Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in Cambodia

Cambodia: Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita was 70.67 years in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
70.67 years
Change on year
up 0.2%
World rank
165th
of 236 countries
All-time high
70.67 years
in 2023
All-time low
11.3 years
in 1977
Years of data
75
1945–2023

Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita in Cambodia, 1945–2023

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Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.

Analysis

Cambodia recorded 70.67 years for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in 2023. That is the highest value across all 75 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 0.2% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.

Over the whole period, life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Cambodia peaked at 70.67 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 11.3 years, in 1977.

That places Cambodia 165th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 75 years of available data.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1940s 35 years 35 years 35 years 1
1950s 40.13 years 38.86 years 41.65 years 10
1960s 44.16 years 42.13 years 45.94 years 10
1970s 28.3 years 11.3 years 41.07 years 10
1980s 50.9 years 47.5 years 54.77 years 10
1990s 56.59 years 55.2 years 58.61 years 10
2000s 63.44 years 59.49 years 66.75 years 10
2010s 69.04 years 67.31 years 70.13 years 10
2020s 70.14 years 69.3 years 70.67 years 4

Countries ranked near Cambodia

  1. 162 Moldova 71.2 years compare
  2. 163 Indonesia 71.15 years compare
  3. 164 Dominica 71.13 years compare
  4. 166 Solomon Islands 70.53 years compare
  5. 167 Nepal 70.35 years compare
  6. 168 Guyana 70.18 years compare

See the full ranking of 236 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Cambodia?
Life expectancy vs. gdp per capita in Cambodia was 70.67 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in Cambodia?
The highest recorded value was 70.67 years in 2023.
What is the lowest life expectancy vs. gdp per capita recorded in Cambodia?
The lowest recorded value was 11.3 years in 1977.
How does Cambodia rank for life expectancy vs. gdp per capita?
Cambodia ranks 165th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
Is life expectancy vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Cambodia?
Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Cambodia data come from?
The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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About this data

Indicator
Life expectancy vs. GDP per capita
Unit
years
Source
Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 19,452 data points, 1543–2023
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Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.