Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Cambodia

17.7% of people in Cambodia lived below the national poverty line in 2012. The value for 2012 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1994.

Measure: Poverty rate at national poverty lines Unit: % of population Data: 1994 to 2012 Source: World Bank
The latest value for Cambodia is for 2012. Most countries have figures for 2021.
Cambodia, 2012 17.7% % of population
Change from 2011 −2.8percentage points 2011: 20.5%

Poverty rate at national poverty lines in Cambodia over time

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

Poverty rate at national poverty lines (% of population), 2003 to 2012
Period Cambodia
2012 17.7%
2011 20.5%
2010 22.1%
2009 23.9%
2008 34.0%
2006 45.0%
2003 50.2%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −2.8 percentage points from 20.5% in 2011.
  • Since 1994, when it was 47.0%, the figure has changed by −29.3 percentage points.

Source and dates

Original producer
World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SI.POV.NAHC · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1994 to 2012 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: World Bank, Poverty and Inequality Platform, from national sources