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Cambodia

Includes Cambodia real Gross Domestic Product growth rate, with latest forecasts and historical data, GDP per capita, GDP composition and breakdown by sector.

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Basic Information

Government Type: Parliamentary constitutional monarchy

Capital City: Phnom Penh

GDP & Economic Information

Macroeconomy & Sovereign Data

Central Bank National Bank of Cambodia
Currency Riels (KHR)

International Reserves USD 13.9 billion (2018)

International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
Gross Domestic Product – GDP USD 24.5 billion (2018, estimate)
GDP (Purchasing Power Parity)
Intl$ 70.5 billion (2018, estimate)

GDP Data

Real GDP growth 2007: 10.2%
2008: 6.7%
2009: 0.1%
2010: 6%
2011: 7.1%
2012: 7.3%
2013: 7.4%
2014: 7.1%
2015: 7%
2016: 6.9%
2017*: 7%
2018*: 7.3%
*Estimate
GDP per capita – current prices USD 1,508.8 (2018, estimate)
GDP per capita – PPP Intl$ 4,334.8 (2018, estimate)
GDP (PPP) – share of world total 0.05% (2019, estimate)
GDP – composition by sector agriculture: 22%
industry: 32.3%
services: 39.5%
(2018 estimate)
Gross domestic expenditure on R&D; (% of GDP) N/A
Inflation 2015: 1.2%
2016: 3%
2017: 2.9%
2018: 2.4%
2019*: 2.2%
*Estimate

Inflation & Debt

Inflation 2015: 1.2%
2016: 3%
2017: 2.9%
2018: 2.4%
2019*: 2.2%
*Estimate
Government Bond Ratings Standard & Poor’s: N/A

Moody’s: B2

Standard & Poor’s / Moody’s
Unemployment rate N/A
Household saving rates N/A
Public debt (General government gross debt as a % of GDP) 2015: 31.2%
2016: 29.1%
2017: 30%
2018*: 28.6%
2019*: 29.6%
*Estimate
Public deficit (General government net lending/borrowing as a % of GDP) 2015: -0.6%
2016: -0.3%
2017: -0.8%
2018*: -0.8%
2019*: -1.3%
*Estimate
Market value of publicly traded shares N/A
Largest Companies N/A

Import/Export

Exports as percent of GDP (Exports of goods and services)
61.6% (2018)
Shares in world total merchandising export 0.07% (2018)
Shares in world total commercial services export 0.09% (2018)
Total exports USD 18.4 billion (2018)


Export commodities Clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear
Total imports USD 21.4 billion (2018 estimate)
Import commodities Petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products
Exports – major partners US 21.5%, UK 9%, Germany 8.6%, Japan 7.6%, China 6.9%, Canada 6.7%, Spain 4.7%, Belgium 4.5% (2017)
Imports – major partners China 34.1%, Singapore 12.8%, Thailand 12.4%, Vietnam 10.1% (2017)

Competitiveness & Trade

Current account balance USD -2.8 billion (2018 estimate)
Current account balance by percentage of GDP
-11.3 % (2018 estimate)
FDI inflows 2016: USD 2,4766 million
2017: USD 2,788 million
2018: USD 3,103 million
FDI Outflows 2016: USD 79 million
2017: USD 115 million
2018: USD 124 million
Value of cross-border M&A, by country of purchaser N/A


United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) – World Investment Report
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2014 N/A
Cross-border M&A deals worth over $3 billion completed in 2015 N/A
Best countries for doing business
Economies are ranked on their ease of doing business. A high ease of doing business ranking means the regulatory environment is more conducive to the starting and operation of a local firm.

Overall ranking:

​144 out of 190 countries

Subcategories:
Starting a Business: 187 out of 190 countries
Dealing with Construction Permits: 178 out of 190 countries
Getting Electricity: 146 out of 190 countries
Registering Property: 129 out of 190 countries
Getting Credit: 25 out of 190 countries
Protecting Minority Investors: 128 out of 190 countries
Paying Taxes: 138 out of 190 countries
Trading across Borders: 118 out of 190 countries
Enforcing Contracts: 182 out of 190 countries
Resolving Insolvency: 82 out of 190 countries
World Bank – Doing Business 2019
Global competitiveness ranking
106 out of 141 countries

(2019)

Index of Economic Freedom Ranking: 105 / Score: 57.8 (Mostly unfree)

(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)

Population & Geographic Data

Time Zone UTC+7

Total Area 181,035 sq km
Total Population 1990: 9.01 million
2000: 12.22 million
2010: 14.37 million
2015*: 15.52 million
2020*: 16.74 million
*Estimate
Urban population as % of total population 1960: 10.3%
1980: 9.9%
2000: 18.6%
2018: 23.4%
Population median age 25.7 years
Population growth rate 1.48% (2018 estimate)
Life expectancy 65.2 years (2018 estimate)
% of population living on less than $3.10 a day N/A
Inequality of wealth distribution (Gini index) N/A
Freedom House rating Not Free
Political Rights: 6
Civil Liberties: 5 (2019)

(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Total telephone subscribers as % of population Fixed: 0.5% Mobile: 119.5% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)
Internet users as % of total population
40 % (2018)

Language & Religon

Languages Khmer (official) 96.3%, other 3.7% (2008 est.)
Literacy Total population: 80.5%
Male: 86.5%
Female: 75%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
Religions Buddhist (official) 97.9%, Muslim 1.1%, Christian 0.5%, other 0.6% (2013 est.)

World Rankings

Population 16.74 M
Mercer Cost of living index Phnom Penh: 108th (2019)
C02 Emissions per capita
0.44 metric tons per capita (2014)

Global Finance Rankings & Awards: Cambodia

Global Finance Magazine holds several conferences and awards ceremonies throughout the year to recognize the winning financial institutions and companies in a host of categories including World’s Best Trade Finance Banks, World's Biggest Banks, World's Safest Banks, World's Best Developed & Emerging Markets Banks, World's Best Internet Banks, and World’s Best Investment Banks.


Data Sources:

IMF World Economic Outlook

UN World Population Prospects

World Inequality Report

S&P Global Ratings

Moody’s

Fitch Ratings

IMF Direction of Trade Statistics (DOTS)

UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD)

CIA The World Factbook

World Bank’s World Integrated Trade Solution

Forbes Global 2000

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