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Cambodia vs Laos

116 shared metrics.

CambodiaLeads in 53

vs116 shared

LaosLeads in 63

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Country briefing

What matters for both sides

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Cambodia

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Kingdom of Cambodia.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Cambodia's Tonle Sap can reverse river flow in monsoon season, turning a lake into a flood-pulse engine.

UNESCO

Laos

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Lao People's Democratic Republic.

CIA 2026

Identity

Name origin: name means "Land of the Lao [people].

CIA 2026

Analysis

Laos leads in 63 of 116 shared metrics, while Cambodia leads in 53.

Cambodia's Merchant Fleet Size is 194.0x that of Laos (195 vs 1.0).

Cambodia's Solar Electricity Share is 61.6x that of Laos (10.64% vs 0.17%).

Cambodia's Military Spending is 7.0x that of Laos (1.5% of GDP vs 0.19% of GDP).

Cambodia's Tourism Revenue is 3.9x that of Laos ($1,119,000,000 vs $227,000,000).

Cambodia's Freedom of Expression Index is 3.8x that of Laos (0.15 vs 0.03).

Key Comparisons

Merchant Fleet SizeCambodia leads

Cambodia

195

Laos

1.0

Solar Electricity ShareCambodia leads

Cambodia

10.64%

Laos

0.17%

Military SpendingCambodia leads

Cambodia

1.5% of GDP

Laos

0.19% of GDP

Tourism RevenueCambodia leads

Cambodia

$1,119,000,000

Laos

$227,000,000

Freedom of Expression IndexCambodia leads

Cambodia

0.15

Laos

0.03

Agricultural Land (%)Cambodia leads

Cambodia

34.86%

Laos

9.9%

All Metrics

Merchant Fleet Size

Cambodia

195

Laos

1.0

19400% higher

Solar Electricity Share

Cambodia

10.64%

Laos

0.17%

6159% higher

Military Spending

Cambodia

1.5% of GDP

Laos

0.19% of GDP

701% higher

Tourism Revenue

Cambodia

$1,119,000,000

Laos

$227,000,000

393% higher

Freedom of Expression Index

Cambodia

0.15

Laos

0.03

378% higher

Agricultural Land (%)

Cambodia

34.86%

Laos

9.9%

252% higher

Population Density

Cambodia

98.71 /km²

Laos

33.21 /km²

197% higher

GDP (Nominal)

Cambodia

$46,352,647,037.24

Laos

$16,502,933,121.34

181% higher

Health Spending Per Capita

Cambodia

$109.53

Laos

$41.35

165% higher

Coal Electricity Share

Cambodia

56.59%

Laos

23.28%

143% higher

Scientific Publications

Cambodia

203.2

Laos

83.93

142% higher

Health Spending (% GDP)

Cambodia

4.7% of GDP

Laos

2.0% of GDP

133% higher

Population

Cambodia

17.23M

Laos

7.95M

117% higher

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Cambodia

498.87 gCO2/kWh

Laos

232.08 gCO2/kWh

115% higher

Protected Land (%)

Cambodia

39.8%

Laos

18.8%

112% higher

Inflation Rate

Laos

Cambodia

0.81%

Laos

23.1%

97% lower

Seafood Consumption per Person

Cambodia

46.65 kg/person/yr

Laos

24.01 kg/person/yr

94% higher

Capital Elevation

Laos

Cambodia

11 m

Laos

174 m

94% lower

Spirits Consumption

Laos

Cambodia

0.37 L/person/yr

Laos

3.0 L/person/yr

88% lower

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Cambodia

0.05 per 100k people

Laos

0.03 per 100k people

84% higher

Source: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)

