Insurance and financial services in Cambodia
Cambodia: Insurance and financial services was 8.9% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Insurance and financial services in Cambodia, 1993–2025
Source: Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF). Measured in % of commercial service imports.
Analysis
In 2025, insurance and financial services in Cambodia stood at 8.9%.
The figure is down 2.8% on the previous year and up 39.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, insurance and financial services in Cambodia peaked at 10.8% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 2.8%, in 1993.
That places Cambodia 64th out of 197 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Insurance and financial services in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 2.8% | — |
| 1994 | 3.5% | +23.3% |
| 1995 | 4.3% | +23.4% |
| 1996 | 4.2% | -2.2% |
| 1997 | 4.4% | +4.1% |
| 1998 | 3.7% | -16.2% |
| 1999 | 4.0% | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 4.4% | +12.2% |
| 2001 | 4.6% | +3.6% |
| 2002 | 4.7% | +1.2% |
| 2003 | 5.0% | +6.4% |
| 2004 | 5.2% | +4.1% |
| 2005 | 6.9% | +32.8% |
| 2006 | 5.9% | -13.4% |
| 2007 | 6.3% | +6.3% |
| 2008 | 6.3% | -0.7% |
| 2009 | 5.7% | -9.8% |
| 2010 | 9.0% | +59.8% |
| 2011 | 6.3% | -30.8% |
| 2012 | 7.0% | +11.6% |
| 2013 | 8.1% | +15.7% |
| 2014 | 6.8% | -15.3% |
| 2015 | 6.4% | -6.4% |
| 2016 | 6.3% | -1.5% |
| 2017 | 6.2% | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 6.3% | +1.5% |
| 2019 | 5.3% | -16.0% |
| 2020 | 8.9% | +66.6% |
| 2021 | 10.8% | +21.8% |
| 2022 | 9.3% | -13.7% |
| 2023 | 8.2% | -11.8% |
| 2024 | 9.2% | +11.7% |
| 2025 | 8.9% | -2.8% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 8.9% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 6.5%, 1.4× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 8.9% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 5.2%, 1.7× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.8% | 2.8% | 4.4% | 7 |
| 2000s | 5.5% | 4.4% | 6.9% | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.8% | 5.3% | 9.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.2% | 8.2% | 10.8% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
More private sector data for Cambodia
- Merchandise trade 127.1% (2025)
- Food imports 7.5% (2024)
- Manufactures imports 72.5% (2024)
- Merchandise imports 33.88 billion current US$ (2025)
- Food exports 15.2% (2024)
- Manufactures exports 78.1% (2024)
- Merchandise exports 31.27 billion current US$ (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per capita 1,752 current US$ per person (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.61 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Merchandise exports (current US$), annual growth rate 17.3 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is insurance and financial services in Cambodia?
- Insurance and financial services in Cambodia was 8.9% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest insurance and financial services recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 10.8% in 2021.
- What is the lowest insurance and financial services recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.8% in 1993.
- How does Cambodia rank for insurance and financial services?
- Cambodia ranks 64th out of 197 countries with data for 2025.
- Is insurance and financial services rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 39.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia data come from?
- The figures come from Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF), published as part of Insurance and financial services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Financial services covers services related to financial intermediation, financial risk management, liquidity transformation or auxiliary financial activities. It also includes insurance and pension scheme services which are services related to providing life insurance and annuities, non-life insurance, reinsurance, pensions, standardised guarantees and auxiliary services to insurance, pension schemes, and standardised guarantee schemes. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.