What is Cambodia's GDP per capita?

According to World Bank data, Cambodia's GDP per capita reached about USD 2,872 in 2025, up from USD 2,628 in 2024 and USD 2,430 in 2023.

How fast is Cambodia's economy growing?

Cambodia's real GDP growth was about 5.35% in 2025, following 6.02% in 2024 and 5.01% in 2023. Growth turned sharply negative (-3.56%) in 2020 during the pandemic.

What is Cambodia's inflation rate?

Consumer price inflation in Cambodia was about 2.35% in 2025, down from 5.34% in 2022.

How does Cambodia's GDP per capita compare to regional peers?

In 2025, Cambodia's GDP per capita of about USD 2,872 sat below Thailand (USD 8,057), Malaysia (USD 13,125), Vietnam (USD 5,066), Indonesia (USD 5,060), and the Philippines (USD 4,171), but well above Ethiopia (USD 933).

Cambodia Macro & Economic Indicators

World Bank macro data — GDP, growth, inflation, population, tourism receipts. Peer comparison across Southeast Asia. Updated monthly.

This week (27 Sep 2026): ADB downgrades Cambodia’s 2026 outlook. The Asian Development Bank cut its 2026 growth forecast to 3.9% from 4.1% (Asian Development Outlook, September 2026, released 23 Sep), citing weaker tourism and related services, and lifted its 2026 inflation forecast to 4.7%. The day before, the Ministry of Tourism reported 2.25M international arrivals in eight months, −44.4% year on year. The World Bank series on this page (updated monthly) is the structural baseline; the ADB revision is the current-year view.

Cambodia — Debt & Fiscal (MEF Bulletin, end-Q2 2026)

Public debt and fiscal capacity — the constraint set behind any tourism-recovery programme. Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance public-debt bulletin (9 September 2026). Figures are MEF’s own measures; see the attribution note below.

Indicator	Value	Note
Public debt	3.56B (+1.95% QoQ)	External 95% (2.83B) / domestic 35.7M
Debt composition	Bilateral 58% / multilateral 42%	USD 48%, SDR 17%, JPY 10%, CNY 10%
H1 2026 debt service	89.4M, +31% YoY	Principal + interest; rising as concessional loans amortise (concessional rates keep the interest share low — the bulletin extract used here does not split the two)
New concessional loans, H1	60.2M	15% of the contracting ceiling
Multi-crisis fiscal programme	.244B (27 measures, 4 Sep)	Concurrent with banking clean-up and tourism support
FX reserves	5.3B (−8.1% from end-2025)	~8 months of import cover; decline is deposits, reserve requirements and gold valuation, not BoP stress
Banking stability (NBC data, S&P / Moody’s / AMRO assessments)
Gross NPLs	9.6% (June) — decade high	2.4% in 2021; S&P projects 9.5–10% through 2026
Restructured loans	$4.8B	7.5% of the loan book — forbearance already embedded
Real-estate exposure	~22% of loans	Concentrated property resolution risk (5–7-year timelines)
Bank profitability	~0.3%	S&P projection for 2026; covenant breaches rising
Private credit	~120% of GDP	Moody’s flag — deep credit intensity
Banks’ USD reserves at NBC	10.4% of deposits — record low	0.5B shifted offshore (AMRO); broad money 83.4% dollarised
Resolutions in 2026	Clusters, not one-off	Three licences revoked in August (CCU Commercial, HH Bank, Heng Feng); Chief (Cambodia) Commercial Bank under three-month provisional administration from 21 Sep (withdrawals suspended, administrator: Baker Tilly); follows Prince Bank and Panda Bank liquidations and the APD Bank run earlier in the year
Debt/GDP — by measure	MEF 17.9–19.2% · WB ~26% · Moody’s ~30%	Methodologies differ (PV vs nominal, PPG vs total) — attribute, never blend

Primary sources: MEF Open Data / public-debt bulletin · National Bank of Cambodia (banking resolutions, reserves) · IMF — Cambodia country page (Article IV, fiscal programme assessment) · World Bank — Cambodia (debt statistics, macro updates) · World Bank Cambodia overview & Economic Update series · IMF Article IV consultations — Cambodia (staff report, fiscal-programme assessment) · ADB — Cambodia economy (Asian Development Outlook) · EIA Short-Term Energy Outlook (fuel-price baseline). Institution sites may block automated checks but resolve normally in browsers. Figures cross-checked against the weekly destination-development briefing; each is attributed to its institution, never blended across measures.

