Cambodia vs South Korea

Cambodia vs South Korea: Inflation

Inflation in 2025: 2.5% a year in Cambodia and 2.1% a year in South Korea, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in South Korea.

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% a year · IMF

Cambodia vs South Korea: InflationInflation in 2025: 2.5% a year in Cambodia and 2.1% a year in South Korea, by IMF estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 0.4 percentage points, or 1.19 times that in South Korea.
CambodiaSouth KoreaIMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026)

What the numbers say

  • Cambodia has been higher since 2025, when it overtook South Korea.
  • In 2025, Cambodia ranked 101 and South Korea ranked 113 of 179 countries, counting from the highest.
  • The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cambodia at 3% a year and South Korea at 2% a year in 2031.

Every year

% a year · IMF

YearCambodiaSouth Korea
20252.52.1
20240.82.3
20232.13.6
20225.35.1
20212.92.5
20202.90.5
20191.90.4
20182.51.5
20172.91.9
201631
20151.20.7
20143.91.3
20132.91.3
20122.92.2
20115.54
201042.9
2009-0.72.8
2008254.7
20077.72.5
20066.12.2
20056.32.8
20043.93.6
200313.5
2002-02.8
2001-0.14.1
2000-0.82.3
199920.8
199812.97.5
199710.54.4
19967.14.9
199510.14.5
199410.46.3
1993114.34.8
1992756.2
19911919.3
1990141.88.6
198963.85.7
1988237.1
1987-31.33
1986–2.8
1985–2.5
1984–2.3
1983–3.4
1982–7.2
1981–21.4
1980–28.7
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
YearCambodiaSouth Korea
20265.62.7
20273.12.3
20282.52
20292.82
203032
203132

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • How much consumer prices rose in a year, on average.
  • 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 179 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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