Comparison of Cambodia and Laos across 116 metrics
				Winner
Merchant Fleet Size	195	1.0	19400% higher	Cambodia
Solar Electricity Share	10.64%	0.17%	6159% higher	Cambodia
Military Spending	1.5% of GDP	0.19% of GDP	701% higher	Cambodia
Tourism Revenue	$1,119,000,000	$227,000,000	393% higher	Cambodia
Freedom of Expression Index	0.15	0.03	378% higher	Cambodia
Agricultural Land (%)	34.86%	9.9%	252% higher	Cambodia
Population Density	98.71 /km²	33.21 /km²	197% higher	Cambodia
GDP (Nominal)	$46,352,647,037.24	$16,502,933,121.34	181% higher	Cambodia
Health Spending Per Capita	$109.53	$41.35	165% higher	Cambodia
Coal Electricity Share	56.59%	23.28%	143% higher	Cambodia
Scientific Publications	203.2	83.93	142% higher	Cambodia
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.7% of GDP	2.0% of GDP	133% higher	Cambodia
Population	17.23M	7.95M	117% higher	Cambodia
Electricity Carbon Intensity	498.87 gCO2/kWh	232.08 gCO2/kWh	115% higher	Cambodia
Protected Land (%)	39.8%	18.8%	112% higher	Cambodia
Inflation Rate	0.81%	23.1%	97% lower	Laos
Seafood Consumption per Person	46.65 kg/person/yr	24.01 kg/person/yr	94% higher	Cambodia
Capital Elevation	11 m	174 m	94% lower	Laos
Spirits Consumption	0.37 L/person/yr	3.0 L/person/yr	88% lower	Laos
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.05 per 100k people	0.03 per 100k people	84% higher	Cambodia
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	116 per 100 people	65 per 100 people	78% higher	Cambodia
Unemployment Rate	0.27%	1.2%	78% lower	Laos
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.2% of GDP	1.2% of GDP	77% higher	Cambodia
Firms Making Informal Payments	46.29% of firms	26.44% of firms	75% higher	Cambodia
Electric Generating Capacity	3.67M kW	12.74M kW	71% lower	Laos
Water Withdrawal	2.2 B m³	7.3 B m³	70% lower	Laos
Youth Unemployment Rate	0.71% of youth labor force	2.4% of youth labor force	70% lower	Laos
Electricity Generation	15.72 TWh	52.3 TWh	70% lower	Laos
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	46.46 per 100k	28.67 per 100k	62% higher	Cambodia
CO2 Per Capita	1.2 t/person/yr	3.1 t/person/yr	60% lower	Laos
Meat Consumption per Person	12.34 kg/person/yr	30.41 kg/person/yr	59% lower	Laos
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	9.5% of GDP	6.0% of GDP	58% higher	Cambodia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.05	0.11	54% lower	Laos
Forest Area	76.0K km²	164.9K km²	54% lower	Laos
Water Stress (%)	1.8%	3.9%	53% lower	Laos
Railway Length	642 km	422 km	52% higher	Cambodia
Land Border Length	2.5K km	5.3K km	52% lower	Laos
Armed Forces Personnel	191.0K	129.0K	48% higher	Cambodia
Tourist Arrivals	1.31M	886.4K	47% higher	Cambodia
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	0.70 per 1k	1.3 per 1k	46% lower	Laos
GDP Growth Rate	6.0%	4.1%	45% higher	Cambodia
University Enrollment Rate	21.44%	14.88%	44% higher	Cambodia
Obesity Rate	4.4%	7.8%	43% lower	Laos
Teen Birth Rate	46.89 per 1k	81.65 per 1k	43% lower	Laos
Mobile Money Accounts	16.89% of adults	11.84% of adults	43% higher	Cambodia
Infant Mortality	20.3 per 1k births	35.2 per 1k births	42% lower	Laos
Corruption Perceptions Index	20 pts	34 pts	41% lower	Laos
Child Mortality	22.9 per 1k births	39 per 1k births	41% lower	Laos
Forest Coverage (%)	43.06%	71.46%	40% lower	Laos
Airports	12	20	40% lower	Laos
Border Neighbors	3.0	5.0	40% lower	Laos
Women in Parliament (%)	13.6%	21.95%	38% lower	Laos
Alcohol Consumption	6.7 L/adult/yr	10.82 L/adult/yr	38% lower	Laos
Energy Use (Per Capita)	501.64 kg oil eq/person	815.09 kg oil eq/person	38% lower	Laos
Smoking Rate	17.2%	27.2%	37% lower	Laos
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.21 per 1k	0.33 per 1k	36% lower	Laos
Electoral Democracy Index	0.18	0.14	36% higher	Cambodia
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	813.23 kWh/person	1.3K kWh/person	36% lower	Laos
