Travel services in Cambodia
Cambodia: Travel services was 20.2% in 2025. ◆ Volatile
Travel 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
Cambodia recorded 20.2% for travel services in 2025.
That represents a change of down 24.1% on the previous year and down 12.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, travel services in Cambodia peaked at 28.4% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 2.4%, in 2021.
Cambodia ranks 101st of 198 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Travel services in Cambodia, year by year
| Year | % of commercial service imports | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 3.4% | — |
| 1994 | 5.7% | +68.7% |
| 1995 | 4.6% | -19.5% |
| 1996 | 6.9% | +51.4% |
| 1997 | 7.0% | +1.1% |
| 1998 | 11.5% | +63.8% |
| 1999 | 10.0% | -13.5% |
| 2000 | 10.4% | +4.0% |
| 2001 | 10.9% | +5.2% |
| 2002 | 10.4% | -4.7% |
| 2003 | 8.5% | -18.0% |
| 2004 | 9.5% | +11.4% |
| 2005 | 15.2% | +60.7% |
| 2006 | 16.1% | +5.4% |
| 2007 | 15.9% | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 12.1% | -23.6% |
| 2009 | 12.7% | +4.4% |
| 2010 | 6.1% | -52.0% |
| 2011 | 19.4% | +218.2% |
| 2012 | 20.2% | +4.1% |
| 2013 | 20.1% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 19.5% | -2.9% |
| 2015 | 23.1% | +18.2% |
| 2016 | 25.7% | +11.0% |
| 2017 | 27.3% | +6.5% |
| 2018 | 28.4% | +4.1% |
| 2019 | 28.1% | -1.1% |
| 2020 | 8.4% | -70.0% |
| 2021 | 2.4% | -71.9% |
| 2022 | 17.7% | +645.4% |
| 2023 | 28.3% | +60.4% |
| 2024 | 26.5% | -6.3% |
| 2025 | 20.2% | -24.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7.0% | 3.4% | 11.5% | 7 |
| 2000s | 12.2% | 8.5% | 16.1% | 10 |
| 2010s | 21.8% | 6.1% | 28.4% | 10 |
| 2020s | 17.2% | 2.4% | 28.3% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Cambodia
- 98 Latvia 20.6% compare
- 99 Marshall Islands 20.3% compare
- 100 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 20.2% compare
- 102 Slovakia 20.1% compare
- 103 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 20.0% compare
- 104 Korea 19.5% 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 travel services in Cambodia?
- Travel services in Cambodia was 20.2% in 2025, according to Balance of Payments Statistics Yearbook and data files, International Monetary Fund (IMF).
- What is the highest travel services recorded in Cambodia?
- The highest recorded value was 28.4% in 2018.
- What is the lowest travel services recorded in Cambodia?
- The lowest recorded value was 2.4% in 2021.
- How does Cambodia rank for travel services?
- Cambodia ranks 101st out of 198 countries with data for 2025.
- Is travel services rising or falling in Cambodia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- 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 Travel services (% of commercial service imports). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Travel services cover goods and services for own use or to give away acquired from an economy by nonresidents during visits to that economy, or acquired from other economies by residents during visits to these other economies. This indicator is expressed as a percentage of service imports which are commercial services provided by non-residents to residents.