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Browse additional economic indicators and data sets, selected by Global Finance editors, to learn more about Cambodia economic outlook, debt to GDP ratio, international trade performance and population trends. Rankings of Cambodia best banks and safest banks are also available.
THE CONTENDER
Cambodia is emerging as a key investment destination—and potential consumer market—for companies focused on Southeast Asia. After more than a decade of 6%-plus growth—with just one hiccup during the global crisis in 2009—this nation of 15 million people has begun attracting serious interest.
USD 13.9 billion (2018)
International Monetary Fund (IMF), data retrieved October 2019
USD 24.5 billion (2018, estimate)
Intl$ 70.5 billion (2018, estimate)
| 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
| 10.2% | 6.7% | 0.1% | 6% | 7.1% | 7.3% | 7.4% |
| 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017* | 2018* | ||
| 7.1% | 7% | 6.9% | 7% | 7.3% |
*Estimate
(2018 estimate)
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019* |
| 1.2% | 3% | 2.9% | 2.4% | 2.2% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| 31.2% | 29.1% | 30% | 28.6% | 29.6% |
*Estimate
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018* | 2019* |
| -0.6% | -0.3% | -0.8% | -0.8% | -1.3% |
*Estimate
Standard & Poor's: N/A
Moody's: B2
Standard & Poor's / Moody's
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A |
-11.3 % (2018 estimate)
61.6% (2018)
0.07% (2018)
0.09% (2018)
Clothing, timber, rubber, rice, fish, tobacco, footwear
Petroleum products, cigarettes, gold, construction materials, machinery, motor vehicles, pharmaceutical products
US 21.5%, UK 9%, Germany 8.6%, Japan 7.6%, China 6.9%, Canada 6.7%, Spain 4.7%, Belgium 4.5% (2017)
China 34.1%, Singapore 12.8%, Thailand 12.4%, Vietnam 10.1% (2017)
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 2,4766 million | USD 2,788 million | USD 3,103 million |
| 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| USD 79 million | USD 115 million | USD 124 million |
| 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 |
| N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
N/A
N/A
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
106 out of 141 countries
(2019)
Ranking: 105 / Score: 57.8 (Mostly unfree)
(100=totally free 0=totally repressed)
Buddhist (official) 97.9%, Muslim 1.1%, Christian 0.5%, other 0.6% (2013 est.)
| 1990 | 2000 | 2010 | 2015* | 2020* |
| 9.01 million | 12.22 million | 14.37 million | 15.52 million | 16.74 million |
*Estimate
| 1960 | 1980 | 2000 | 2018 |
| 10.3% | 9.9% | 18.6% | 23.4% |
Total population: 80.5%
Male: 86.5%
Female: 75%
Definition: age 15 and over can read and write (2015 est.)
Not Free
Political Rights: 6
Civil Liberties: 5 (2019)
(1 represents the most free, 7 the least free rating)
Fixed: 0.5% Mobile: 119.5% (2018)
(fixed-telephone subscribers and mobile-cellular subscribers)