Facts and figures of Cambodia

(Numbers in parentheses refer to the OECD average)

The land, people and electoral cycle

Population (million)

15.7

Official language

Khmer

Under 15 (%)

32 (18)

Form of government

Constitutional monarchy

Population density (per km2)

88 (37)

Last general election

28 July 2013

Land area (thousand km2)

176.5

The economy

GDP, current prices (billion USD)

18.0

Exports of goods and services (% of GDP)

61.7 (28.5)

GDP growth (%)

7.0 (2.1)

Imports of goods and services (% of GDP)

66.1(28.2)

GDP per capita, PPP (thousand USD)

3.3 (38.0)

GDP shares (%)

Inflation rate

1.2 (0.2)

Agriculture, forestry and fishing

28.2 (1.6)

General government total expenditure (% of GDP)

20.9

Industry, including construction

29.4 (24.2)

General government revenue (% of GDP)

19.6

Services

42.3 (74.2)

Well-being

Life satisfaction (average on 1-10 scale)

4.2 (6.5)

Proportion of population under national minimum income standard (%)

17.7

Life expectancy

68 (80)

Unemployment rate (%)

0.3 (7.8)

Income inequality (Gini coefficient)

31 (32)

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15 to 24, %)

0.5 (17.0)

Gender inequality (SIGI index)

0.0477 (0.0224)

Satisfaction with the availability of affordable housing (% satisfied)

77 (55)

Labour force participation (% of 15 to 64 year old)

85.0 (70.7)

Enrolment rates (%)

Employment-to-population ratio (15 and over, %)

82.8 (55.4)

Primary (Net)

95 (96)

Population with access to improved sanitation facilities (%)

42 (98)

Secondary (Gross)

45 (98)

Mean years of schooling

3.7

Tertiary (Gross)

16 (70)

← Note: a) Data for 2008-2010; b) Data for 2011; c) Data for 2012; d) Data for 2013; e) Data for 2014; f) Data for 2015

Sources: World Bank, World Development Indicators (database), http://data.worldbank.org/; OECD, SIGI Social Institutions and Gender index, http://www.genderindex.org/; IMF, World Economic Outlook Database, International Monetary Fund, October 2016 edition; UNESCO Institute for Statistics, Data Centre, http://stats.uis.unesco.org; Gallup (2015), Gallup World Poll (database), Gallup Organisation.