Employment-to-population ratio — all countries

Employment-to-population ratio — Cambodia

Employment-to-population ratio in Cambodia in 2025 — 82.18%. Ranked 5 in the world out of 182. Since 1991, the indicator has risen by 2.85 pp.

2025 82.18% +0.01 pp vs 2024
World rank 5of 182
Period maximum 84.95%2011
Period minimum 78.29%2008

Trend over time

1991–2025 · % of population aged 15+

Employment-to-population ratio — Cambodia, 1991–2025788082848619911995199920032007201120152019202320251991: 79.32%1992: 79.32%1993: 79.36%1994: 79.71%1995: 79.71%1996: 79.74%1997: 80.03%1998: 79.97%1999: 79.85%2000: 79.83%2001: 79.8%2002: 79.73%2003: 79.69%2004: 79.81%2005: 79.97%2006: 80.09%2007: 80.21%2008: 78.29%2009: 81.54%2010: 84.1%2011: 84.95%2012: 82.57%2013: 79.87%2014: 79.74%2015: 79.29%2016: 81.15%2017: 81.29%2018: 81.81%2019: 82.32%2020: 82.1%2021: 79.2%2022: 82.14%2023: 82.14%2024: 82.17%2025: 82.18%
Change over the period: +2.85 pp Annual average: 0.08 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cambodia

Cambodia 82.18%
World 58.06%
South-Eastern Asia computed 65.05%
Employment-to-population ratio — Cambodia, by year Cambodia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 82.18 +0.01 pp
2024 82.17 +0.03 pp
2023 82.14 +0 pp
2022 82.14 +2.94 pp
2021 79.2 −2.9 pp
2020 82.1 −0.23 pp
2019 82.32 +0.52 pp
2018 81.81 +0.51 pp
2017 81.29 +0.14 pp
2016 81.15 +1.86 pp
2015 79.29 −0.45 pp
2014 79.74 −0.13 pp
2013 79.87 −2.7 pp
2012 82.57 −2.38 pp
2011 84.95 +0.85 pp
2010 84.1 +2.56 pp
2009 81.54 +3.25 pp
2008 78.29 −1.92 pp
2007 80.21 +0.12 pp
2006 80.09 +0.12 pp
2005 79.97 +0.16 pp
2004 79.81 +0.13 pp
2003 79.69 −0.04 pp
2002 79.73 −0.07 pp
2001 79.8 −0.03 pp
2000 79.83 −0.02 pp
1999 79.85 −0.12 pp
1998 79.97 −0.06 pp
1997 80.03 +0.29 pp
1996 79.74 +0.03 pp
1995 79.71 +0 pp
1994 79.71 +0.35 pp
1993 79.36 +0.04 pp
1992 79.32 −0 pp
1991 79.32

About the indicator

The ratio of the employed to the population aged 15 and over. Unlike the unemployment rate it does not depend on whether a person is looking for work, so it captures the actual involvement of the population in the economy better. Employment and unemployment together give the full picture: low unemployment alongside low employment means mass withdrawal from the labor force.

Source: ILOSTAT (ILO), license CC BY 4.0.