Refugees
28refugees and others in need of protection hosted, 2025
12,978from it, abroad, 2025
Source: UNHCR Refugee Data Finder2025
Country page · Updated 13 Nov 2026
Cambodia
Cambodia has 18 m people (World Bank, 2025) and an economy of $51 bn a year (World Bank, 2025). It imports all of the oil it uses (EIA, 2024).
Written automatically from the figures on this page.
- Population
- 18 m (2025)
Boundaries: Natural Earth 1:50m, which shows who controls an area in practice. Borders shown do not imply endorsement.
- GDPUS$51.3billion94th of 186World Bank · 2025
- Population18million72nd of 216World Bank · 2025
- GDP per personUS$2,872143rd of 186World Bank · 2025
- Military, % GDP1.5% of GDP86th of 150World Bank · 2025
- CO2 per person1.2t150th of 213Global Carbon Budget · 2024
Dependencies at a glance
Cambodia imports all of the oil it uses; it exports rice.
Imports mostImports someLow net tradeExporter
| Resource | Dependence | Position | Main partners |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil | Imports most | Imports all of the oil it usesEIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Thailand → Cambodia as reported by the exporter | Thailand |
| Natural gas | Uses no gas, by this source PreliminaryEIA, 2024 | No partner data from the source | |
| Wheat | Not reported by this source | – | |
| Maize | Low net trade | Imports 5.8% of the maize it usesFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023 | Brazil, Argentina, Vietnam |
| Rice | Exporter | Exports 41% of what it producesFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023 | Vietnam, China, France (buyers) |
| Soybeans | Low net trade | Exports 8.7% of what it producesFAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023 | United States, Thailand, Canada |
| Potash | Imports most | Imports all of its potash supply EstimateFAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025 | Vietnam, Thailand, Belarus |
| Phosphate | Imports most | Imports all of its phosphate supply EstimateFAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025 | Vietnam, China, Thailand |
| Arms | Supplier concentration only | Main supplier: China, 95% of importsSIPRI, 2021–2025 | China, Russia, Qatar |
| Chips | Supplier concentration only | Main supplier: China, 36% of importsUN Comtrade, 2025 | China, Taiwan, South Korea |
Dependence is net imports: imports minus exports, as a share of what the country uses; for potash and phosphate, of its supply (production plus net imports). Arms and chips show supplier concentration only: the main supplier’s share of imports (arms: five-year totals of deliveries in SIPRI’s trend-indicator value, SIPRI’s measure of military capability delivered, not price or number of weapons).
- OilImports most
Imports all of the oil it uses
Main partners: Thailand
EIA, use 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025, Thailand → Cambodia as reported by the exporter
- Natural gas
Uses no gas, by this source Preliminary
Main partners: No partner data from the source
EIA, 2024
- Wheat
Not reported by this source
- MaizeLow net trade
Imports 5.8% of the maize it uses
Main partners: Brazil, Argentina, Vietnam
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023
- RiceExporter
Exports 41% of what it produces
Main partners: Vietnam, China, France (buyers)
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, exports 2023
- SoybeansLow net trade
Exports 8.7% of what it produces
Main partners: United States, Thailand, Canada
FAOSTAT, use 2024 · FAOSTAT, imports 2023
- PotashImports most
Imports all of its potash supply Estimate
Main partners: Vietnam, Thailand, Belarus
FAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025
- PhosphateImports most
Imports all of its phosphate supply Estimate
Main partners: Vietnam, China, Thailand
FAOSTAT, supply 2024 · UN Comtrade, imports 2025
- ArmsSupplier concentration only
Main supplier: China, 95% of imports
Main partners: China, Russia, Qatar
SIPRI, 2021–2025
- ChipsSupplier concentration only
Main supplier: China, 36% of imports
Main partners: China, Taiwan, South Korea
UN Comtrade, 2025
Source: EIA; FAOSTAT; SIPRI; UN Comtradeyear in each rowUpdated 13 Nov 2026
Dependencies toolMoney and reserves
Cambodia’s economy produced $51 bn in 2025.
