Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea
Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea: Arms imports
Arms imports in 2023: 56 million TIV in Cambodia and 9 million TIV in Papua New Guinea, by SIPRI estimates. In 2023 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 47 million TIV, or 6.22 times that in Papua New Guinea.
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Cambodia has been higher since 2021, when it overtook Papua New Guinea.
- The world as a whole: 29.5 billion TIV in 2023.
Every year
SIPRI trend-indicator values · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia | Papua New Guinea | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 2024 | – | – | 30.6 billion |
| 2023 | 56 million | 9 million | 29.5 billion |
| 2022 | 38 million | – | 33 billion |
| 2021 | 35 million | 14 million | 26.8 billion |
| 2020 | – | – | 23.4 billion |
| 2019 | 1 million | – | 26.9 billion |
| 2018 | 5 million | 8 million | 27.3 billion |
| 2017 | – | 0 | 31.2 billion |
| 2016 | – | – | 31.4 billion |
| 2015 | – | – | 28.7 billion |
| 2014 | – | 3 million | 27 billion |
| 2013 | 68 million | – | 27.4 billion |
| 2012 | 78 million | – | 27.9 billion |
| 2011 | – | – | 29.9 billion |
| 2010 | 34 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 2009 | 4 million | – | 24 billion |
| 2008 | – | – | 24.1 billion |
| 2007 | 56 million | – | 26.5 billion |
| 2006 | 14 million | – | 24.4 billion |
| 2005 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2004 | – | – | 21.3 billion |
| 2003 | – | – | 19.2 billion |
| 2002 | – | – | 17.7 billion |
| 2001 | – | – | 18.3 billion |
| 2000 | – | – | 20.5 billion |
| 1999 | – | – | 25.3 billion |
| 1998 | – | – | 27.9 billion |
| 1997 | 22 million | 7 million | 28.9 billion |
| 1996 | 27 million | 1 million | 23.7 billion |
| 1995 | 1 million | – | 22.9 billion |
| 1994 | 74 million | 1 million | 22.8 billion |
| 1993 | 3 million | – | 25.8 billion |
| 1992 | – | 10 million | 24.3 billion |
| 1991 | – | 10 million | 27.8 billion |
| 1990 | 48 million | 4 million | 28.6 billion |
| 1989 | 124 million | 6 million | 31.7 billion |
| 1988 | 10 million | 6 million | 32.9 billion |
| 1987 | 50 million | 12 million | 36.2 billion |
| 1986 | 136 million | 8 million | 35.5 billion |
| 1985 | 69 million | – | 33.2 billion |
| 1984 | 67 million | 2 million | 36.8 billion |
| 1983 | 13 million | – | 39.1 billion |
| 1982 | – | 4 million | 41.4 billion |
| 1981 | – | 2 million | 42 billion |
| 1980 | 34 million | – | 37.4 billion |
| 1979 | – | – | 33.3 billion |
| 1978 | 43 million | 2 million | 39.2 billion |
| 1977 | – | 3 million | 37 billion |
| 1976 | – | – | 33 billion |
| 1975 | – | 32 million | 34.2 billion |
| 1974 | 25 million | – | 32.9 billion |
| 1973 | 114 million | – | 32.6 billion |
| 1972 | 104 million | – | 28.7 billion |
| 1971 | 22 million | – | 29.3 billion |
| 1970 | 8 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1969 | 18 million | – | 24.7 billion |
| 1968 | 15 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1967 | 20 million | – | 22.1 billion |
| 1966 | 37 million | – | 22.4 billion |
| 1965 | 43 million | – | 23.1 billion |
| 1964 | 41 million | – | 24.2 billion |
| 1963 | 11 million | – | 18.1 billion |
| 1962 | 5 million | – | 15.5 billion |
| 1961 | 2 million | – | 15 billion |
| 1960 | 1 million | – | 15.7 billion |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Major weapons the country received, 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 Papua New Guinea
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 66.1 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Papua New Guinea: 3.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Papua New Guinea: 32.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017Papua New Guinea: 3.17% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Papua New Guinea: 23.1 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023Papua New Guinea: 10.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023Papua New Guinea: 1.8% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.1 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025Papua New Guinea: 15.8% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023Papua New Guinea: 22.3 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023Papua New Guinea: 3.3% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Papua New Guinea: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
- GDP per personCambodia: $2,273 in 2025Papua New Guinea: $2,665 in 2025
- GDP growthCambodia: 5.3% a year in 2025Papua New Guinea: 3.9% a year in 2024
- InflationCambodia: 2.5% a year in 2025Papua New Guinea: 4.4% a year in 2025
- Government debtCambodia: 25.5% of GDP in 2025Papua New Guinea: 51.6% of GDP in 2025
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025Papua New Guinea: 0.35% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Papua New Guinea: $110M in 2025
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025Papua New Guinea: $10 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Papua New Guinea: 1.6% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020Papua New Guinea: 4,000 people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Papua New Guinea: 0.03% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020Papua New Guinea: 0.12% of the labour force in 2020