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EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

6.6

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

3.8

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

3.6

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour8
Worker rights & FOA7
OHS & audit transparency7
Food & product safety6
Environmental & regulatory5
Governance & anti-corruption8
Tariff & preferential access4
Non-tariff barriers6
Supply chain traceability8

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict3
Supplier concentration2
Climate & physical risk6
Sanctions exposure2
Policy continuity & property rights6

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness9
Supply base depth3
Logistics & infrastructure3
Workforce skills3
Scalability4
Ease of doing business3
Trade access & tariffs2
Sustainability baseline2
Innovation & IP4
Quality standards3

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

Cambodia$28.7bn total importsChina46.8% · $13.4bnASEAN-636.0% · $10.3bnViet Nam14.5% · $4.2bnThailand12.0% · $3.4bnIndonesia3.5% · $1.0bnSingapore3.3% · $943mEU-273.2% · $909mJapan2.6% · $750mUS0.9% · $261m

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

Electricity costs →

Industrial

124

EUR/MWh

Consumer

126

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

497

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

38%

of generation

regulated market

Power market

Import dependence

Market 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.

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

10 coal plants

1.5 GW · 2 building

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

ASEAN demographics →

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)

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