Cambodia
Everything Palanor holds about Cambodia, in one place: 47 public signals, what its economy runs on, how often America’s largest companies name it, the news that names it, and Country Posture. Every figure is computed from stored readings and carries its source and date.
AsiaAsia-Pacific
The latest read
- GDP in current U.S. dollars: $51.3 billion (2025); record high since 1990; 1y +10.6%.
- Household consumption, share of GDP: 58.3% of GDP (2025); record low since 1993; 1y −1.53 pts.
- Net exports, share of GDP: 1.2% of GDP (2025); record high since 1993; 1y +1.92 pts.
Country Posture
What Cambodia’s economy is doing
Momentum
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.590 below 0.60; AUC 0.590 below the single-input baseline (0.624); 2010–2022: AUC 0.595 below 0.60; AUC 0.595 below the single-input baseline (0.641).
Inputs
| Real GDP growth | 5.3 |
| Growth against its three-year average | -0.0 |
| Change in unemployment | 0.0 |
| Change in the employment rate | 0.0 |
| Export volume growth | — |
| OECD leading indicator | — |
Resilience
202457Moderate buffers
0 = thin buffers · 100 = deep buffers
Moved most by governance (wgi mean) (down) and external debt (up) since the year before.
Inputs
| Interest as a share of revenue (2023) | 1.8 | 51 |
| Budget balance (2023) | -3.3 | 30 |
| Reserves, months of imports | 7.7 | 87 |
| Current account | 0.5 | 78 |
| Governance (WGI mean) | -0.79 | 52 |
| External debt | 46.1 | 46 |
Pressure
2025Inputs only. Did not pass the pre-registered back-test: 1996–2009: AUC 0.657 below the single-input baseline (0.672).
Inputs
| Inflation | 2.4 |
| Change in inflation | 1.5 |
| Currency move against the dollar | -1.5% |
| Conflict deaths per million | 9.8 |
| Political stability | 0.33 |
| Private credit, three-year change | -12.1 |
| Bond spread over U.S. Treasuries | — |
Posture describes what an economy is doing; it is not a rating and never ranks countries. Each input is read against the country’s own history and against every other economy that year. An axis shows a score only after passing a back-test fixed before any result was computed. Method and back-test.
Passport reach
Where a Cambodia passport opens doors
The share of world GDP, outside Cambodia itself, in the economies whose published rules let a holder of this passport in, as of October 2026. Palanor records the rules of destinations holding 88% of world GDP, from each government’s own list, and weights them by World Bank GDP for 2025. Rank is among 199 passports.
Work
0.0%rank 114 of 199
the right to work (free movement in full; treaty and working-holiday routes at half); 0 destinations in full.
Cambodia grants citizenship for a set investment
- Naturalisation by investment or donation (Law on Nationality; Sub-Decree No. 225 of 1 Dec 2025) citizenship · OpenGovernment minimum — for one person (agent fees excluded).
Reach is shown here and not weighted into Country Strength: it rewards membership of a free-movement area or a treaty more than the strength of an economy. Entry is always at the border officer’s discretion, and conditions (length of stay, fees, age limits) vary. Method, sources and the full ranking: Passports and citizenship.
Palanor calculation from each destination government's published rules; GDP weights from the World Bank (CC BY 4.0), one year for the whole line, so it moves only when a list changes.
GDP by expenditure
What Cambodia’s economy runs on
In 2025, household spending was 58.3% of GDP, government consumption 5.7%, investment 31.5% and net exports +1.2% (exports 68.7%, imports 67.4%). In 2025 the parts miss 100 by more than three points (the statistical discrepancy in Cambodia’s national accounts).
World Bank national accounts. The parts can miss 100 by a few points (the statistical discrepancy).
Same World Bank definition for every country, so the shares compare directly: What each economy runs on.
