Cambodia vs China
Cambodia vs China: Arms exports
Arms exports: 1 million TIV in Cambodia in 2000 and 880 million TIV in China in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. In 2000 the value was higher in China, by 308 million TIV, or 310 times that in Cambodia.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- China has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1993.
- The world as a whole: 20.5 billion TIV in 2000.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia | China | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | 880 million | 33.5 billion |
| 2024 | – | 1.29 billion | 30.7 billion |
| 2023 | – | 2.75 billion | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | – | 2.32 billion | 33.3 billion |
| 2021 | – | 1.34 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2020 | – | 645 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2019 | – | 1.6 billion | 27 billion |
| 2018 | – | 1.39 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2017 | – | 1.64 billion | 31.3 billion |
| 2016 | – | 2.48 billion | 31.5 billion |
| 2015 | – | 1.84 billion | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 1.35 billion | 27.1 billion |
| 2013 | – | 2.1 billion | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | – | 1.5 billion | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | 1.31 billion | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | – | 1.53 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | – | 1.14 billion | 24.4 billion |
| 2008 | – | 598 million | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | – | 520 million | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | – | 769 million | 24.5 billion |
| 2005 | – | 341 million | 21.4 billion |
| 2004 | – | 408 million | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | 701 million | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | 524 million | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | 510 million | 18.5 billion |
| 2000 | 1 million | 309 million | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | 334 million | 25.4 billion |
| 1998 | – | 349 million | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | – | 427 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | – | 764 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 0 | 981 million | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 0 | 1.06 billion | 23 billion |
| 1993 | 0 | 1.44 billion | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 672 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 1.32 billion | 28.2 billion |
| 1990 | – | 955 million | 30.2 billion |
| 1989 | – | 1.06 billion | 34.9 billion |
| 1988 | – | 1.43 billion | 36.8 billion |
| 1987 | – | 2.6 billion | 39.4 billion |
| 1986 | – | 1.86 billion | 39 billion |
| 1985 | – | 1.29 billion | 38.2 billion |
| 1984 | – | 1.94 billion | 41.6 billion |
| 1983 | – | 1.76 billion | 43.9 billion |
| 1982 | – | 1.56 billion | 46.2 billion |
| 1981 | – | 707 million | 45.8 billion |
| 1980 | – | 943 million | 42.2 billion |
| 1979 | – | 553 million | 38.4 billion |
| 1978 | – | 611 million | 42.4 billion |
| 1977 | – | 224 million | 40 billion |
| 1976 | – | 580 million | 36 billion |
| 1975 | – | 661 million | 37.2 billion |
| 1974 | – | 508 million | 36.6 billion |
| 1973 | – | 658 million | 36.3 billion |
| 1972 | – | 1.25 billion | 34.5 billion |
| 1971 | – | 1.31 billion | 32.9 billion |
| 1970 | – | 905 million | 25.3 billion |
| 1969 | – | 669 million | 28.1 billion |
| 1968 | – | 746 million | 26.1 billion |
| 1967 | – | 426 million | 25.6 billion |
| 1966 | – | 628 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1965 | – | 387 million | 25.8 billion |
| 1964 | – | 75 million | 26.7 billion |
| 1963 | – | 12 million | 20.3 billion |
| 1962 | – | 47 million | 17.5 billion |
| 1961 | – | 35 million | 16.4 billion |
| 1960 | – | 285 million | 17.6 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country sent abroad, in SIPRI trend-indicator values (TIV): what the arms are worth as military capability, priced by their production cost, not what was paid.
- Source: SIPRI Arms Transfers Database, via the World Bank.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cambodia vs China
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023China: 78 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024China: 0.6 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023China: 5.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017China: 3.31% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017China: 7.2 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023China: 1.42 billion people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023China: -0.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023China: 1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025China: 66.3% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023China: 39.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023China: 14.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023China: -0.4 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025China: 1.73% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025China: $335B in 2025
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025China: $237 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025China: 5.1% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020China: 2.54 million people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022China: 23.41% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020China: 0.33% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023China: 207 million TIV in 2025