GDP, 2000–2025
Source: World Bank Indicators2000–2025Updated 13 Nov 2026
Economic growth5.3%2025 · 40th of 186 · World Bank
Inflation2.4%2025 · 101st of 169 · World Bank
Unemployment0.3%2025 · 180th of 181 · World Bank
ReservesUS$22.5billion2024 · 59th of 164 · World Bank
Trade143% of GDP2024 · 23rd of 172 · World Bank
Foreign investment inUS$5.10billion2025 · 47th of 200 · World Bank
People
Cambodia had 18 m people in 2025.
Population, 1950–2100
Projection: UN projection, medium variant, after 2023Range between the UN low- and high-fertility scenarios
Source: UN World Population ProspectsUpdated 13 Nov 2026Projection
Cambodia’s population by age
1950200020502100
Source: UN World Population Prospects1950–2100Updated 13 Nov 2026Projection
Births per woman2.582023 · 79th of 237 · UN WPP 2024
Median age25.82023 · 159th of 237 · UN WPP 2024
Aged 65 and over6.4%2025, Projection, medium variant · UN WPP 2024
Climate and hazards
Cambodia emitted 21.9 Mt of CO2 from fossil fuels and cement in 2024.
Cambodia’s CO2 emissions, million tonnes, 1990–2024
Source: Our World in Data CO21990–2024Updated 13 Nov 2026
CO2 emissions22Mt2024 · 85th of 214 · Global Carbon Budget
CO2 per person1.2t2024 · 150th of 213 · Global Carbon Budget
CO2 since 1750252Mt2024 · 122nd of 214 · Global Carbon Budget
Water stress1.92023 · 75th of 164 · WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0)
More figures
Shown only where a source covers Cambodia.
Sanctions
197entries on the US, EU and UK lists give it as an address or nationality: US 180 and UK 17
Counts entries (people, companies, ships and aircraft), not how strict the measures are.
Source: US CSL; EU sanctions list; UK Sanctions ListUpdated 13 Nov 2026
Chinese loans and grants
US$17.7billioncommitted by Chinese state lenders, 2000–2021
Source: AidData Chinese development finance2000–2021
Cyber incidents
19publicly known incidents affecting Cambodia, 2000–2024
Counts compare documented incidents, not how often a country is targeted. Who they were attributed to
Source: EuRepoC Global Dataset of Cyber Incidents 1.3.2 (4 Mar 2025), CC BY-NC 4.02000–2024
All figures
53 measures on this site have a recent figure for Cambodia.
| GDP | $51 bn | 2025 | 94th of 186 | World Bank |
| GDP per person | $2,872 | 2025 | 143rd of 186 | World Bank |
| Economic growth | 5.3% | 2025 | 40th of 186 | World Bank |
| Inflation | 2.4% | 2025 | 101st of 169 | World Bank |
| Government debt | 26% | 2025 | 167th of 191 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Government budget balance | −1.0% | 2025 | 59th of 195 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Current account balance | −3.7% | 2025 | 125th of 194 | IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026 |
| Unemployment | 0.3% | 2025 | 180th of 181 | World Bank |
| Reserves, including gold | $23 bn | 2024 | 59th of 164 | World Bank |
| Trade | 143% | 2024 | 23rd of 172 | World Bank |
| Foreign investment in | $5.1 bn | 2025 | 47th of 200 | World Bank |
| Remittances received | 6.1% | 2024 | 44th of 162 | World Bank |
| Population | 18 m | 2025 | 72nd of 216 | World Bank |
| Population with UN projections | 17 m | 2023 | 73rd of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Births per woman | 2.58 | 2023 | 79th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Median age | 25.8 | 2023 | 159th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Life expectancy | 70.7 | 2023 | 166th of 237 | UN WPP 2024 |
| Refugees from the country | 12,978 | 2025 | 78th of 206 | UNHCR |
| Refugees and others needing protection, by host | 28 | 2025 | 159th of 176 | UNHCR |
| Refugees hosted per 1,000 people | 0.0 | 2025 | 168th of 176 | UNHCR |
