Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cambodia
Cambodia: Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) was 82.5% in 2019. ▲ Rising
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cambodia, 2003–2019
Source: World Bank.
Analysis
Cambodia recorded 82.5% for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in 2019. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
The figure is up 1.8% on the previous year and up 30.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cambodia peaked at 82.5% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2003.
That places Cambodia 188th out of 191 countries with data for 2019, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 0.0% | — |
| 2004 | 80.3% | — |
| 2005 | 79.8% | -0.6% |
| 2006 | 33.8% | -57.7% |
| 2007 | 49.2% | +45.8% |
| 2008 | 56.1% | +14.0% |
| 2009 | 63.4% | +13.0% |
| 2010 | 63.0% | -0.7% |
| 2011 | 68.7% | +9.0% |
| 2012 | 71.5% | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 72.5% | +1.4% |
| 2014 | 73.9% | +2.0% |
| 2015 | 75.9% | +2.6% |
| 2016 | 77.5% | +2.2% |
| 2017 | 79.4% | +2.4% |
| 2018 | 81.0% | +2.0% |
| 2019 | 82.5% | +1.8% |
Cambodia compared with similar countries
- Cambodia's 82.5% is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 100.0%, 82% of the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Cambodia's 82.5% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 100.0%, 82% of the median. (28 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cambodia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | -57.7% | 79.8% | 33.8% |
| 2007 | +45.8% | 33.8% | 49.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 51.8% | 0.0% | 80.3% | 7 |
| 2010s | 74.6% | 63.0% | 82.5% | 10 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
- 185 Central African Republic 91.2% compare
- 186 Hungary 90.9% compare
- 187 Lebanon 89.6% compare
- 189 Syrian Arab Republic 77.9% compare
- 190 Eritrea 76.6% compare
- 191 Sao Tome and Principe 55.1% compare
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 starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cambodia?
- Starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) in Cambodia was 82.5% in 2019, according to the World Bank.
- What is the highest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 82.5% in 2019.
- What is the lowest starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2003.
- How does Cambodia rank for starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita)?
- Cambodia ranks 188th out of 191 countries with data for 2019.
- Is starting a business: paid-in minimum capital (% of income per capita) rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cambodia data come from?
- The figures come from the World Bank, published as part of Starting a business: Paid-in Minimum capital (% of income per capita) - Score. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The score for the paid-in minimum capital requirement benchmarks economies with respect to the regulatory best practice on the indicator. The score ranges from 0 to 100, where 0 represents the worst regulatory performance and 100 the best regulatory performance.