International Rankings of Cambodia 2024, 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	1.00	2020
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	116	233732	2020
Internet users - percent of population	58	60.00 %	2021
Internet users - total	60	10.200 million	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	162	38284	2022
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	43	120.00	2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	64	19.900 million	2021
Economy
Average household expenditures - on alcohol and tobacco	39	2.20 % of household expenditures	2018
Average household expenditures - on food	11	42.30 % 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	1.80 % of GDP	N/A
Current account balance	196	12.321 billion US Dollars	2021
Debt - external	110	11.870 billion US Dollars	2017
Exchange rates	9	4098.72	N/A
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	68.60 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	133	5.40 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	52	76.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	164	73.00 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	76	21.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	44	1.20 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	27	25.30 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	50	32.80 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	168	41.90 % of GDP	2017
Gini Index coefficient - distribution of family income	59	38 %	2008
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	71	28.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	2013
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	31	2.00 % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	N/A
Imports	75	32.830 billion US Dollars	2021
Industrial production growth rate	34	9.37 %	2021
Inflation rate (consumer prices)	108	2.92 %	2021
Labor force	59	9.345 million US Dollars	2021
Population below poverty line	111	17 %	2016
Public debt	162	30.40 % 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	146	4400 US Dollars	2021
Remittances	68	4	2021
Reserves of foreign exchange and gold	67	20.270 billion US Dollars	2021
Taxes and other revenues	105	17.89 % of GDP	N/A
Unemployment rate	209	0.61 %	2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	154	2.10 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	152	1.60 %	N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	156	1.80 %	2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	60	4.837 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	96	9.007 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total	99	13.844 million	2019
Coal - consumption	56	2.974 million metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	34	3.311 million metric tons	2020
Electricity - consumption	100	10.288 billion 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 - electrification - rural areas	34	77	2021
Electricity access - electrification - total population	33	83	2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas	8	99	2021
Electricity access - population without electricity	22	4.000 million	2020
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	46	1.20 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	100	52.00 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	48	45.60 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	57	1.20 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	142	13.629 million Btu/person	2019
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	95	64100 bbl/day	2019
Refined petroleum products - imports	88	43030 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	98	10 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	73	15 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	91	18 micrograms per cubic meter	2019
Land use - agricultural land	114	32	2018
Land use - arable land	44	23	2018
Land use - forest	33	57	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	115	9	2018
Revenue from forest resources	54	1 % 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	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	166	26	2023
Geography
Area - land	90	176515 sq km	N/A
Area - total	92	181035 sq km	N/A
Area - water	69	4520 sq km	N/A
Coastline	113	443 km	N/A
Elevation - highest point	111	1810 meters	N/A
Elevation - mean elevation	135	126 meters	N/A
Irrigated land	65	3540 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	77	2530 km	N/A
Land use - agricultural land	114	32	2018
Land use - arable land	44	23	2018
Land use - forest	33	57	2018
Land use - permanent crops	76	1	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	115	9	2018
Population Density	119	95.69 Persons per sq km	N/A
Military
Military expenditures	28	2 % of GDP	2022
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	21	4 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	79	5 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	69	18.80 births/1,000 population	2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	22	16 %	2022
Contraceptive prevalence rate	56	56.30 %	2014
Current health expenditure	45	8 % of GDP	2020
Currently married women (ages 15-49)	27	66 %	2023
Death rate	71	5.70 deaths/1,000 population	2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	115	8.50 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	58	11.80 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	99	53.40 %	N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	74	45.00 %	N/A
Drinking water source - improved	8	99 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - rural	47	19 % of population	N/A
Drinking water source - total	35	15 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	57	1 % of population	N/A
Education expenditures	55	3 % of GDP	2020
Gross reproduction rate	64	1.08 %	2023
Infant mortality rate - female	54	25.10 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - male	50	32.20 deaths/1,000 live births	N/A
Infant mortality rate - total	55	28.80 deaths/1,000 live births	2023
Life expectancy at birth - female	101	73 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male	98	69 years	N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population	101	71 years	2023
Literacy - definition	2	15	N/A
Literacy - female	77	80 %	2021
Literacy - male	52	88 %	N/A
Literacy - total population	64	84 %	N/A
Maternal mortality ratio	41	218.00 deaths/100,000 live births	2020
Median age - female	112	29 years	N/A
Median age - male	112	27 years	N/A
Median age - total	103	28 years	2023
Mother's mean age at first birth	51	23	N/A
Net migration rate	83	2.70 migrant(s)/1,000 population	N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	141	3.90 %	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	N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural	59	31 % of population	N/A
Sanitation facility access - total	51	23 % of population	2020
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	14	1.02 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years	29	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	55	0.55 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - at birth	9	1.05 male(s)/female	N/A
Sex ratio - total population	25	0.94 male(s)/female	N/A
Total fertility rate	78	2.20 children born/woman	2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	40	3.06	N/A
Urbanization - urban population	166	26	2023
Transportation
Airports	113	13	2024
Heliports	65	1	2024
Merchant marine - total	65	195	2023
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	25.00	N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	22	6	2020
Railways - narrow gauge	39	642	2014
Railways - total	76	642 km	2014
Roadways - paved	40	15000 km	2021
Roadways - total	48	61810 km	2021
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.

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