Cambodia vs Indonesia
Cambodia vs Indonesia: Inflation
Inflation in 2025: 2.5% a year in Cambodia and 1.9% a year in Indonesia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 0.6 percentage points, or 1.32 times that in Indonesia.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Cambodia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook Indonesia.
- In 2025, Cambodia ranked 101 and Indonesia ranked 119 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cambodia at 3% a year and Indonesia at 2.5% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Cambodia | Indonesia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2.5 | 1.9 |
| 2024 | 0.8 | 2.3 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | 3.7 |
| 2022 | 5.3 | 4.1 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | 1.6 |
| 2020 | 2.9 | 2 |
| 2019 | 1.9 | 2.8 |
| 2018 | 2.5 | 3.3 |
| 2017 | 2.9 | 3.8 |
| 2016 | 3 | 3.5 |
| 2015 | 1.2 | 6.4 |
| 2014 | 3.9 | 6.4 |
| 2013 | 2.9 | 6.4 |
| 2012 | 2.9 | 4 |
| 2011 | 5.5 | 5.3 |
| 2010 | 4 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | -0.7 | 4.8 |
| 2008 | 25 | 9.9 |
| 2007 | 7.7 | 6.3 |
| 2006 | 6.1 | 13.1 |
| 2005 | 6.3 | 10.5 |
| 2004 | 3.9 | 6.1 |
| 2003 | 1 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | -0 | 11.9 |
| 2001 | -0.1 | 11.5 |
| 2000 | -0.8 | 3.7 |
| 1999 | 2 | 20.5 |
| 1998 | 12.9 | 58.5 |
| 1997 | 10.5 | 6.2 |
| 1996 | 7.1 | 8 |
| 1995 | 10.1 | 9.4 |
| 1994 | 10.4 | 8.5 |
| 1993 | 114.3 | 9.7 |
| 1992 | 75 | 7.5 |
| 1991 | 191 | 9.4 |
| 1990 | 141.8 | 7.8 |
| 1989 | 63.8 | 6.4 |
| 1988 | 23 | 8.1 |
| 1987 | -31.3 | 9.3 |
| 1986 | – | 5.8 |
| 1985 | – | 4.7 |
| 1984 | – | 10.5 |
| 1983 | – | 11.8 |
| 1982 | – | 9.5 |
| 1981 | – | 12.2 |
| 1980 | – | 18 |
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Cambodia | Indonesia |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 5.6 | 3.3 |
| 2027 | 3.1 | 2.8 |
| 2028 | 2.5 | 2.5 |
| 2029 | 2.8 | 2.5 |
| 2030 | 3 | 2.5 |
| 2031 | 3 | 2.5 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
- Source: IMF, World Economic Outlook, October 2026.
- The dashed line is the IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Cambodia vs Indonesia
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023Indonesia: 71.2 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Indonesia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Indonesia: 17.1 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCambodia: 29.1% in 2022Indonesia: 30.3% in 2022
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017Indonesia: 2.64% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Indonesia: 3.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023Indonesia: 281 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023Indonesia: 0.83% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023Indonesia: 2.13 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025Indonesia: 59.4% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023Indonesia: 29.8 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023Indonesia: 7% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Indonesia: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025Indonesia: 1.05% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Indonesia: $15.3B in 2025
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025Indonesia: $53 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Indonesia: 6.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020Indonesia: 676,000 people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Indonesia: 2.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020Indonesia: 0.49% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023Indonesia: 1.28 billion TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCambodia: 1 million TIV in 2000Indonesia: 17 million TIV in 2021