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Government debt in Cambodia

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Cambodia's government debt is 25.50 % — #13 of 125 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

25.50%

Checked 24 Oct 2026Period 2025

Source: IMF World Economic Outlook (general government gross debt, % of GDP)

The central government owes about 0.3 years' worth of the country's entire economic output.

Government debt in Cambodia over time

39.60 %30.40 %21.20 %39.60 % · 200321.20 % · 20191996: 30.20 %1997: 31.60 %1998: 37.20 %1999: 34.70 %2000: 34.10 %2001: 33.60 %2002: 37.80 %2003: 39.60 %2004: 38.10 %2005: 31.30 %2006: 26.60 %2007: 25.30 %2008: 22.70 %2009: 23.10 %2010: 23.50 %2011: 23.70 %2012: 25.00 %2013: 24.60 %2014: 24.00 %2015: 23.40 %2016: 22.00 %2017: 22.90 %2018: 21.30 %2019: 21.20 %2020: 25.50 %2021: 26.40 %2022: 25.30 %2023: 26.30 %2024: 26.10 %2025: 25.50 %19962010202525.50 %
30 official observations, 1996 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#13 of 125
lower is better
Ranked behind
90 %
112 of 125 countries
Latest move
▼ 0.60 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
14.10 pp
peak 39.60 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 4.70 pp
since 1996

In Asia: #9 of 37vs median 54.70 %: −29.20 pp (better)

Among 125 countries

6 of 125 countries between 12.30 % and 17.90 %2 of 125 countries between 17.90 % and 23.49 %10 of 125 countries between 23.49 % and 29.09 %11 of 125 countries between 29.09 % and 34.68 %8 of 125 countries between 34.68 % and 40.28 %9 of 125 countries between 40.28 % and 45.88 %7 of 125 countries between 45.88 % and 51.47 %13 of 125 countries between 51.47 % and 57.07 %8 of 125 countries between 57.07 % and 62.66 %10 of 125 countries between 62.66 % and 68.26 %4 of 125 countries between 68.26 % and 73.85 %3 of 125 countries between 73.85 % and 79.45 %7 of 125 countries between 79.45 % and 85.05 %6 of 125 countries between 85.05 % and 90.64 %2 of 125 countries between 90.64 % and 96.24 %6 of 125 countries between 96.24 % and 101.83 %2 of 125 countries between 101.83 % and 107.43 %1 of 125 countries between 107.43 % and 113.02 %2 of 125 countries between 113.02 % and 118.62 %1 of 125 countries between 124.22 % and 129.81 %2 of 125 countries between 135.41 % and 141.00 %5 of 125 countries between 141.00 % and 146.60 %median 54.70 %Cambodia: ahead of 90 % of the 125 countries with a published government debtCambodia 25.50 %12.30 %146.60 %
Half of all 125 countries sit between 36.10 % and 81.70 %. Cambodia is ahead of 90 % of them. Axis trimmed to the 2nd–98th percentile; 5 values beyond it sit in the end bars.

The neighbourhood

#CountryGovernment debtvs Cambodia
11 Estonia24.00 %−1.50 pp
12 Kazakhstan24.30 %−1.20 pp
13 Cambodia25.50 %—
14 Luxembourg26.50 %+1.00 pp
15 Guatemala26.70 %+1.20 pp

General government gross debt as a share of GDP (IMF World Economic Outlook, annual).

How to read this figure

Central government debt as a share of GDP (World Bank). General government debt (including local government and social funds) can be meaningfully higher; comparisons across countries are indicative.

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