| People displaced inside the country | 517,555 | 2025 | 19th of 38 | UNHCR |
| Crude oil production | 0 kb/d | 2025 | 100th of 214 | EIA |
| Oil consumption | 74 kb/d | 2024 | 96th of 212 | EIA |
| Natural gas production | Preliminary | 2024 | 97th of 213 | EIA |
| Natural gas consumption | 0.0 bcm | 2024 | 126th of 213 | EIA |
| Electricity generated | 15 TWh | 2024 | 95th of 193 | Ember |
| Low-carbon electricity | 36% | 2024 | 98th of 193 | Ember |
| Electricity from coal | 61% | 2024 | 10th of 193 | Ember |
| Electricity from wind and solar | 6.9% | 2024 | 92nd of 193 | Ember |
| Wheat imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 134th of 180 | FAOSTAT |
| Maize production | 1.4 Mt | 2024 | 55th of 169 | FAOSTAT |
| Maize imports | 0.3 Mt | 2024 | 61st of 196 | FAOSTAT |
| Rice production | 9.5 Mt | 2024 | 10th of 135 | FAOSTAT |
| Rice imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 149th of 197 | FAOSTAT |
| Soybean production | 0.1 Mt | 2024 | 49th of 108 | FAOSTAT |
| Soybean imports | 0.0 Mt | 2024 | 76th of 179 | FAOSTAT |
| Potash fertiliser use | 0.04 Mt | 2024 | 59th of 199 | FAOSTAT |
| Phosphate fertiliser use | 0.07 Mt | 2024 | 46th of 199 | FAOSTAT |
| CO2 emissions | 22 Mt | 2024 | 85th of 214 | Global Carbon Budget |
| CO2 per person | 1.2 t | 2024 | 150th of 213 | Global Carbon Budget |
| CO2 emitted since 1750 | 252 Mt | 2024 | 122nd of 214 | Global Carbon Budget |
| Net CO2 imports through trade | 82% | 2023 | 12th of 120 | Global Carbon Budget |
| Water stress | 1.9 | 2023 | 75th of 164 | WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0) |
| Water from abroad | 75% | 2023 | 19th of 193 | FAO AQUASTAT |
| Military spending, share of GDP | 1.5% | 2025 | 86th of 150 | World Bank |
| Military spending | $739 m | 2025 | 86th of 150 | World Bank |
| Deaths in organised violence | 175 | 2025 | 31st of 61 | UCDP |
| Arms imports | 56 TIV m | 2023 | 56th of 125 | SIPRI |
| People using the internet | 68% | 2024 | 122nd of 182 | World Bank |
| ICT service exports | $314 m | 2024 | 84th of 162 | World Bank |
| ICT service exports, share of service exports | 6.3% | 2024 | 85th of 162 | World Bank |
| Sanctions list entries (US, EU, UK) | 197 | 2026 | 19th of 181 | US CSL |
| Chinese loans and grants committed | $901 m | 2021 | 13th of 122 | AidData, Global Chinese Development Finance Dataset 3.0 |
Sources for this page
- World Bank IndicatorsGDP, GDP per person, Economic growth, Inflation, Unemployment, Reserves, …
- IMF World Economic Outlook, October 2026Debt, Budget balance, Current account
- UN World Population ProspectsPopulation (UN), Births per woman, Median age, Life expectancy
- UNHCR Refugee Data FinderRefugees from, Refugees hosted, Refugees per 1,000, Internally displaced
- U.S. Energy Information AdministrationOil output, Oil use, Gas output, Gas use, Dependencies at a glance
- Ember electricity dataElectricity, Low-carbon electricity, Electricity from coal, Electricity from wind and solar
- FAOSTATWheat imports, Maize production, Maize imports, Rice production, Rice imports, Soybean production, …
- Our World in Data CO2CO2 emissions, CO2 per person, CO2 since 1750, Net CO2 imports through trade
- WRI Aqueduct, accessed on 25 Oct 2026, aqueduct.wri.org (CC BY 4.0)Water stress
- FAO AQUASTATWater from abroad
- UCDP Georeferenced Event DatasetConflict deaths
- SIPRI Arms Transfers DatabaseArms imports, Dependencies at a glance
- US Consolidated Screening ListSanctions list entries, Sanctions
- AidData Chinese development financeChinese loans and grants
- UN ComtradeDependencies at a glance
- EU financial sanctions listSanctions
- UK Sanctions ListSanctions
- EuRepoC cyber incidentsCyber incidents
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