Highest Elevation	1.8K m	2.8K m	36% lower	Laos
Broadband Access (%)	3.6 per 100 people	2.7 per 100 people	34% higher	Cambodia
Firms with Female Top Manager	33.65% of firms	50.69% of firms	34% lower	Laos
Elderly Population (%)	6.2%	4.7%	32% higher	Cambodia
Credit Card Ownership	0.77% of adults	1.1% of adults	32% lower	Laos
High-Tech Exports (%)	5.3%	7.4%	29% lower	Laos
GNI Per Capita	$2,550	$2,000	28% higher	Cambodia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	18.6% of adults	25.4% of adults	27% lower	Laos
Total CO2 Emissions	19.44 Mt CO2e	26.06 Mt CO2e	25% lower	Laos
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	5.0 sites	4.0 sites	25% higher	Cambodia
Land Area	176.5K km²	230.8K km²	24% lower	Laos
Beer Consumption	2.8 L/person/yr	3.7 L/person/yr	23% lower	Laos
Digital Payments Used	32.3% of adults	26.53% of adults	22% higher	Cambodia
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	18 days/yr	15 days/yr	20% higher	Cambodia
Air Passengers	675.3K	842.3K	20% lower	Laos
Irrigated Land	3.5K km²	4.4K km²	20% lower	Laos
Milk Consumption per Person	3.5 kg/person/yr	2.9 kg/person/yr	19% higher	Cambodia
Life Evaluation Score	4.5 pts	5.5 pts	19% lower	Laos
Political Corruption Index	0.90	0.77	18% higher	Cambodia
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	int. $8,542.7	int. $10,383	18% lower	Laos
Hypertension Prevalence	23.5% of adults	28.4% of adults	17% lower	Laos
Safe Drinking Water (%)	29.99%	35.19%	15% lower	Laos
Insufficient Physical Activity	13.23% of adults	15.58% of adults	15% lower	Laos
Road Traffic Death Rate	18.8 per 100k	16.4 per 100k	15% higher	Cambodia
Government Debt (% GDP)	50.3% of GDP	58.4% of GDP	14% lower	Laos
Vehicles per 1,000 People	236.66 per 1k people	267.78 per 1k people	12% lower	Laos
Firms Asked for Bribes	27.09% of firms	30.6% of firms	11% lower	Laos
Birth Rate	17.74 per 1k	19.22 per 1k	8% lower	Laos
Women in Senior Management	23.57% of managers	25.68% of managers	8% lower	Laos
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	24.14 µg/m³	22.32 µg/m³	8% higher	Cambodia
Renewable Energy (%)	52.4%	49.2%	7% higher	Cambodia
Death Rate	5.6 per 1k	6.1 per 1k	7% lower	Laos
Median Age	25.8 years	24.3 years	6% higher	Cambodia
Sanitation Access (%)	83.34%	88.73%	6% lower	Laos
Dependency Ratio	56.14% of working-age pop.	53.53% of working-age pop.	5% higher	Cambodia
Women's Political Empowerment	0.53	0.51	5% higher	Cambodia
Internet Users (%)	61%	64%	5% lower	Laos
Adult Literacy Rate	71.93%	75.64%	5% lower	Laos
Urban Population (%)	40.87%	39.56%	3% higher	Cambodia
Firms Hit by Power Outages	42.82% of firms	41.46% of firms	3% higher	Cambodia
Food Waste per Person	169.27 kg/person/yr	174.08 kg/person/yr	3% lower	Laos
Human Development Index	0.61	0.62	2% lower	Laos
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.49 hrs/week	41.53 hrs/week	2% higher	Cambodia
Electricity Access (%)	95%	96.5%	2% lower	Laos
Suicide Rate	4.5 per 100k	4.6 per 100k	2% lower	Laos
Life Expectancy	70.7 years	69.0 years	2% higher	Cambodia
Fertility Rate	2.1 children/woman	2.2 children/woman	2% lower	Laos
Tax Revenue (% GDP)	12.2% of GDP	12.11% of GDP	1% higher	Cambodia
Youth Population (%)	29.79%	30.2%	1% lower	Laos
Informal Employment Share	89.39% of employed people	90.49% of employed people	1% lower	Laos
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Cambodia
Coastline Length	443 km	0 km	ranked higher	Cambodia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Cambodia
Lowest Elevation	0 m	70 m	ranked lower	Laos
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Cambodia
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.89% of adults	93.29% of adults	equal	Laos
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-2.9% of GDP	11.4% of GDP	ranked lower	Laos
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0 per 1M people	ranked higher	Cambodia

