Cambodia: International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2020, Cambodia's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 81.4% on 2019 (from US$911 million to US$169 million).

Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +32.5% and a typical year strayed about 71.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 332.8% in 2011 and the biggest yearly fall was 81.4% in 2020. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2011 to 2020 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 25% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2020, Cambodia had the 101st highest value of the 155 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Cambodia in the 2020 ranking

• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 98th of 155: US$204 million
• Bermuda — 99th of 155: US$191 million
• Georgia — 100th of 155: US$180 million
• Honduras — 102nd of 155: US$163 million
• North Macedonia — 103rd of 155: US$147 million
• El Salvador — 104th of 155: US$142 million

What this measures

International tourism expenditures are expenditures of international outbound visitors in other countries. The goods and services are purchased by, or on behalf of, the traveler or provided, without a quid pro quo, for the traveler to use or give away. These may include expenditures by residents traveling abroad as same-day visitors, except in cases where these are so important as to justify a separate classification. Excluded is the international carriage of travelers, which is covered in passenger travel items. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a gap-filled total.

All 26 values

International tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) in nearby economies

• Australia — US$6.49 billion (2020)
• Brunei Darussalam — US$97 million (2020)
• China — US$130.5 billion (2020)
• Fiji — US$75 million (2020)
• French Polynesia — US$177 million (2018)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — US$5.52 billion (2020)
• Indonesia — US$1.65 billion (2020)
• Japan — US$5.45 billion (2020)
• Kiribati

More private sector & trade data for Cambodia

• Merchandise imports (current US$) — US$33.89 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports (current US$) — US$31.27 billion (2025)
• Merchandise exports to high-income economies (% of total merchandise exports) — 73.41% (2023)
• Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies in East Asia & Pacific (% of total merchandise exports) — 24.56% (2023)
• Merchandise exports by the reporting economy, residual (% of total merchandise exports) — 0% (2023)
• Merchandise exports by the reporting economy (current US$) — US$22.04 billion (2023)
• Merchandise exports to low- and middle-income economies within region (% of total merchandise exports) — 24.56% (2023)

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Questions people ask

What is Cambodia's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$)?

US$169 million in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1995?

It is up 2,013% from US$8 million in 1995 (12.98% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$911 million in 2019 and the lowest US$8 million in 1995.

How does Cambodia rank?

101st highest of 155 economies with data for 2020.

Is the latest change in international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) unusual for Cambodia?

In 2020, Cambodia's international tourism, expenditures for travel items (current US$) fell 81.4% on 2019 (from US$911 million to US$169 million). Across the 24 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +32.5% and a typical year strayed about 71.9% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.6 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator ST.INT.TVLX.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Yearbook of Tourism Statistics, Compendium of Tourism Statistics and data files, UN Tourism Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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