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Cambodia

East Asia & Pacific · Lower middle income · capital Phnom Penh

Reports 19 of 21 indicators tracked here.

Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.

Health

Life expectancy

2024 · 2 years old

70.8years

Ranks 148 of 217 in 2024

5% below world median · 3% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Under-5 mortality

2024 · 2 years old

18.4per 1,000 live births

Ranks 119 of 196 in 2024

23% above world median · 7% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Maternal mortality

2023 · 3 years old

137per 100,000 live births

Ranks 140 of 194 in 2023

1.9× above world median · 67% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Child stunting

2021 · 5 years old

21.9% of under-5s

Ranks 19 of 32 in 2021

17% above world median · 5% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 32 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Health spending

2023 · 3 years old

4.62% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

27% below world median

Medians computed across 192 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Fertility rate

2024 · 2 years old

2.55births per woman

Not ranked — no better end

34% above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education

Adult literacy

2021 · 5 years old

71.9% of adults 15+

Ranks 36 of 44 in 2021

20% below world median · 25% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 44 countries reporting in 2021 — not a published figure

Primary enrolment

2024 · 2 years old

109.0% gross

Ranks 23 of 134 in 2024

10% above world median · 9% above East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 134 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Education spending

2023 · 3 years old

2.18% of GDP

Ranks 102 of 121 in 2023

40% below world median · 42% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 121 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure

Economy

GDP per capita

2025 · 1 year old

2,872current US$

Ranks 143 of 186 in 2025

64% below world median · 57% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 186 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

GDP per capita (PPP)

2025 · 1 year old

8,543international $

Ranks 136 of 185 in 2025

58% below world median · 48% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 185 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Unemployment

2025 · 1 year old

0.3% of labour force

Ranks 2 of 182 in 2025

95% below world median · 91% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Inflation

2025 · 1 year old

2.4% per year

Not ranked — no better end

23% below world median

Medians computed across 165 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Military spending

2024 · 2 years old

1.52% of GDP

Not ranked — no better end

4% below world median

Medians computed across 147 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Infrastructure

Electricity access

2024 · 2 years old

99.2% of population

Ranks 133 of 215 in 2024

about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Safe drinking water

2024 · 2 years old

30.0% of population

Ranks 127 of 148 in 2024

63% below world median · 52% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 148 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Internet use

2024 · 2 years old

68.5% of population

Ranks 122 of 182 in 2024

17% below world median · 19% below East Asia & Pacific

Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Environment

CO₂ per person

2024 · 2 years old

1.10t CO₂e per person

Not ranked — no better end

57% below world median

Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure

Society

Population

2025 · 1 year old

17.8mpeople

Not ranked — no better end

1.7× above world median

Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure

Never reported

Cambodia has no figure in this dataset for Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini). That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.

Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.