Cambodia — Key Macro Series

GDP per Capita — Peer Comparison (US$)

Cambodia — Money & Credit (IMF Monetary & Financial Statistics)

Monetary aggregates are reported monthly by the IMF through the Central Bank and Depository Corporations Surveys. These cover the money-supply and credit dimensions that most global datasets do not report for Cambodia. USD equivalents at ~4,100 riel per US dollar — Cambodia runs a highly dollarized economy, so both views matter.

Cambodia — Demographics & Population Pyramid (UN World Population Prospects)

Age and sex structure from the UN World Population Prospects 2024 revision — the standard reference for demographic structure. Cambodia's pyramid is young: a broad base of children, a thick 15-29 band, and rapid thinning after 60.

Population, 2025 (UN WPP 2024 revision, median variant). Total: 17.85M (48.99% male, 51.01% female). Median age: 26.2 years. Net migration 2025: −31,469. Key pyramid signals: 29.5% under 15 — a large young workforce entering the travel-consuming years over the next decade; female majority above age 60 (longer life expectancy).

Tourism Receipts (% of total exports)

Year	GDP per capita (US$)	GDP growth (%)	Inflation (%)	Population
2025	2,872	5.35	2.35	17,847,982
2024	2,628	6.02	0.81	17,638,801
2023	2,430	5.01	2.13	17,423,880
2022	2,325	5.13	5.34	17,201,724
2021	2,167	3.09	2.92	16,974,305
2020	—	-3.56	2.94	16,725,474
2019	—	7.94	1.94	16,481,304
2018	—	8.78	2.46	16,274,522

Country	2023	2024	2025
Malaysia	11,386	11,874	13,125
Thailand	7,211	7,387	8,057
Vietnam	4,323	4,717	5,066
Indonesia	4,876	4,925	5,060
Philippines	3,804	3,985	4,171
Cambodia	2,430	2,628	2,872
Ethiopia	1,056	1,134	933

Period	Monetary Base	Broad Money M3	Credit to Private Sector
2026-M05	KHR 61.5T · USD 15.0B	KHR 247.7T · USD 60.4B	KHR 248.0T · USD 60.5B
2026-M04	KHR 63.0T · USD 15.4B	KHR 250.8T · USD 61.2B	KHR 245.9T · USD 60.0B
2026-M03	KHR 64.2T · USD 15.7B	KHR 251.6T · USD 61.4B	KHR 245.3T · USD 59.8B
2026-M02	KHR 64.7T · USD 15.8B	KHR 254.6T · USD 62.1B	KHR 243.5T · USD 59.4B
2026-M01	KHR 65.5T · USD 16.0B	KHR 255.9T · USD 62.4B	KHR 246.1T · USD 60.0B
2025-M12	KHR 66.2T · USD 16.1B	KHR 256.6T · USD 62.6B	KHR 248.3T · USD 60.6B

Age group	Male	Female	Age group	Male	Female
0-4	911,327	870,133	45-49	455,236	471,723
5-9	920,206	880,454	50-54	348,911	379,763
10-14	856,440	826,113	55-59	338,892	385,967
15-19	839,222	808,146	60-64	282,758	340,512
20-24	719,794	714,325	65-69	194,085	275,032
25-29	638,357	665,714	70-74	124,682	200,932
30-34	690,064	717,007	75-79	74,354	121,064
35-39	674,570	696,620	80-84	35,829	61,608
40-44	628,000	649,551	85+	17,377	34,569

World Bank data on tourism receipts as a share of exports is available through 2019-2021 for most countries. The World Bank series is not the primary source for Cambodia tourism — see the Sentiment Monitor and Airlift page for fresher tourism-specific data.

Methodology: Macro indicators (GDP, growth, inflation, population, FDI, trade) are pulled monthly from the World Bank open data API (api.worldbank.org). Money & credit aggregates (monetary base, broad money M3, credit to private sector) are pulled monthly from the IMF Monetary & Financial Statistics via the IMF Data Portal (api.imf.org). All figures are annual or monthly observations; the latest values may be estimates. The World Bank's tourism arrivals series is treated as a cross-check only — Cambodia's primary tourism data comes from official and UN Tourism sources.

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Sources: World Bank open data API (api.worldbank.org). Indicators: GDP per capita (NY.GDP.PCAP.CD), GDP growth (NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG), inflation (FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG), population (SP.POP.TOTL), tourism receipts (ST.INT.RCPT.XP.ZS). Extracted August 2026. Figures change as the World Bank revises estimates — verify before planning or publishing.

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