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Cambodia’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) growth is projected to marginally improve, reaching 5.5 percent in 2025 and 2026, according to the World Bank’s ‘Cambodia Economic Update: From Recovery to Resilience – Harnessing Tourism and Trade as Drivers of Growth,’ released recently. ...

The office of the council of ministers said Cambodia’s GDP per capita in 2025 is expected to rise to $2,924—a rise of over 40 percent over the projected 2024 figures. ...

The Royal Government of Cambodia is committed to promoting small and medium enterprises (SMEs) which are the backbone of the national economy, providing 70 percent of jobs and contributing 58 percent to the GDP. ...

Cambodia’s GDP could touch $35 billion (143 trillion riel) this year, said a senior official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...

Cambodia’s GDP could touch $35 billion (143 trillion riel) this year, said a senior official from the Ministry of Economy and Finance. ...

Following the pandemic, economic growth has been steady, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) said, with expansion projected at six percent in 2024, from an estimated 5.3 percent last year, thanks to tourism and non-garment exports. ...

Despite being challenged by natural disasters, climate change and global crises, agriculture sector contributed about 22 per cent of Cambodia’s gross domestic product (GDP) in 2023, according to Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Dith Tina. ...

Manufacturing, the recovery of Cambodian tourism on the back of regional improvement, and infrastructure development are likely to boost gross domestic product (GDP) growth, projected at 6.4 percent this year, up from 5.5 percent in 2023. ...

Agriculture sector remains one of the economic drivers of Cambodia’s economic growth despite its share of the country’s gross domestic product (GDP) has shrunk. ...

In July, the National Bank of Cambodia (NBC) flagged the “historically” high credit-to-gross domestic product (GDP) ratio, which stood at 189 percent in 2022, with credit-to-GDP gap reaching nearly 40 percent. ...

Moments before Mr Hun Manet was sworn in as the new Prime Minister, his predecessor Mr Hun Sen said that he expects the new government to take Cambodia out of its least-developed country status and achieve the upper-middle-income and high-income in 2030 and 2050 respectively. ...

Cambodia is paving the way for a greener future by setting clear guidelines for climate action, according to a senior official at the Ministry of Environment. ...

Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Economy and Finance (MEF) Aun Pornmoniroth said yesterday that Cambodia’s annual economic growth per person or GDP per capita has been forecasted to increase to $1,932 in 2023 from $1,784 in the previous year, even as inflation has been ...

Vietnam’s GDP is projected to grow 5.8 percent this year, sharing the second position with Cambodia in the region, only after the Philippines, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). ...

Cambodia formally exported 8.6 million tonnes of agricultural products to 74 markets last year worth nearly $5 billion, up 7.8 per cent from the 7.9 million tonnes booked in 2021, as agriculture contributed 22.2 per cent of the Kingdom’s 2022 gross domestic product (GDP), according ...

Cassava prices have seen a marked on-year increase in areas near the Thai border, as the harvest reaches 85-90 per cent, according to industry insiders. ...

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has announced that it greenlit a $73 million financing package on December 7 to improve the sustainability and climate resilience of the Kingdom’s marine fisheries subsector. ...

The region and the globe remain in the grip of a slew of intractable crises on top of the persistent effects of Covid-19, posing precarious economic headwinds and dampening growth prospects for the coming years. ...

Cambodian economic growth for 2023 is expected to be 6.6 per cent higher than the of the current gross domestic product of 32,291 million. GDP per capita is predicted to rise to $1,924, from the current figure of $1,785, according to the outcome of an ...

Amid economic improvement with rising foreign visitors, Cambodia’s tourism recovery is expected to improve in 2023 pushing GDP to 6.2 percent.   ...

Cambodia’s GDP growth is estimated to reach 4.8% this year, and continue rising for the next two years while remaining below pre-pandemic levels, and inflation may hit 6%, more than double the rates of the last two years, the World Bank said. ...

Digitising payments could bring substantial cost savings for micro-, small-, and medium-sized enterprises (MSME), not only by simplifying cash management processes but also reducing potential opportunities for misappropriation or corruption, according to the central bank chief. ...

Two major multilateral lenders have forecast Cambodia’s economic growth for 2022 at around five per cent, buoyed by bumper export performance earlier in the year, coupled with ongoing policy support and continued tourism recovery, but held back by external pressures associated with Covid-19 and the ...

Cambodia’s economy is expected to grow at around five percent this year as against three percent last year, but the inflationary pressures being witnessed across the world can cut into the purchasing power of the country’s households as well, said the Financial Stability Report 2021, ...