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Economic Indicators For: Cambodia › Change country
National or Regional Currency: Riel, KHR
Year of data: 2008 › Change year
Number of Indicators Listed: 19
Full Dataset: From Year 1980 to 2013
Date of Last Update: 1 Sept 2009
Population: 14494293 note: estimates for this country take into account the effects of excess mortality due to AIDS; this can result in lower life expectancy, higher infant mortality, higher death rates, lower population growth rates, and changes in the distribution
Area: total: 181,040 sq km land: 176,520 sq km water: 4,520 sq km
Natural Resources: oil and gas, timber, gemstones, iron ore, manganese, phosphates, hydropower potential
Government Type: Cambodia government type
Government Ministers: Cambodia ministers
Capital: Phnom Penh
Data Sources: IMF, World Bank, UN, OECD, CIA World Factbook

From 2004 to 2008, its economy grew approximately 10 per cent per year, driven largely by an expansion in the garment sector, construction and building, Agriculture, fisheries and farming, and tourism and transportation. With the January 2005 expiration of a World Trade Organisation (WTO) Agreement on Textiles and Clothing, Cambodian textile producers were forced to compete directly with reduced-priced countries such as China, India, Vietnam, and Bangladesh. The garment industry currently employs more than 320,000 people and contributes more than 85 per cent of Cambodia's exports. In 2005, exploitable oil and gas and natural gas deposits were found beneath Cambodia's territorial waters, constituteing a new revenue stream for the state if commercial extraction begins. Mining also is attracting marked investor interest, in particular in the northern parts of the country, and the state has said opportunities exist for mining bauxite, gold, iron and gems. In 2006, a USA-Cambodia bilateral trade (imports and exports) and Investment Framework Agreement (TIFA) was signed and several rounds of discussions have been held since 2007. The tourism and transportation industry has perpetuated to grow rapidly, with foreign arrivals exceeding 2 mn per year in 2007-08, however, economic troubles will dampen growth in 2009. Rubber exports declined more than 15 per cent in 2008 due to falling world market prices or pricing. The global economic downturn is weakening demand for Cambodian exports, and construction and building is declining due to a shortage of credit. The long-term development of its economy remains a daunting problem. The Cambodian government is working with bilateral and multilateral donors, including the World Bank (WB) and International Monetary Fund (IMF), to address the country's many pressing needs. The serious economic problem for Cambodia over the next ten years will be fashioning an economic environment in which the private sector can create enough jobs to handle Cambodia's demographic imbalance. More than 50 per cent of the general populace is less than 21 years old. The general populace lacks education and productive skills, in particular in the poverty-ridden countrieside, which suffers from an almost total lack of basic infrastructure and facilities.
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GDP (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Cambodia in year 2008 is KHR 28,488.73 Billion. Real GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units; the base year is country-specific.

GDP Growth (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Cambodia in year 2008 is 6.034 %. Annual percentages of constant price GDP are year-on-year changes; the base year is country-specific.

GDP (Current Prices, National Currency) for Cambodia in year 2008 is KHR 45,303.52 Billion. GDP is expressed in billions of national currency units.

GDP (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Cambodia in year 2008 is US$ 11.182 Billion. Values are based upon GDP in national currency and the exchange rate projections provided by country economists for the group of other emerging market and developing countries. Exchanges rates for advanced economies are established in the WEO assumptions for each WEO exercise.

GDP Deflator for Cambodia in year 2008 is 159.023 (Index, Base Year as per country's accounts = 100). The GDP deflator is derived by dividing current price GDP by constant price GDP and is considered to be an alternate measure of inflation. Please note: Data are expressed in the base year of each country's national accounts.

GDP Per Capita (Constant Prices, National Currency) for Cambodia in year 2008 is KHR 2,084,337.48 . GDP is expressed in constant national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing constant price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, National Currency) for Cambodia in year 2008 is KHR 3,314,568.66 . GDP is expressed in current national currency per person. Data are derived by dividing current price GDP by total population.

GDP Per Capita (Current Prices, US Dollars) for Cambodia in year 2008 is US$ 818.081 . GDP is expressed in current U.S. dollars per person. Data are derived by first converting GDP in national currency to U.S. dollars and then dividing it by total population.

Output Gap, Percent of Potential GDP for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

GDP (PPP), US Dollars for Cambodia in year 2008 is US$ 28.239 Billion. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

GDP Per Capita (PPP), US Dollars for Cambodia in year 2008 is US$ 2,066.10 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

GDP Share of World Total (PPP) for Cambodia in year 2008 is 0.041 %. These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

Implied PPP Conversion Rate for Cambodia in year 2008 is 1,604.26 . These data form the basis for the country weights used to generate the World Economic Outlook country group composites for the domestic economy. Please note: The IMF is not a primary source for purchasing power parity (PPP) data. WEO weights have been created from primary sources and are used solely for purposes of generating country group composites. For primary source information, please refer to one of the following sources: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, the World Bank, or the Penn World Tables. For further information see Box A2 in the April 2004 World Economic Outlook, Box 1.2 in the September 2003 World Economic Outlook for a discussion on the measurem

Investment (% of GDP) for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

Gross National Savings (% of GDP) for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

Inflation, Average Consumer Prices (Indexed to Year 2000) for Cambodia in year 2008 is 152.654 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (Average Consumer Price Change %) for Cambodia in year 2008 is 19.694 %. Data for inflation are averages for the year, not end-of-period data.

Inflation, End of Year (Indexed to Year 2000) for Cambodia in year 2008 is 152.69 (Index, Base Year 2000 = 100). Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data. The index is based on 2000=100.

Inflation (End of Year Change %) for Cambodia in year 2008 is 13.465 %. Data for inflation are end of the period, not annual average data.

Six-month London Interbank Offered Rate (LIBOR) Change % for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

Unemployment Rate (% of Labour Force) for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

Employment for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

Population for Cambodia in year 2008 is 13.668 Million .

General Government Balance (National Currency) for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

General Government Balance (% of GDP) for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

General Government Structural Balance (National Currency) for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

General Government Structural Balance (% Potential GDP) for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

General Government Net Debt (National Currency) for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

General Government Net Debt (% GDP) for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

General Government Gross Debt (National Currency) for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

General Government Gross Debt (% GDP) for Cambodia in year 2008 is not available

Current Account Balance (US Dollars) for Cambodia in year 2008 is US$ -1.216 Billion. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries. Calculated as the sum of the balance of individual countries.

Current Account Balance (% GDP) for Cambodia in year 2008 is -10.878 %. Balance of payments data are based upon the methodology of the 5th edition of the International Monetary Fund's Balance of Payments Manual (1993). Data for the world total reflects errors, omissions, and asymmetries in balance of payments statistics on current account, as well as the exclusion of data for international organizations and a limited number of countries. Calculated as the sum of the balance of individual countries.