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Cambodia vs Vietnam

120 shared metrics.

CambodiaLeads in 36

vs120 shared

VietnamLeads in 84

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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

Vietnam

Quick notes before you compare the numbers.

Identity

Formal name: Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

CIA 2026

Curated stat

Vietnam has more people than France.

World Bank

Analysis

Vietnam leads in 84 of 120 shared metrics, while Cambodia leads in 36.

Cambodia's Protected Land (%) is 4.2x that of Vietnam (39.8% vs 7.6%).

Cambodia's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 1.2x that of Vietnam (9.5% of GDP vs 4.2% of GDP).

Cambodia's Renewable Energy (%) is 1.2x that of Vietnam (52.4% vs 24.2%).

Cambodia's Obesity Rate is 1.1x that of Vietnam (4.4% vs 2.1%).

Cambodia's Spirits Consumption is 1.0x that of Vietnam (0.37 L/person/yr vs 0.18 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Protected Land (%)Cambodia leads

Cambodia

39.8%

Vietnam

7.6%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Cambodia leads

Cambodia

9.5% of GDP

Vietnam

4.2% of GDP

Renewable Energy (%)Cambodia leads

Cambodia

52.4%

Vietnam

24.2%

Obesity RateCambodia leads

Cambodia

4.4%

Vietnam

2.1%

Spirits ConsumptionCambodia leads

Cambodia

0.37 L/person/yr

Vietnam

0.18 L/person/yr

Air PassengersVietnam leads

Cambodia

5.3%

Vietnam

44.26%

88% lower

Comparison of Cambodia and Vietnam across 120 metrics
				Winner
Protected Land (%)	39.8%	7.6%	424% higher	Cambodia
FDI Inflows (% GDP)	9.5% of GDP	4.2% of GDP	124% higher	Cambodia
Renewable Energy (%)	52.4%	24.2%	117% higher	Cambodia
Obesity Rate	4.4%	2.1%	111% higher	Cambodia
Spirits Consumption	0.37 L/person/yr	0.18 L/person/yr	102% higher	Cambodia
Air Passengers	675.3K	55.11M	99% lower	Vietnam
Scientific Publications	203.2	10.5K	98% lower	Vietnam
Foreign Patents	248	7.5K	97% lower	Vietnam
Water Withdrawal	2.2 B m³	81.86 B m³	97% lower	Vietnam
Shipping Traffic	732.4K	20.52M	96% lower	Vietnam
Electric Generating Capacity	3.67M kW	85.72M kW	96% lower	Vietnam
Total CO2 Emissions	19.44 Mt CO2e	430.82 Mt CO2e	95% lower	Vietnam
Electricity Generation	15.72 TWh	306.33 TWh	95% lower	Vietnam
Political Corruption Index	0.90	0.47	94% higher	Cambodia
Water Stress (%)	1.8%	22.78%	92% lower	Vietnam
Irrigated Land	3.5K km²	46.0K km²	92% lower	Vietnam
Merchant Fleet Size	195	2.0K	90% lower	Vietnam
GDP (Nominal)	$46,352,647,037.24	$476,388,230,307.17	90% lower	Vietnam
Youth Unemployment Rate	0.71% of youth labor force	6.2% of youth labor force	88% lower	Vietnam
High-Tech Exports (%)	5.3%	44.26%	88% lower	Vietnam
EV Chargers per 100,000 PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0.05 per 100k people	0.39 per 100k people	88% lower	Vietnam
Coastline Length	443 km	3.4K km	87% lower	Vietnam
Credit Card Ownership	0.77% of adults	5.8% of adults	87% lower	Vietnam
Population	17.23M	106.69M	84% lower	Vietnam
Broadband Access (%)	3.6 per 100 people	23 per 100 people	84% lower	Vietnam
