Cambodia vs Thailand
Cambodia vs Thailand: Military share of state spending
Military share of state spending in 2025: 8.2% of government spending in Cambodia and 4.4% of government spending in Thailand, by SIPRI estimates. In 2025 the value was higher in Cambodia, by 3.7 percentage points, or 1.84 times that in Thailand.
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- Cambodia has been higher since 2010, when it overtook Thailand.
- In 2025, Cambodia ranked 37 and Thailand ranked 91 of 150 countries, counting from the highest.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia | Thailand |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.2 | 4.4 |
| 2024 | 9 | 4.7 |
| 2023 | 8.3 | 4.9 |
| 2022 | 8.4 | 5 |
| 2021 | 8.1 | 5.3 |
| 2020 | 8.8 | 5.8 |
| 2019 | 9.2 | 6.4 |
| 2018 | 10.2 | 6.3 |
| 2017 | 9.7 | 6.4 |
| 2016 | 9.5 | 6.4 |
| 2015 | 9.3 | 6.1 |
| 2014 | 7.7 | 6.2 |
| 2013 | 7.5 | 6.1 |
| 2012 | 7.1 | 6.4 |
| 2011 | 7.3 | 6.5 |
| 2010 | 7.1 | 7 |
| 2009 | 6.4 | 7.3 |
| 2008 | 5.2 | 6.5 |
| 2007 | 6.4 | 5.2 |
| 2006 | 8.1 | 5.2 |
| 2005 | 9.1 | 5.1 |
| 2004 | 9.4 | 6 |
| 2003 | 9.2 | 6.9 |
| 2002 | 9 | 5.6 |
| 2001 | 11.7 | 7.2 |
| 2000 | 14.7 | 8 |
| 1999 | 18.2 | 6.4 |
| 1998 | 19.9 | 7.8 |
| 1997 | 24.2 | 10.1 |
| 1996 | 20.7 | 12.3 |
| 1995 | – | 13.7 |
- Estimate
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The part of everything the government spends that goes on its armed forces and defence, by SIPRI’s count.
- Source: Information from the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) Military Expenditure Database, https://doi.org/10.55163/CQGC9685.
- Marked points are SIPRI’s own: a dot where it gives the figure as its estimate, a ring where it calls the figure highly uncertain.
- Ranks count the 150 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
- 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