Cambodia's taxes on international trade (% of revenue) was 9.78% in 2023, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5.42 percentage points from 15.19% in 2013.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 9.78% | 2023 |
| Five years earlier | 10.72% | 2018 |
| Ten years earlier | 15.19% | 2013 |
| Highest | 25.5% | 2004 |
| Lowest | 9.49% | 2020 |
| Average since 2014 | 11.68% | 2014–2023 |
| First recorded | 22.36% | 2002 |
What the numbers say
In 2023, Cambodia's taxes on international trade (% of revenue) rose 0.14 percentage points on 2022 (from 9.64% to 9.78%).
Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2022), the average change was −0.64 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.31 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 3.91 percentage points in 2014 and the biggest yearly fall was 4.82 percentage points in 2005. 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 downward, about 0.82 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 67% 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.
How it compares
In 2023, Cambodia had the 9th highest value of the 15 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Cambodia | 9.78% | 2023 |
| World | 3.75% | 2022 |
| East Asia & Pacific | 2.88% | 2022 |
| Lower middle income | 9.32% | 2021 |
Closest to Cambodia in the 2023 ranking
What this measures
Taxes on international trade are taxes that become payable when goods cross the national or customs frontiers of the economic territory or when transactions in services exchange between residents and non-residents. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of revenue which includes all transactions that add to the amount of economic value of a unit or sector.
Limitations: For most countries central government finance data have been consolidated into one account, but for others only budgetary central government accounts are available. Countries reporting budgetary data are noted in the country metadata. Because budgetary accounts may not include all central government units (such as social security funds), they usually provide an incomplete picture. In federal states the central government accounts provide an incomplete view of total public finance. Data on government revenue and expense are collected by the IMF through questionnaires to member countries and by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a median.
All 22 values
| Year | Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) |
|---|---|
| 2023 | 9.78 |
| 2022 | 9.64 |
| 2021 | 9.79 |
| 2020 | 9.49 |
| 2019 | 10.62 |
| 2018 | 10.72 |
| 2017 | 10.7 |
| 2016 | 12.34 |
| 2015 | 14.63 |
| 2014 | 19.1 |
| 2013 |
Taxes on international trade (% of revenue) in nearby economies
- Australia — 2.72% (2022)
- China — 1.25% (2024)
- Fiji — 13.01% (2024)
- Kiribati — 0.46% (2023)
- Korea, Rep. — 1.04% (2024)
- Lao PDR — 8.08% (2022)
- Malaysia — 1.59% (2024)
- Marshall Islands — 5.41% (2020)
- Micronesia, Fed. Sts. — 4.5% (2020)
- Mongolia — 6.55% (2024)
More public sector data for Cambodia
- Arms imports (SIPRI trend indicator values) — 56 million (2023)
- Military expenditure (current LCU) — 2.96 trillion (2025)
- Military expenditure (% of GDP) — 1.45% (2025)
- Military expenditure (current USD) — 738.95 million (2025)
- Armed forces personnel, total — 191,000 (2020)
- Armed forces personnel (% of total labor force) — 2.01% (2020)
- Military expenditure (% of general government expenditure) — 8.15% (2025)
- Net acquisition of financial assets (current LCU) — -939.83 billion (2023)
- Net acquisition of financial assets (% of GDP) — -0.54% (2023)
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Questions people ask
- What is Cambodia's taxes on international trade (% of revenue)?
- 9.78% in 2023, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2002?
- It is down 12.59 percentage points from 22.36% in 2002. The highest value was 25.5% in 2004 and the lowest 9.49% in 2020.
- How does Cambodia rank?
- 9th highest of 15 economies with data for 2023.
- Is the latest change in taxes on international trade (% of revenue) unusual for Cambodia?
- In 2023, Cambodia's taxes on international trade (% of revenue) rose 0.14 percentage points on 2022 (from 9.64% to 9.78%). Across the 20 yearly changes before that (2003 to 2022), the average change was −0.64 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.31 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 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 GC.TAX.INTT.RV.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: Government Finance Statistics Yearbook and data files, 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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