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Labor Force Participation Rate for Cambodia, 1990–2025.
Latest value · 2025
82.39%
Labor Force Participation Rate · % of population ages 15+ · +3.0% since 1990
Labor participation for Cambodia was 82.39% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 36 years, from 1990 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 85.44% in 2011. The lowest was 78.94% in 2008 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 0.09% per year.
Cambodia ranks 6 of 187 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 3%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 64.35%, so Cambodia sits above it. It peaked in 2011 and has fallen 4% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved up 4%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
82.39%
First (1990)
79.97%
Change
+3.0%
Highest
85.44%
in 2011
Lowest
78.94%
in 2008
Average
81.14%
Annual growth (CAGR)
0.09%
Years of data
36
Recent years
| Year | % of population ages 15+ |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 82.39% |
| 2024 | 82.37% |
| 2023 | 82.35% |
| 2022 | 82.34% |
| 2021 | 79.51% |
| 2020 | 82.24% |
| 2019 | 82.42% |
| 2018 | 81.91% |
| 2017 | 81.41% |
| 2016 | 81.74% |
| 2015 | 79.6% |
| 2014 | 80.29% |
Reading this correctly. Proportion of the population aged 15 and above that is economically active: supplying labor for the production of goods and services. Figures are in % of population ages 15+. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SL.TLF.CACT.ZS — Labor Force Participation Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.