Meat Consumption per Person	12.34 kg/person/yr	63.34 kg/person/yr	81% lower	Vietnam
Doctors (per 1,000)	0.21 per 1k	1.1 per 1k	81% lower	Vietnam
Unemployment Rate	0.27%	1.4%	81% lower	Vietnam
Firms Making Informal Payments	46.29% of firms	25.51% of firms	81% higher	Cambodia
Milk Consumption per Person	3.5 kg/person/yr	16.36 kg/person/yr	79% lower	Vietnam
Inflation Rate	0.81%	3.6%	78% lower	Vietnam
Railway Length	642 km	2.6K km	75% lower	Vietnam
Hospital Beds (per 1,000)	0.70 per 1k	2.6 per 1k	73% lower	Vietnam
Firms with Female Top Manager	33.65% of firms	19.4% of firms	73% higher	Cambodia
ATMs per 100,000 Adults	46.46 per 100k	27.25 per 100k	70% higher	Cambodia
Population Density	98.71 /km²	320.18 /km²	69% lower	Vietnam
Electricity Use (Per Capita)	813.23 kWh/person	2.6K kWh/person	69% lower	Vietnam
Airports	12	36	67% lower	Vietnam
Tourist Arrivals	1.31M	3.84M	66% lower	Vietnam
CO2 Per Capita	1.2 t/person/yr	3.7 t/person/yr	66% lower	Vietnam
Tourism Revenue	$1,119,000,000	$3,232,000,000	65% lower	Vietnam
Armed Forces Personnel	191.0K	522.0K	63% lower	Vietnam
Women in Parliament (%)	13.6%	30.63%	56% lower	Vietnam
Mobile Money Accounts	16.89% of adults	38.72% of adults	56% lower	Vietnam
Vehicles per 1,000 People	236.66 per 1k people	539.01 per 1k people	56% lower	Vietnam
Insufficient Physical Activity	13.23% of adults	30.32% of adults	56% lower	Vietnam
Corruption Perceptions Index	20 pts	41 pts	51% lower	Vietnam
Energy Use (Per Capita)	501.64 kg oil eq/person	1.0K kg oil eq/person	51% lower	Vietnam
GDP Per Capita (PPP)	$7,966.87	$16,385.51	51% lower	Vietnam
Minimum Paid Vacation Days	18 days/yr	12 days/yr	50% higher	Cambodia
Liberal Democracy Index	0.05	0.10	50% lower	Vietnam
Freedom of Expression Index	0.15	0.10	50% higher	Cambodia
Forest Area	76.0K km²	148.7K km²	49% lower	Vietnam
Safe Drinking Water (%)	29.99%	58.58%	49% lower	Vietnam
Digital Payments Used	32.3% of adults	62.38% of adults	48% lower	Vietnam
Infant Mortality	20.3 per 1k births	14 per 1k births	45% higher	Cambodia
Land Border Length	2.5K km	4.6K km	45% lower	Vietnam
Land Area	176.5K km²	313.4K km²	44% lower	Vietnam
University Enrollment Rate	21.44%	37.59%	43% lower	Vietnam
Solar Electricity Share	10.64%	7.4%	43% higher	Cambodia
GNI Per Capita	$2,550	$4,490	43% lower	Vietnam
Health Spending Per Capita	$109.53	$188.9	42% lower	Vietnam
Highest Elevation	1.8K m	3.1K m	42% lower	Vietnam
Suicide Rate	4.5 per 100k	7.3 per 100k	38% lower	Vietnam
Teen Birth Rate	46.89 per 1k	34.28 per 1k	37% higher	Cambodia
UNESCO World Heritage Sites	5.0 sites	8.0 sites	37% lower	Vietnam
Women's Political Empowerment	0.53	0.81	34% lower	Vietnam
Informal Employment Share	89.39% of employed people	67.03% of employed people	33% higher	Cambodia
Elderly Population (%)	6.2%	9.0%	32% lower	Vietnam
Life Evaluation Score	4.5 pts	6.4 pts	31% lower	Vietnam
Capital Elevation	11 m	16 m	31% lower	Vietnam
Internet Users (%)	61%	84.15%	28% lower	Vietnam
Youth Population (%)	29.79%	23.22%	28% higher	Cambodia
Adult Literacy Rate	71.93%	96.13%	25% lower	Vietnam
