International Rankings of Cambodia 2023, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Cambodia, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Cambodia, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	53	1	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	116	233732	2020
Internet users - percent of population	58	60 %	2021
Internet users - total	59	10.200 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	60	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	156	40296	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	120	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	62	19.900 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	39	2.2 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	11	42.3 % of household expenditures	2018
Budget - expenditures	110	6.452 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget - revenues	103	7.254 billion US Dollars	2019
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	47	1.8 % of GDP	0
Current account balance	196	12.321 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	108	11.870 billion US Dollars	2017
Exports	88	20.126 billion US Dollars	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	117	22.090 billion US Dollars	2017
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	29	68.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	133	5.4 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	52	76 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	164	73 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	76	21.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	44	1.2 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	27	25.3 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	50	32.8 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	168	41.9 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	59	37.9 %	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	71	28 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	31	2 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Imports	74	32.830 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	34	9.37 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	107	2.92 %	2021
Labor force	59	9.345 million US Dollars	2021
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	31	48.7 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	71	19.9 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - services	144	31.5 %	2013
Population below poverty line	111	16.5 %	2016
Public debt	156	30.4 % of GDP	2017
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	104	72.238 billion US Dollars	2021
Real GDP growth rate	131	3.03 %	2021
Real GDP per capita	150	4400 US Dollars	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	67	20.270 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	105	17.89 % of GDP	0
Unemployment rate	208	0.61 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	154	2.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	152	1.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	156	1.8	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	60	4.837 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	124	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	96	9.007 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	56	2.974 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	62	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	34	3.311 million metric tons	2020
Coal - production	75	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	75	0 metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	100	10.288 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	98	0 kWh	2019
Electricity - imports	51	3.063 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity	109	2.954 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	106	1.187 billion kWh	2019
Electricity access	2	N/A %	2023
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	46	1.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	100	52 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	17	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	48	45.6 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	57	1.2 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	6	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	73	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	142	13.629 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	121	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	57	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	88	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	97	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	92	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	73	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	82	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	89	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	95	64100 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	106	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	128	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	88	43030 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	112	0 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	98	9.92 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	73	14.88 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	73	23.98 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	114	32.1	2018
Land use - arable land	44	22.7	2018
Land use - forest	33	56.5	2018
Land use - other	156	11.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	115	8.5	2018
Revenue from coal	33	0 % of GDP	2018
Revenue from forest resources	54	0.84 % of GDP	2018
Total renewable water resources	25	476.100 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	70	2.050 billion cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial	93	30.000 million cubic meters	2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal	103	100.000 million cubic meters	2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	40	3.06	2025
Urbanization - urban population	166	25.6	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	125	N/A tons	2023
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2023
Geography
Area - land	91	176515 sq km	0
Area - total	92	181035 sq km	0
Area - water	87	452090 sq km	0
Coastline	113	443 km	0
Elevation - highest point	117	1810 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	35	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	135	126 meters	0
Irrigated land	65	3540 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	77	2530 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	114	32.1	2018
Land use - arable land	44	22.7	2018
Land use - forest	33	56.5	2018
Land use - other	156	11.4	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	0.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	115	8.5	2018
Military
Military expenditures	27	2.5 % of GDP	2021
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	21	4.12 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	63	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	105	0.41 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	79	4.56 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0.03 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	72	18.75 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	12	24.1 %	2014
Contraceptive prevalence rate	56	56.3 %	2014
Current health expenditure	45	7.5 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	27	66.4 %	2023
Death rate	151	5.7 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	115	8.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	58	11.8 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	99	53.4 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	74	45 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	8	99.3 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	47	19.4 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	35	14.9 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	57	0.7 % of population	0
Education expenditures	55	3.1 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	63	1.08 %	2023
Hospital bed density	52	1.9 beds/1,000 population	2016
Infant mortality rate - female	56	25.12 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Infant mortality rate - male	53	32.22 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	54	28.75 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	148	72.97 years	2023
Life expectancy at birth - male	143	69.17 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	149	71.03 years	0
Literacy - female	77	79.8 %	2021
Literacy - male	52	88.4 %	0
Literacy - total population	64	83.9 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	41	218 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	111	27.2 years	2020
Median age - male	108	25.6 years	0
Median age - total	109	26.4 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	58	22.4	2014
Net migration rate	146	2.67 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	141	3.9 %	2016
Physicians density	143	0.19 physicians/1,000 population	2014
Population	72	16.891 million	2023
Population growth rate	75	1.04 %	2023
Sanitation facility access - improved	1	100 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	59	30.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	51	23.2 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	94	0 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	18	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	15	N/A years	2023
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	17	N/A years	2023
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	29	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	55	0.55 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.05 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	25	0.94 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	70	6 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	46	36.1 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	65	21.1 %	2020
Total fertility rate	73	2.2 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	40	3.06	2025
Urbanization - urban population	166	25.6	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	154	2.1	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	152	1.6	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	156	1.8	0
Transportation
Airports	108	16	2021
Airports - with paved runways - civil airports	18	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - joint use (civil-military) airports	1	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - military airports	14	N/A	2023
Airports - with paved runways - other airports	22	N/A	2023
Airports - with unpaved runways	89	101000	3280
Heliports	25	1	2021
Merchant marine - total	62	242	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	116	680000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	91	1.411 million	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	79	25	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways	33	N/A km	2023
Roadways - paved	67	12239 km	2013
Roadways - total	76	47263 km	2013
Waterways	31	3700 km	2012

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

NOTE: The information regarding Cambodia on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Cambodia 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Cambodia 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.