Central government expense in Cambodia

Central government expense in Cambodia was equal to 12.9% of GDP in 2023. The value for 2023 is the highest in the series, which starts in 2002.

Measure: Central government expense as a share of GDP Unit: % of GDP Data: 2002 to 2023 Source: World Bank
Cambodia, 2023 12.9% % of GDP
Change from 2022 +1.2percentage points 2022: 11.8%
World, 2022 28.5% Official aggregate Not the same period as Cambodia (2023).

Central government expense in Cambodia over time

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% of GDP. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Central government expense as a share of GDP (% of GDP), 2000 to 2023
Period CambodiaWorld
2023 12.9% –
2022 11.8% 28.5%
2021 12.6% 31.7%
2020 12.9% 33.4%
2019 11.7% 26.7%
2018 10.8% 26.1%
2017 10.8% 26.3%
2016 9.8% 26.6%
2015 9.0% 26.8%
2014 9.4% 26.8%
2013 9.1% 27.1%
2012 8.3% 27.4%
2011 8.8% 27.5%
2010 8.7% 28.4%
2009 9.1% 28.4%
2008 7.3% 25.9%
2007 7.0% 24.8%
2006 7.5% 24.9%
2005 6.8% 25.1%
2004 7.4% 24.8%
2003 8.6% 25.2%
2002 8.9% 24.9%
2001 – 24.7%
2000 – 23.6%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.2 percentage points from 11.8% in 2022.
  • Since 2013, when it was 9.1%, the figure has changed by +3.8 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
GC.XPN.TOTL.GD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
2002 to 2023 for Cambodia
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: International Monetary Fund, Government Finance Statistics