Cambodia vs Thailand
Cambodia vs Thailand: Government debt
Government debt: 25.5% of GDP in Cambodia in 2025 and 62.9% of GDP in Thailand in 2024, by IMF estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Thailand, by 36.8 percentage points, or 2.41 times that in Cambodia.
% of GDP · IMF
What the numbers say
- Thailand has been higher since 1997, when it overtook Cambodia.
- The IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) puts Cambodia at 25.7% of GDP and Thailand at 69.8% of GDP in 2031.
Every year
% of GDP · IMF
| Year | Cambodia | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25.5 | 64.7 |
| 2024 | 26.1 | 62.9 |
| 2023 | 26.3 | 62.2 |
| 2022 | 25.3 | 60.6 |
| 2021 | 26.4 | 58.4 |
| 2020 | 25.5 | 49.4 |
| 2019 | 21.2 | 41.1 |
| 2018 | 21.3 | 41.9 |
| 2017 | 22.9 | 41.8 |
| 2016 | 22 | 41.7 |
| 2015 | 23.4 | 42.6 |
| 2014 | 24 | 43.3 |
| 2013 | 24.6 | 42.2 |
| 2012 | 25 | 41.9 |
| 2011 | 23.7 | 39.1 |
| 2010 | 23.5 | 39.8 |
| 2009 | 23.1 | 42.4 |
| 2008 | 22.7 | 35 |
| 2007 | 25.3 | 36 |
| 2006 | 26.6 | 39.2 |
| 2005 | 31.3 | 45.5 |
| 2004 | 38.1 | 46.3 |
| 2003 | 39.6 | 47.5 |
| 2002 | 37.8 | 54.9 |
| 2001 | 33.6 | 57.5 |
| 2000 | 34.1 | 57.8 |
| 1999 | 34.7 | 56.6 |
| 1998 | 37.2 | 49.9 |
| 1997 | 31.6 | 40.5 |
| 1996 | 30.2 | 15.2 |
- 12.3Projected
IMF projection (World Economic Outlook, October 2026) · 2026–2031
| Year | Cambodia | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 25.1 | 67.2 |
| 2027 | 25.3 | 68.5 |
| 2028 | 24.9 | 69.1 |
| 2029 | 25.4 | 69.4 |
| 2030 | 25.7 | 69.6 |
| 2031 | 25.7 | 69.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- What the government owes, as a share of the economy’s yearly output.
- 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 149 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 Thailand
Health
- Life expectancyCambodia: 70.7 years in 2023Thailand: 76.4 years in 2023
- Child mortalityCambodia: 1.8 per 100 live births in 2024Thailand: 0.9 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityCambodia: 19.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023Thailand: 6.2 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionCambodia: 3.1% in 2017Thailand: 3.09% in 2017
- Suicide rateCambodia: 4.5 per 100,000 people in 2017Thailand: 10.4 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationCambodia: 17.4 million people in 2023Thailand: 71.7 million people in 2023
- Population growthCambodia: 1.25% a year in 2023Thailand: -0.04% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateCambodia: 2.58 births per woman in 2023Thailand: 1.21 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationCambodia: 41.1% in 2025Thailand: 62.8% in 2025
- Median ageCambodia: 25.8 years in 2023Thailand: 39.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overCambodia: 6% in 2023Thailand: 14.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateCambodia: -1.8 per 1,000 people in 2023Thailand: 0.3 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingCambodia: 1.45% of GDP in 2025Thailand: 1.04% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsCambodia: $716M in 2025Thailand: $5.57B in 2025
- Military spending per personCambodia: $42 in 2025Thailand: $84 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingCambodia: 8.2% of government spending in 2025Thailand: 4.4% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelCambodia: 191,000 people in 2020Thailand: 455,000 people in 2020
- National powerCambodia: 0.16% of world capability in 2022Thailand: 0.79% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersCambodia: 2.02% of the labour force in 2020Thailand: 1.13% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsCambodia: 56 million TIV in 2023Thailand: 33 million TIV in 2025
- Arms exportsCambodia: 1 million TIV in 2000Thailand: 15 million TIV in 2024