Electoral Democracy Index	0.18	0.15	25% higher	Cambodia
Smoking Rate	17.2%	22.5%	24% lower	Vietnam
Education Spending (% GDP)	2.2% of GDP	2.9% of GDP	24% lower	Vietnam
Birth Rate	17.74 per 1k	14.58 per 1k	22% higher	Cambodia
Human Development Index	0.61	0.77	21% lower	Vietnam
Hypertension Prevalence	23.5% of adults	29.7% of adults	21% lower	Vietnam
Exports (% GDP)	71.36% of GDP	90.15% of GDP	21% lower	Vietnam
Median Age	25.8 years	32.4 years	20% lower	Vietnam
Dependency Ratio	56.14% of working-age pop.	47.65% of working-age pop.	18% higher	Cambodia
Coal Electricity Share	56.59%	48.14%	18% higher	Cambodia
Seafood Consumption per Person	46.65 kg/person/yr	39.84 kg/person/yr	17% higher	Cambodia
Alcohol Consumption	6.7 L/adult/yr	8.0 L/adult/yr	17% lower	Vietnam
Air Pollution (PM2.5)	24.14 µg/m³	20.8 µg/m³	16% higher	Cambodia
Military Spending	1.5% of GDP	1.8% of GDP	16% lower	Vietnam
GDP Growth Rate	6.0%	7.1%	16% lower	Vietnam
Child Mortality	22.9 per 1k births	20 per 1k births	14% higher	Cambodia
Tobacco Use Prevalence	18.6% of adults	21.7% of adults	14% lower	Vietnam
Imports (% GDP)	72.08% of GDP	83.71% of GDP	14% lower	Vietnam
Government Debt (% GDP)	50.3% of GDP	58.5% of GDP	14% lower	Vietnam
Sanitation Access (%)	83.34%	95.45%	13% lower	Vietnam
Firms Asked for Bribes	27.09% of firms	31.07% of firms	13% lower	Vietnam
Agricultural Land (%)	34.86%	39.21%	11% lower	Vietnam
Women in Senior Management	23.57% of managers	26.07% of managers	10% lower	Vietnam
Beer Consumption	2.8 L/person/yr	2.6 L/person/yr	9% higher	Cambodia
Forest Coverage (%)	43.06%	47.45%	9% lower	Vietnam
Mobile Subscriptions (%)	116 per 100 people	128 per 100 people	9% lower	Vietnam
Electricity Carbon Intensity	498.87 gCO2/kWh	460.73 gCO2/kWh	8% higher	Cambodia
Food Waste per Person	169.27 kg/person/yr	156.69 kg/person/yr	8% higher	Cambodia
Fertility Rate	2.1 children/woman	2.0 children/woman	6% higher	Cambodia
Urban Population (%)	40.87%	38.49%	6% higher	Cambodia
Road Traffic Death Rate	18.8 per 100k	17.7 per 100k	6% higher	Cambodia
Electricity Access (%)	95%	99.8%	5% lower	Vietnam
Life Expectancy	70.7 years	74.6 years	5% lower	Vietnam
Can Raise Emergency Money	92.89% of adults	98.26% of adults	5% lower	Vietnam
Skilled Birth Attendance (%)	98.7%	96.1%	3% higher	Cambodia
Death Rate	5.6 per 1k	5.8 per 1k	3% lower	Vietnam
Health Spending (% GDP)	4.7% of GDP	4.6% of GDP	3% higher	Cambodia
Average Weekly Work Hours	42.49 hrs/week	41.85 hrs/week	2% higher	Cambodia
Time Zones Count	2.0 time zones	2.0 time zones	equal	Cambodia
Nobel Laureates Born per Million People	0 per 1M people	0.01 per 1M people	ranked lower	Vietnam
Lowest Elevation	0 m	0 m	ranked higher	Cambodia
Official Languages Count	1.0	1.0	equal	Cambodia
Current Account Balance (% of GDP)	-2.9% of GDP	6.7% of GDP	ranked lower	Vietnam
Firms Hit by Power Outages	42.82% of firms	43.01% of firms	equal	Vietnam
McDonald's Outlets per Million PeopleSource: © OpenStreetMap contributors - Open Database License (ODbL)	0 per 1M people	0.21 per 1M people	ranked lower	Vietnam
Border Neighbors	3.0	3.0	equal	Cambodia

