Southeast Asia
Cambodia
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Market-entry intelligence →Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
The EU is Cambodia's #6 import source (world lens). Cambodia is the EU's #71 goods supplier.
Cambodia on the world stage
Total imports
$28.7bn
2024 annual
Total exports
$26.7bn
155 partners
#1 import source
China
46.8%
#1 export dest.
USA
37.2%
2024 annual, UN Comtrade (HS TOTAL, all partners). Line colour: coverage (exports/imports per partner).
Cambodia and the EU
EU imports from
€6.4bn
0.3% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€885m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #71 supplier
EU trade balance
one-sided
coverage 0.14
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember
Industrial
124
EUR/MWh
Consumer
126
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
497
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
38%
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Import dependenceMarket model
State utility + IPPs + heavy imports
Direct PPA
Limited
grid access: limited
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Independent
Electricity Authority of Cambodia (EAC)
Structural import-dependence for around a quarter of supply collides with a fuel-cost-versus-fixed-tariff squeeze at EDC, leaving supply hostage to cross-border politics, as the 2025 suspension of Thai imports showed.
Tracked infrastructure
10 coal plants
1.5 GW · 2 building
10 solar farms
449 MW
6 hydro plants
1.3 GW · 2 building
1 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
26
→ 32.2 by 2050
Fertility
2.55
above replacement
Working-age
64%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
9.6
→ 17.7 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 17.6M · peaks 2078
By 2050: +24% (21.9M)