Cambodia

Military spending in Cambodia

Military spending in Cambodia: 1.15% of GDP in 1986 and 1.45% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates.

Latest, 2025
1.45% of GDP
Since 1986
+0.3 percentage points
Rank, 2025
87 of 151
counting from the highest

% of GDP · SIPRI

Military spending in CambodiaMilitary spending in Cambodia: 1.15% of GDP in 1986 and 1.45% of GDP in 2025, by SIPRI estimates. The highest was 3.84% of GDP in 1994, the lowest 0.68% of GDP in 2008.
Estimates, SIPRISIPRI estimate

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 3.84% of GDP in 1994, the lowest 0.68% of GDP in 2008.

Every year

% of GDP · SIPRI

YearCambodia
20251.45
20241.52
20231.55
20221.54
20211.7
20201.78
20191.62
20181.64
20171.56
20161.44
20151.35
20141.26
20131.23
20121.22
20111.2
20101.22
20091.09
20080.68
20070.78
20060.91
20051
20041.18
20031.34
20021.45
20011.71
20002.19
19992.51
19982.66
19973
19963.24
19953.58
19943.84
19931.76
19923.15
19912.33
19902.07
19891.99
19881.28
19871.57
19861.15
  • Estimate

Good to know

  • What the country spends on its armed forces and defence, as a share of its economy, 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 151 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.

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