cambodia Country Report: GDP data and GDP forecasts; economic, financial and trade information; the best banks in Cambodia; country and population overview

DATA ON GDP AND ECONOMIC INFORMATION
Central bankNational Bank of Cambodia
International ReservesUS$ 3.817 billion (Source: World Bank; Data updated: November 2010)
Gross Domestic Product - GDPUS$ 13.001 billion (2009 estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)32.489 billion of International dollars (2009 estimate)
Real GDP growth
20002001200220032004200520062007
8.8%8.1%6.6%8.5%10.3%13.3%10.8%10.2%
2008200920102011*
6.7%-2%6%6.5%

*Estimate

GDP per capita - current pricesUS$ 901 (2008 estimate)
GDP per capita - PPP$2,251 International Dollars (2008 estimate)
GDP (PPP) - share of world total
19801990200020102015**
N/A0.02%0.03%0.04%0.05%

**Forecast

GDP - composition by sector
  • agriculture: 30.9% 
  • industry: 22% 
  • services: 40% (2011 estimate)

    • (Data released on February 2012)

Gross domestic expenditure on R&D (% of GDP)N/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Inflation
2008200920102011*
25%(2008)-0.7%4%5.1%

*Estimate

Unemployment rate
2008200920102011*
N/AN/AN/A(2009)N/A

*Estimate

Household saving ratesN/A

(Data released on November 2010)

Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP)
20072008200920102011*
30.7%25.3%28.7%30.3%30.4%

*Estimate

Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP)
2007200820092010*2011**
0%1%-3.3%-1.9%-2.1%

*Estimate    **Forecast

Government bond ratings

Standard & Poor's: B+/Stable/B

Moody's rating: B2

Moody's outlook: STA

(Foreign Currency Government Bond Ratings; Data last updated Nov 2010)

Market value of publicly traded shares
200720082009
N/AN/AN/A
Largest companies in CambodiaN/A
DATA ON TRADE AND COMPETITIVENESS
Current account balanceUS$ -1.5 billion (2009 estimate)(After 2008)
Current account balance by percentage of GDP-11.4% of GDP (2009 estimate)(2009)
Exports as percent of GDP

(Exports of goods and services)

65.3% (2007)

(Data released on December 2010)

Shares in world total merchandising export0.03%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Shares in world total commercial services export0.05%(2007)

(Data were released in Nov 2011 and refer to 2010)

Total exportsUS$4.687 billion f.o.b. (2010 estimate)
Export commoditiesclothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear
Total importsUS$6.424 billion f.o.b. (2008 estimate)
Import commoditiespetroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products
Exports - major partnersUS 58.1%, Germany 7.3%, UK 5.2%, Canada 4.6%, Vietnam 4.5% (2007)
Imports - major partnersThailand 23.1%, Vietnam 16.9%, China 15%, Hong Kong 10.4%, Singapore 7.5%, Taiwan 7.2%, South Korea 4.8% (2007)
FDI inflows
200820092010
US$815 millionUS$539 million(2009)US$783 million(2009)
FDI outflows
200820092010
US$24 millionUS$18 millionUS$17 million
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser
2008200920102011
N/AN/A(2009)N/A(2009)US$0 million
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2008

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2010

(Acquiring company, Acquired company, Country of the acquired company, Value of the deal)

N/A(2008 estimate)

(for a monthly update on M&A click here )

Best countries for doing business

World Bank/IFC Doing Business Project

(Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business, from 1 – 183. A high ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.)

Overall ranking: 147 out of 183 countries(2009) (2010)

Subcategories:

Starting a business: 170 out of 183 countries(2009)

Registering property: 117 out of 183 countries

Paying Taxes: 57 out of 183 countries

Getting credit: 89 out of 183 countries

Protecting investors: 74 out of 183 countries

Trading across border: 118 out of 183 countries

Enforcing Contracts: 142 out of 183 countries

(2010)

Global competitiveness ranking
(ranking by country on a basis of 142, the first is the best)		97

(2011/2012)

Index of Economic Freedom

WSJ and Heritage Foundation

Ranking: 102 Score: 57.9 (Mostly Unfree) (2009)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed )

COUNTRY AND POPULATION OVERVIEW
Time zoneUTC+7
Total area 181,035 km2 (2006)
CapitalPhnom Penh (2009)
Currencyriels (KHR) (2009)
Government typemultiparty democracy under a constitutional monarchy (2009)
LanguagesKhmer (official) 95%, French, English
ReligionsTheravada Buddhist 95%, other 5%
Total population
1980199020002010*2015**
N/A8.49 million12.68 million14.29 million15.02 million

*Estimate    **Forecast

Urban population as % of total population
1960198020002009
10.3%9%16.9%22.2%
Population median age20.0 years (2006)
Population growth rate1.7% (2009)
Life expectancy59 years (2007)
Adult literacy76% (2000/2007)
% of population living on less than $2 a day56.46% (2011)
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index)

44.4 (2007)

(0=perfect equality, 100=absolute inequality)

Freedom House rating

Political Rights:6
Civil Liberties:5 (2010)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free)

Total telephone subscribers as % of population

60.19% (2010)

(sum of fixed telephone lines and mobile cellular subscribers)

Internet users as % of total population1.26% (Data were released in 2011 and refer to 2010)
Cost of living index

(ranking by city on a basis of 214; the 1st is the most expensive and the 214th is the least expensive)

Phnom Penh: 188th (2011)

CO2 emissions
(Metric tons of CO2 per capita)

0.316 (2008)

GLOBAL FINANCE RANKINGS AND AWARDS
ARTICLES AND COUNTRIES REPORTS FROM GLOBAL FINANCE ARCHIVE