Cambodia vs South Korea

Cambodia vs South Korea: GDP growth

GDP growth in 2025: 5.3% a year in Cambodia and 1.1% a year in South Korea, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 4.2 percentage points, or 4.7 times that in South Korea.

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% a year · IMF

Cambodia vs South Korea: GDP growthGDP growth in 2025: 5.3% a year in Cambodia and 1.1% a year in South Korea, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 4.2 percentage points, or 4.7 times that in South Korea.
CambodiaSouth KoreaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Cambodia has been higher since 2022, when it overtook South Korea.
  • In 2025, Cambodia ranked 26 and South Korea ranked 119 of 143 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cambodia at 5.5% a year and South Korea at 1.9% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCambodiaSouth Korea
20255.31.1
202462.2
202351.5
20225.52.9
20212.94.7
2020-3-0.7
20197.92.3
20188.73.2
20177.63.4
20167.43.2
20156.82.9
20145.83.2
20137.83.3
20129.12.5
20118.83.7
20105.37
20095.30.8
200893
20079.85.8
200610.95.2
200514.14.4
20048.35.2
20037.93.1
20028.77.7
20015.54.7
200010.79.2
199912.711.6
19984.7-4.9
199746.3
19965.98
19959.99.7
19948.29.4
199347
19927.16.4
19917.610.9
19901.110
19893.37.2
19889.612.1
1987–12.9
1986–11.5
1985–7.9
1984–10.6
1983–13.5
1982–8.5
1981–7.4
1980–-1.5
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCambodiaSouth Korea
202633.3
202742.8
20284.72.3
20295.12.1
20305.31.9
20315.51.9

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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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