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Government debt in Cambodia

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Cambodia's government debt is 26.50 % — #13 of 124 countries on the atlas (lower is better). Period 2025.

26.50%

Checked 8 Sept 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: 26.50 %19962010202526.50 %
30 official observations, 1996 → 2025. Every point is a published value — never interpolated.
Rank
#13 of 124
lower is better
Ranked behind
90 %
111 of 124 countries
Latest move
▲ 0.40 pp
since 2024
Below its peak
13.10 pp
peak 39.60 % in 2003
Full series
▼ 3.70 pp
since 1996

In Asia: #9 of 37vs median 54.55 %: −28.05 pp (better)

Among 124 countries

5 of 124 countries between 12.30 % and 17.86 %4 of 124 countries between 17.86 % and 23.42 %9 of 124 countries between 23.42 % and 28.97 %9 of 124 countries between 28.97 % and 34.53 %9 of 124 countries between 34.53 % and 40.09 %11 of 124 countries between 40.09 % and 45.65 %8 of 124 countries between 45.65 % and 51.21 %11 of 124 countries between 51.21 % and 56.77 %8 of 124 countries between 56.77 % and 62.32 %7 of 124 countries between 62.32 % and 67.88 %6 of 124 countries between 67.88 % and 73.44 %5 of 124 countries between 73.44 % and 79.00 %6 of 124 countries between 79.00 % and 84.56 %7 of 124 countries between 84.56 % and 90.12 %2 of 124 countries between 90.12 % and 95.67 %3 of 124 countries between 95.67 % and 101.23 %4 of 124 countries between 101.23 % and 106.79 %1 of 124 countries between 106.79 % and 112.35 %2 of 124 countries between 112.35 % and 117.91 %1 of 124 countries between 123.47 % and 129.02 %2 of 124 countries between 134.58 % and 140.14 %4 of 124 countries between 140.14 % and 145.70 %median 54.40 %Cambodia: ahead of 90 % of the 124 countries with a published government debtCambodia 26.50 %12.30 %145.70 %
Half of all 124 countries sit between 36.00 % and 80.30 %. 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 Estonia24.20 %−2.30 pp
12 Kazakhstan24.60 %−1.90 pp
13 Cambodia26.50 %—
14 Luxembourg27.00 %+0.50 pp
15 Bulgaria27.10 %+0.60 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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