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Analysis

Laos leads in 63 of 116 shared metrics, while Cambodia leads in 53.

Cambodia's Merchant Fleet Size is 194.0x that of Laos (195 vs 1.0).

Cambodia's Solar Electricity Share is 61.6x that of Laos (10.64% vs 0.17%).

Cambodia's Military Spending is 7.0x that of Laos (1.5% of GDP vs 0.19% of GDP).

Cambodia's Tourism Revenue is 3.9x that of Laos ($1,119,000,000 vs $227,000,000).

Cambodia's Freedom of Expression Index is 3.8x that of Laos (0.15 vs 0.03).

Key Comparisons

Merchant Fleet SizeCambodia leads

Cambodia

195

Laos

1.0

Solar Electricity ShareCambodia leads

Cambodia

10.64%

Laos

0.17%

Military SpendingCambodia leads

Cambodia

1.5% of GDP

Laos

0.19% of GDP

Tourism RevenueCambodia leads

Cambodia

$1,119,000,000

Laos

$227,000,000

Freedom of Expression IndexCambodia leads

Cambodia

0.15

Laos

0.03

Agricultural Land (%)Cambodia leads

Cambodia

34.86%

Laos

9.9%

Merchant Fleet Size

195

1.0

Solar Electricity Share

10.64%

0.17%

Military Spending

1.5% of GDP

0.19% of GDP

Tourism Revenue

$1,119,000,000

$227,000,000

Freedom of Expression Index

0.15

0.03

Agricultural Land (%)

34.86%

9.9%

Population Density

98.71 /km²

33.21 /km²

GDP (Nominal)

$46,352,647,037.24

$16,502,933,121.34

Health Spending Per Capita

$109.53

$41.35

Coal Electricity Share

56.59%

23.28%

Scientific Publications

203.2

83.93

Health Spending (% GDP)

4.7% of GDP

2.0% of GDP

Population

17.23M

7.95M

Electricity Carbon Intensity

498.87 gCO2/kWh

232.08 gCO2/kWh

Protected Land (%)

39.8%

18.8%

Inflation Rate

0.81%

23.1%

Seafood Consumption per Person

46.65 kg/person/yr

24.01 kg/person/yr

Capital Elevation

11 m

174 m

Spirits Consumption

0.37 L/person/yr

3.0 L/person/yr

0.05 per 100k people

0.03 per 100k people

Cambodia vs Laos

What matters for both sides

Cambodia

Laos

Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Merchant Fleet Size

Solar Electricity Share

Military Spending

Tourism Revenue

Freedom of Expression Index

Agricultural Land (%)

Population Density

GDP (Nominal)

Health Spending Per Capita

Coal Electricity Share

Scientific Publications

Health Spending (% GDP)

Population

Electricity Carbon Intensity

Protected Land (%)

Inflation Rate

Seafood Consumption per Person

Capital Elevation

Spirits Consumption

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Mobile Subscriptions (%)

Unemployment Rate

Education Spending (% GDP)

Firms Making Informal Payments

Electric Generating Capacity

Water Withdrawal

Youth Unemployment Rate

Electricity Generation

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

CO2 Per Capita

Meat Consumption per Person

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Liberal Democracy Index

Forest Area

Water Stress (%)

Railway Length

Land Border Length

Armed Forces Personnel

Tourist Arrivals

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

GDP Growth Rate

University Enrollment Rate

Obesity Rate

Teen Birth Rate

Mobile Money Accounts

Infant Mortality

Corruption Perceptions Index

Child Mortality

Forest Coverage (%)

Airports

Border Neighbors

Women in Parliament (%)

Alcohol Consumption

Energy Use (Per Capita)

Smoking Rate

Doctors (per 1,000)

Electoral Democracy Index

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Highest Elevation

Broadband Access (%)

Firms with Female Top Manager

Elderly Population (%)

Credit Card Ownership

High-Tech Exports (%)

GNI Per Capita

Tobacco Use Prevalence

Total CO2 Emissions

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Land Area

Beer Consumption

Digital Payments Used

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Air Passengers