Cambodia: Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)

Key figures

Since 1960 it is down 0.21 percentage points from 0.23% in 1960. The World Bank has no value for 37 of the years in between; the chart leaves those gaps open rather than joining across them.

What the numbers say

In 2020, Cambodia's merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) rose 0.02 percentage points on 2019 (from 0.00643% to 0.02%).

Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.09 percentage points in 2018 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.09 percentage points in 2010. 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 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.01 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 52% of the movement over 8 observed years.

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

How it compares

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What this measures

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe and Central Asia are the sum of merchandise imports by the reporting economy from low- and middle-income economies in the Europe and Central Asia region according to the World Bank classification of economies. Data are expressed as a percentage of total merchandise imports by the economy. Data are computed only if at least half of the economies in the partner country group had non-missing data.

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

All 24 values

Merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 0.09% (2023)
• Australia — 0.47% (2023)
• Brunei Darussalam — 4.41% (2022)
• China — 1.74% (2023)
• Fiji — 0.12% (2017)
• French Polynesia — 1.15% (2023)
• Guam

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 from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports)?

0.02% in 2020, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is down 0.21 percentage points from 0.23% in 1960. The highest value was 0.23% in 1960 and the lowest 0.00181% in 2017.

Is the latest change in merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) unusual for Cambodia?

In 2020, Cambodia's merchandise imports from low- and middle-income economies in Europe & Central Asia (% of total merchandise imports) rose 0.02 percentage points on 2019 (from 0.00643% to 0.02%). Across the 16 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2019), the average change was +0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator TM.VAL.MRCH.R2.ZS, 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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