Cambodia vs Malaysia

Cambodia vs Malaysia: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 5.3% a year in Cambodia and 5.2% a year in Malaysia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Malaysia.

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% a year · IMF

Cambodia vs Malaysia: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 5.3% a year in Cambodia and 5.2% a year in Malaysia, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 0.2 percentage points, or 1.04 times that in Malaysia.
CambodiaMalaysiaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Cambodia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Malaysia.
  • In 2025, Cambodia ranked 26 and Malaysia ranked 29 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cambodia at 5.5% a year and Malaysia at 4.3% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCambodiaMalaysia
20255.35.2
202465.2
202353.6
20225.59
20212.93.3
2020-3-5.5
20197.94.4
20188.74.8
20177.65.8
20167.44.5
20156.85
20145.86
20137.84.7
20129.15.5
20118.85.3
20105.37.5
20095.3-1.5
200894.8
20079.86.3
200610.95.6
200514.15
20048.36.8
20037.95.8
20028.75.4
20015.50.5
200010.78.7
199912.76.1
19984.7-7.4
199747.3
19965.910
19959.99.8
19948.29.2
199349.9
19927.18.9
19917.69.5
19901.19
19893.39.1
19889.69.9
1987–5.4
1986–1.2
1985–-0.9
1984–7.8
1983–6.3
1982–5.9
1981–6.9
1980–7.4
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCambodiaMalaysia
202635.2
202744.6
20284.74.3
20295.14.3
20305.34.3
20315.54.3

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much the economy grew or shrank in a year, after inflation.
  • 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 143 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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