Forest cover (1973-2014)
N.B. After receiving feedback from Forestry Administration and other organizations, ODC has updated the data on this page and included forest cover 2014, adopting the methodology outlined in the notes that you can read here. Please contact us if you have any questions about these ...
Open Development Cambodia has published a new map layer and dataset of "Targeted municipalities for the implementation of the Innovation for Social Accountability in Cambodia (ISAC) in 2020"
Open Development Cambodia (ODC) has published a new map layer of target areas to be implemented in 2020 under MoU between NCDDS and Family Health International (FHI360) on the implementation of Social Accountability for Sub-National Democratic Development on the interactive map, under the map category ...
Energy
Cambodia has undergone rapid economic development in recent decades, with gDP per capita tripled between 1999 and 2013. However, mainly due to three decades of war and political turmoil which severely damaged the country’s infrastructure, the country still lacks the means required for energy sector ...
Concessions
A land concession is a grant of rights over an area of land for a specific purpose. In Cambodia land concessions can be granted for various purposes, including agribusiness, redistribution of land to the landless and land-poor, infrastructure development, mining and fishing. They have been ...
Banking and financial services policy and regulation
Political stability and economic growth of all sectors have played vital role in building the public and foreign investors’ confidence and maintaining the safety and soundness of banking system in Cambodia. The banking sector continues to have substantial growth as it shares 82.2% in the ...
Major banks
In 2020, COVID-19 severely impacted both the global and Cambodia economies. The banking system in Cambodia is also affected but at a moderate and manageable level.40 The National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), Cambodia Microfinance Association, and other relevant institutions pointed out the rate of the ...
Civil society’s participation in the draft Land Law dialogue for land rights protection
The Cambodian government has drafted an entirely new Land Law (the draft law), more than 20 years after the promulgation of the 2001 Land Law. Acknowledging the importance of participation from civil society, local communities, and indigenous peoples (IPs), Open Development Cambodia (ODC) formally sought ...
SDG 13 Climate action
SDG 13 is aimed at takinG urGent action to combat climate chanGe impacts by developinG the capacity of each country to mitiGate climate risks and work towards adaptation. Least developed nations, landlocked countries and small island states are recoGnised as especially in need of support ...
Banking and financial services
According to the Annual supervision report 2020 by the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC), the key bodies in the banking system consists of:51 commercial banks12 specialized banks75 microfinance non-deposit taking institutions6 microfinance deposit-taking institutions245 rural credit institutionsIn addition, there are financial leasing companies, third-party processors, ...
Forest products
Prey Lang Wildlife Sanctuary. Photo by U.S. Embassy Phnom Penh on 09 June 2016. Licensed under CC BY-ND 2.0.Cambodia had over 8 million hectares of forest resources in 2020, accounting for 44.7% of the country’s total land area. 220 The state owns the whole forest ...
Agriculture and fishing
Rice farmers working in the field, Kandal province, Cambodia. Photo by ILO/ Khem Sovannara, taken on 12 July 2007. Licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0.Agriculture continues to play an important role in Cambodia’s economy, but it provides a livelihood for a smaller proportion of today’s population ...
SDG 16 Peace, justice and strong institutions
Goal 16’s full title is “Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.” It has a monitorinG framework of 12 tarGets (2 around means of implementation) and 23 indicators. Transition ...
Overview of policy and legal framework
Environmental protection and conservation are given high priority in the Royal government of Cambodia’s guiding strategy, the Rectangular Strategy Phase III (2014–2018). ...
Social land concessions
Social land concessions (SLCs) are intended to provide to the landless or land-poor land on which to establish residences and/or generate income through agriculture. The Cambodian government that more than 30,000 households have received land as social land concessions. Despite its pro-poor intention, the SLC ...
SDG 8 Decent work and economic growth
SDG 8 – “Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic Growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all” – has 10 General tarGets and 2 means of implementation tarGets.332 There are 17 indicators. Some of these tarGets are more relevant for Cambodia than others. For ...
SDG 5 Gender equality
The Sustainable Development Goal 5 (SDG 5) is initiated to “achieve Gender equality and empower all women and Girls”. The Global SDG 5 consists of 9 tarGets (3 tarGets as means of implementation) and 14 indicators. The objectives of SDG 5 are expressed in terms ...
Primary school
Cambodia’s education system is structured into a 6+3+3 formula -students spend their first 6 years in primary school (grades 1–6), followed by 3 years in secondary school (grades 7–9) and 3 years in high school (grades 10–12) before sitting the diploma examination.430 Cambodian students are ...
Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) information toolkit
RationalIn 2018, the total number of registered Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) was 155,745. More than 90 percent of registered firms in Cambodia are SMEs. However, despite being vital to the socio-economy, 95 percent are not registered yet. By 2025, 80% and 95% of small and ...
