Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea
Cambodia vs Papua New Guinea: GDP growth
GDP growth: 5.3% a year in Cambodia in 2025 and 3.9% a year in Papua New Guinea in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 2.1 percentage points, or 1.55 times that in Papua New Guinea.
% a year · IMF
What the numbers say
- Cambodia has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Papua New Guinea.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cambodia at 5.5% a year and Papua New Guinea at 3.1% a year in 2031.
Every year
% a year · IMF
| Year | Cambodia | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5.3 | 6.2 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3.9 |
| 2023 | 5 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 5.5 | 5.7 |
| 2021 | 2.9 | -0.5 |
| 2020 | -3 | -3.2 |
| 2019 | 7.9 | 4.5 |
| 2018 | 8.7 | -0.3 |
| 2017 | 7.6 | 3.5 |
| 2016 | 7.4 | 5.5 |
| 2015 | 6.8 | 6.6 |
| 2014 | 5.8 | 13.5 |
| 2013 | 7.8 | 3.8 |
| 2012 | 9.1 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 8.8 | 1.1 |
| 2010 | 5.3 | 10.1 |
| 2009 | 5.3 | 6.8 |
| 2008 | 9 | -0.3 |
| 2007 | 9.8 | 7.8 |
| 2006 | 10.9 | 2.5 |
| 2005 | 14.1 | 4.3 |
| 2004 | 8.3 | 0.6 |
| 2003 | 7.9 | 9 |
| 2002 | 8.7 | -0.2 |
| 2001 | 5.5 | -0.1 |
| 2000 | 10.7 | -2.5 |
| 1999 | 12.7 | 1.9 |
| 1998 | 4.7 | 4.7 |
| 1997 | 4 | -6.3 |
| 1996 | 5.9 | 6.6 |
| 1995 | 9.9 | -3.4 |
| 1994 | 8.2 | 10.5 |
| 1993 | 4 | 13.3 |
| 1992 | 7.1 | 13.8 |
| 1991 | 7.6 | 9.6 |
| 1990 | 1.1 | -3.1 |
| 1989 | 3.3 | -1.4 |
| 1988 | 9.6 | 2.9 |
| 1987 | – | 2.8 |
| 1986 | – | 5.7 |
| 1985 | – | 3.6 |
| 1984 | – | -1 |
| 1983 | – | 3.4 |
| 1982 | – | 0.8 |
| 1981 | – | 1.1 |
| 1980 | – | -2.3 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Cambodia | Papua New Guinea |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 3 | 3.1 |
| 2027 | 4 | 4 |
| 2028 | 4.7 | 3.4 |
| 2029 | 5.1 | 3.1 |
| 2030 | 5.3 | 3.1 |
| 2031 | 5.5 | 3.1 |
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.
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
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
- Arms importsCambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023Papua New Guinea: 9 million TIV in 2023