Cambodia
Military share of state spending in Cambodia
Military share of state spending in Cambodia: 20.7% of government spending in 1996 and 8.2% of government spending in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 8.2% of government spending
- Since 1996
- −12.5 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 37 of 150
- counting from the highest
% of government spending · SIPRI
What the numbers say
- The highest was 24.2% of government spending in 1997, the lowest 5.2% of government spending in 2008.
Every year
% of government spending · SIPRI
| Year | Cambodia |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 8.2 |
| 2024 | 9 |
| 2023 | 8.3 |
| 2022 | 8.4 |
| 2021 | 8.1 |
| 2020 | 8.8 |
| 2019 | 9.2 |
| 2018 | 10.2 |
| 2017 | 9.7 |
| 2016 | 9.5 |
| 2015 | 9.3 |
| 2014 | 7.7 |
| 2013 | 7.5 |
| 2012 | 7.1 |
| 2011 | 7.3 |
| 2010 | 7.1 |
| 2009 | 6.4 |
| 2008 | 5.2 |
| 2007 | 6.4 |
| 2006 | 8.1 |
| 2005 | 9.1 |
| 2004 | 9.4 |
| 2003 | 9.2 |
| 2002 | 9 |
| 2001 | 11.7 |
| 2000 | 14.7 |
| 1999 | 18.2 |
| 1998 | 19.9 |
| 1997 | 24.2 |
| 1996 | 20.7 |
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.
- Ranks count the 150 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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- Military spending1.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$716M in 2025
- Military spending per person$42 in 2025
- Armed forces personnel191,000 people in 2020
- National power0.16% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers2.02% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports56 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports1 million TIV in 2000