Cambodia: Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2023, Cambodia's merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) fell 19.5% on 2022 (from US$29.22 billion to US$23.51 billion).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1993 to 2022), the average change was +14.1% and a typical year strayed about 15.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 2.1 standard deviations below that average, so it was unusually large compared with the rest of the record.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 1,114.3% in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 65.8% in 1986. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2014 to 2023 the straight-line trend is upward, about US$2.14 billion a year. A straight line explains 86% of the movement over 10 observed years.

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

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about US$33.13 billion for 2026. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2021 to 2023 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was US$4.87 billion, against US$8.33 billion for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2023, Cambodia had the 77th highest value of the 205 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 2023 ranking

• Congo, Dem. Rep. — 74th of 205: US$25.49 billion
• Jordan — 75th of 205: US$25.43 billion
• Tunisia — 76th of 205: US$25.05 billion
• Estonia — 78th of 205: US$22.81 billion
• Costa Rica — 79th of 205: US$22.46 billion
• Marshall Islands — 80th of 205: US$19.52 billion

What this measures

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy are the total merchandise imports by the reporting economy from the rest of the world, as reported in the IMF's Direction of trade database. Data are in current U.S. dollars.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 52 values

Merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — US$208.32 million (2023)
• Australia — US$287.89 billion (2023)
• Brunei Darussalam — US$5.69 billion (2023)
• China — US$2.46 trillion (2023)
• Fiji — US$2.99 billion (2023)
• French Polynesia — US$645.75 million (2023)
• Guam — US$1.45 billion (2023)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — US$655.42 billion (2023)
• Indonesia

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 merchandise imports by the reporting economy (current US$)?

US$23.51 billion in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 26,828% from US$87.3 million in 1960 (9.29% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was US$29.22 billion in 2022 and the lowest US$7.2 million in 1987.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.MRCH.WL.CD, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Staff estimates, World Bank (WB); Direction of Trade database, International Monetary Fund (IMF) 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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