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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 old70.8years
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 old18.4per 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 old137per 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 old21.9% 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 old4.62% 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 old2.55births 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 old71.9% 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 old109.0% 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 old2.18% 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 old2,872current 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 old8,543international $
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 old0.3% 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 old2.4% 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 old1.52% 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 old99.2% 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 old30.0% 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 old68.5% 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 old1.10t 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 old17.8mpeople
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.