IMF World Economic Outlook
The IMF’s outlook for Cambodia
The latest year before the October 2026 edition (often still an IMF estimate) and the IMF’s own projections. These are the IMF’s published forecasts, shown as published; Palanor does not project them further. Since the previous edition the IMF cut its growth forecast for this year by 1.0 percentage points (Palanor calculation).
| Measure | 2025 | 2026 IMF f’cast | 2027 IMF f’cast | 2031 IMF f’cast |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Real GDP growth% | 5.3 | 3.0 | 4.0 | 5.5 |
| Inflation, average consumer prices% | 2.5 | 5.6 | 3.1 | 3.0 |
| GDP, current US dollarsUS$ bn | 50.7 | 54.2 | 57.8 | 78.4 |
| GDP at purchasing-power parityintl $ bn | 150.4 | 160.1 | 171.8 | 226.3 |
| GDP per person, US dollarsUS$ | 2,838 | 3,001 | 3,164 | 4,124 |
| Current account balance% of GDP | -3.7 | -8.7 | -7.6 | -4.7 |
| Government gross debt% of GDP | 25.5 | 25.1 | 25.3 | 25.7 |
| Government overall balance% of GDP | -1.0 | -2.9 | -2.8 | -2.6 |
| Government primary balance% of GDP | -0.7 | -2.7 | -2.5 | -2.3 |
| Government net interest paid% of GDP · Palanor calc. | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database (edition on the projection). Dashed: the IMF's published projection.
Source: IMF World Economic Outlook Database, October 2026. Provided by the IMF “as is” and free of charge from the IMF; the IMF does not endorse Palanor. Net interest paid is a Palanor calculation: the IMF's primary balance minus its overall balance.
Conflict
Organized violence
News
In the news
- Six new calves offer hope amid ongoing threats to Cambodia’s Irrawaddy dolphins
Mongabay2026-10-20neutral
- Cambodia: Factory closure leaves workers in financial distress as labour advocates call for stronger protections
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre2026-10-19positive · +stronger
- Cambodia: New project launched to protect Tonlé Sap ecosystem & strengthen climate resilience, incl. promoting farmers' livelihoods & participation
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre2026-10-19positive · +strengthen
- Cambodia: Rights group calls for repatriation of nearly 1,800 Bangladeshis allegedly trafficked into scam compounds
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre2026-10-17neutral
- Cambodia was told to clean up its monkey trade. Regulators say it still hasn’t
Mongabay2026-10-15neutral
- Cambodia: Sanctioned directors and delayed wages cast shadow over Sihanoukville's Peninsula Bay resort, impacting workers
Business & Human Rights Resource Centre2026-10-14neutral
- Unity Metals extends stockwork gold discovery at O’Phlay in Cambodia
Marketaux (financial news API)2026-10-02neutral
Headlines that name Cambodia, matched by name with fixed rules (a wrong match is worse than a missing one). Tone is read from each headline’s own words; no model reads or summarizes an article, and other publishers’ stories link out.
Company graph
Companies headquartered in Cambodia
Palanor’s company graph holds 3 entities headquartered here (GLEIF headquarters address, else legal address).
Signals
Every series about Cambodia
Grouped by theme, the most-read first. All 47 in the Library.
Growth and output1
- Cambodia · GDP · USD bn (current)record high since 1990; 1y +10.6%$51.3bn2025
Trade and capital flows1
- Cambodia · Net International Investment Position, % of GDP (IMF)27th percentile since 1998; highest since 2020; 1y +14.17 pts-63.2% of GDP2025
Energy and resources1
- Cambodia · Electric Car Share of New Car Sales1y +2.10 pts5% of new car sales2025
Conflict and geopolitics2 of 6
- Cambodia · Organized-Violence Deaths (UCDP, annual)72nd percentile since 1989; highest since 1998; 1y +175.0175 deaths2025
- Cambodia · State-Based Conflict Deaths (UCDP, annual)74th percentile since 1989; highest since 1998; 1y +175.0175 deaths2025
Migration1 of 3
- U.S.-Born People Living in Cambodia (UN)56th percentile since 1990; highest since 2005220 people2024
AI stance and technology1
- AI User Share: Cambodia (Microsoft AI Diffusion)1y +1.50 pts6.1% of people aged 15-642026-06-30
Climate and the physical world2 of 4
Peers
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