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Analysis

Vietnam leads in 84 of 120 shared metrics, while Cambodia leads in 36.

Cambodia's Protected Land (%) is 4.2x that of Vietnam (39.8% vs 7.6%).

Cambodia's FDI Inflows (% GDP) is 1.2x that of Vietnam (9.5% of GDP vs 4.2% of GDP).

Cambodia's Renewable Energy (%) is 1.2x that of Vietnam (52.4% vs 24.2%).

Cambodia's Obesity Rate is 1.1x that of Vietnam (4.4% vs 2.1%).

Cambodia's Spirits Consumption is 1.0x that of Vietnam (0.37 L/person/yr vs 0.18 L/person/yr).

Key Comparisons

Protected Land (%)Cambodia leads

Cambodia

39.8%

Vietnam

7.6%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)Cambodia leads

Cambodia

9.5% of GDP

Vietnam

4.2% of GDP

Renewable Energy (%)Cambodia leads

Cambodia

52.4%

Vietnam

24.2%

Obesity RateCambodia leads

Cambodia

4.4%

Vietnam

2.1%

Spirits ConsumptionCambodia leads

Cambodia

0.37 L/person/yr

Vietnam

0.18 L/person/yr

Air PassengersVietnam leads

Cambodia

675.3K

Vietnam

55.11M

Protected Land (%)

39.8%

7.6%

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

9.5% of GDP

4.2% of GDP

Renewable Energy (%)

52.4%

24.2%

Obesity Rate

4.4%

2.1%

Spirits Consumption

0.37 L/person/yr

0.18 L/person/yr

Air Passengers

675.3K

55.11M

Scientific Publications

203.2

10.5K

Foreign Patents

248

7.5K

Water Withdrawal

2.2 B m³

81.86 B m³

Shipping Traffic

732.4K

20.52M

Electric Generating Capacity

3.67M kW

85.72M kW

Total CO2 Emissions

19.44 Mt CO2e

430.82 Mt CO2e

Electricity Generation

15.72 TWh

306.33 TWh

Political Corruption Index

0.90

0.47

Water Stress (%)

1.8%

22.78%

Irrigated Land

3.5K km²

46.0K km²

Merchant Fleet Size

195

2.0K

GDP (Nominal)

$46,352,647,037.24

$476,388,230,307.17

Youth Unemployment Rate

0.71% of youth labor force

6.2% of youth labor force

High-Tech Exports (%)

5.3%

44.26%

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Analysis

Key Comparisons

All Metrics

Protected Land (%)

FDI Inflows (% GDP)

Renewable Energy (%)

Obesity Rate

Spirits Consumption

Air Passengers

Scientific Publications

Foreign Patents

Water Withdrawal

Shipping Traffic

Electric Generating Capacity

Total CO2 Emissions

Electricity Generation

Political Corruption Index

Water Stress (%)

Irrigated Land

Merchant Fleet Size

GDP (Nominal)

Youth Unemployment Rate

High-Tech Exports (%)

EV Chargers per 100,000 People

Coastline Length

Credit Card Ownership

Population

Broadband Access (%)

Meat Consumption per Person

Doctors (per 1,000)

Unemployment Rate

Firms Making Informal Payments

Milk Consumption per Person

Inflation Rate

Railway Length

Hospital Beds (per 1,000)

Firms with Female Top Manager

ATMs per 100,000 Adults

Population Density

Electricity Use (Per Capita)

Airports

Tourist Arrivals

CO2 Per Capita

Tourism Revenue

Armed Forces Personnel

Women in Parliament (%)

Mobile Money Accounts

Vehicles per 1,000 People

Insufficient Physical Activity

Corruption Perceptions Index

Energy Use (Per Capita)

GDP Per Capita (PPP)

Minimum Paid Vacation Days

Liberal Democracy Index

Freedom of Expression Index

Forest Area

Safe Drinking Water (%)

Digital Payments Used

Infant Mortality

Land Border Length

Land Area

University Enrollment Rate

Solar Electricity Share

GNI Per Capita

Health Spending Per Capita

Highest Elevation

Suicide Rate

Teen Birth Rate

UNESCO World Heritage Sites

Women's Political Empowerment

Informal Employment Share

Elderly Population (%)

Life Evaluation Score

Capital Elevation

Internet Users (%)