Cambodia vs Malaysia
Cambodia vs Malaysia: Military spending per person
Military spending per person in 2025: $42 in Cambodia and $138 in Malaysia, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Malaysia, by $96, or 3.31 times that in Cambodia.
US dollars per person · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Malaysia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1990.
- In 2025, Cambodia ranked 102 and Malaysia ranked 71 of 151 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
US dollars per person · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia | Malaysia |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | $42 | $138 |
| 2024 | $41 | $124 |
| 2023 | $39 | $112 |
| 2022 | $36 | $107 |
| 2021 | $37 | $108 |
| 2020 | $37 | $100 |
| 2019 | $36 | $98 |
| 2018 | $34 | $106 |
| 2017 | $29 | $109 |
| 2016 | $24 | $132 |
| 2015 | $21 | $146 |
| 2014 | $18 | $162 |
| 2013 | $16 | $164 |
| 2012 | $15 | $153 |
| 2011 | $13 | $162 |
| 2010 | $12 | $136 |
| 2009 | $10 | $142 |
| 2008 | $6 | $162 |
| 2007 | $6 | $149 |
| 2006 | $6 | $125 |
| 2005 | $5 | $122 |
| 2004 | $5 | $113 |
| 2003 | $5 | $118 |
| 2002 | $5 | $94 |
| 2001 | $6 | $83 |
| 2000 | $7 | $68 |
| 1999 | $7 | $75 |
| 1998 | $7 | $54 |
| 1997 | $9 | $99 |
| 1996 | $11 | $118 |
| 1995 | $13 | $122 |
| 1994 | $12 | $108 |
| 1993 | $5 | $101 |
| 1992 | $8 | $95 |
| 1991 | $6 | $87 |
| 1990 | $4 | $64 |
| 1989 | – | $60 |
| 1988 | – | $52 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the country spends on its armed forces and defence for each person living there, in US dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 151 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 Malaysia
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023Malaysia: 76.7 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Malaysia: 0.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Malaysia: 6.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- Safe drinking waterCambodia: 29.1% in 2022Malaysia: 93.9% in 2022
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017Malaysia: 3.52% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Malaysia: 7.8 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023Malaysia: 35.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023Malaysia: 1.24% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023Malaysia: 1.55 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025Malaysia: 77.4% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023Malaysia: 30.1 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023Malaysia: 7.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Malaysia: 5.2 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025Malaysia: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Malaysia: $4.55B in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Malaysia: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020Malaysia: 136,000 people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Malaysia: 0.46% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020Malaysia: 0.81% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023Malaysia: 7 million TIV in 2024
- Arms exportsCambodia: 1 million TIV in 2000Malaysia: 20 million TIV in 2024