USD
Cambodia
Cambodia's unemployment rate is 0.26 %, the 2nd lowest of 124. And its public holidays is 21 days, the 3rd highest of 104.
Of 14 fields published for Cambodia, these two sit furthest from the middle of the atlas.
Is it expensive, or does the pay keep up?
Price level
34 % of US prices
Average monthly salary
$788 PPP/mo
The average employee in Cambodia earns about $788 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Money's value
39.90 %
100 saved in Cambodia in 2000 buys what 40 buys today — 60 % of its purchasing power is gone.
What is left after the state takes its share?
Average monthly salary
$788 PPP/mo
The average employee in Cambodia earns about $788 a month before tax, measured in dollars adjusted for what they buy locally.
Does money in the bank keep its value?
Savings vs inflation
-1.06 %
A bank account in Cambodia loses about 1.1 pp of purchasing power a year — the deposit rate trails inflation.
Deposit rate
1.29 %
Inflation rate
2.35 %
At 2.4 % a year, prices double in about 31 years if it holds.
Inflation rate
2.35 %
ranked 12th of 123
Deposit rate
1.29 %
ranked 59th of 70
Where Cambodia sits, field by field
Each dot is Cambodia’s position among every country that publishes that field. Sorted by distance from the middle, so what is unusual about the country comes first.
- Unemployment rate0.26 %2 of 124
- Public holidays21 days3 of 104
- Inflation rate2.35 %12 of 123
- Government debt26.50 %13 of 124
- GDP per capita$2,872111 of 127
- Average monthly salary$788 PPP/mo80 of 92
- GDP growth5.35 %19 of 127
- Deposit rate1.29 %59 of 70
- Debt per person$1,44623 of 123
- Median salary$706 PPP/mo64 of 78
- Currency0.00 %14 of 71
- Price level34 % of US prices32 of 125
- Savings vs inflation-1.06 %51 of 69
- Money's value39.90 %54 of 116
- Cost of money
- Work & income
- Housing & living
- Macro
Financially nearest · computed, not curated
Tanzania
avg gap 14.5 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 21 days (Cambodia) vs 13 days
Philippines
avg gap 15 pp · 12 shared fields
Most separates them: currency — 0.00 % (Cambodia) vs -9.39 %
Nicaragua
avg gap 16.3 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: public holidays — 21 days (Cambodia) vs 12 days
Kyrgyzstan
avg gap 17 pp · 11 shared fields
Most separates them: inflation — 2.35 % (Cambodia) vs 8.21 %
| Debt per person | $1,446 | ranked 23rd of 123 | |
| Median salary | $706 PPP/mo | ranked 64th of 78 | |
| Currency | 0.00 % | ranked 14th of 71 | |
| Price level | 34 % of US prices | ranked 32nd of 125 | |
| Savings vs inflation | -1.06 % | ranked 51st of 69 | |
| Money's value | 39.90 % | ranked 54th of 116 |
✓ 14 fields published for Cambodia, every one dated and sourced · 21 not published yet
Awaiting an official source for Cambodia: mortgage rate, real policy rate, lending rate, bank spread, take-home pay, tax on pay, house price growth since 2015, house price growth, rent, petrol, electricity, tax wedge, minimum wage, minimum wage (ppp), retirement age (men), retirement age (women), average salary, median income, vat, corporate tax, top income tax.
Sources for all 14 figures
- Unemployment rate — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Public holidays — Public holiday calendar (Nager.Date) · 2026
- Inflation rate — Annual CPI inflation (shared satsatlas data engine: World Bank + Eurostat + SSB) · 2025
- Government debt — IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP) · 2025
- GDP per capita — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Average monthly salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- GDP growth — World Bank open data (GDP growth, GDP/capita, unemployment, government debt) · 2025
- Deposit rate — IMF International Financial Statistics · 2025
- Debt per person — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2023
- Median salary — ILO monthly earnings of employees (EAR_EMTA mean + EAR_EMTM median) · 2025
- Currency — Currency strength vs USD (own calculation from ECB reference-rate snapshots) · 2026-09-07
- Price level — World Bank PPP conversion factor ÷ official exchange rate (PA.NUS.PPP, PA.NUS.FCRF) · 2025
- Savings vs inflation — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
- Money's value — Fiatmap derived metrics (own calculation from separately sourced components) · 2025
What changed
| 6 Sept 2026 | Government debt (% of GDP) | 50.3420177209934 → 26.5 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Median monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 662.61 → 706.14 |
| 31 Aug 2026 | Mean monthly earnings (USD PPP) | 759.46 → 788.05 |