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Key findings: Cambodia’s national poverty rate fell by almost half between 2009 and 2019, but the COVID-19 pandemic has recently reversed some of the progress made. COVID-19 exposed Cambodia’s pre-existing economic vulnerabilities. Many Cambodian households were in a precarious position before the pandemic.
Nov 28, 2022 · Cambodia’s poverty rate dropped from 33.8 percent to 17.8 percent over the ten-year period to 2019/2020, with almost 2 million Cambodians escaping poverty, the World Bank’s Poverty Assessment Report for Cambodia, Toward A More Inclusive and Resilient Cambodia, says. Since 2020, the rate has increased by 2.8 percentage points, indicating ...
About 80 percent of the population in Cambodia live in rural areas. By 2012, the rural poverty rate was about 28.8 percent, accounting for three times urban poverty rate which stood at 6.4 percent at the same time. [2] Over time, poverty has dramatically reduced in both rural and urban areas.
Aug 22, 2023 · Corruption is deep-rooted and Cambodia is still one of the world's poorest countries, with most of the workforce still employed in subsistence farming. See more country profiles - Profiles by...
Oct 30, 2019 · As a result of Cambodia’s sustained high growth, the percentage of Cambodians living under the national poverty line fell from 47.8 percent in 2007 to 13.5 percent in 2014 and poverty reduction. From 2000 to 2017, life expectancy increased from 58 years to 69; the under-five mortality rate decreased from 107 to 29 per 1,000 live births; and ...
The most recent survey data that were publicly available for Cambodia’s MPI estimation refer to 2021/2022. Based on these estimates, 16.6 percent of the population in Cambodia (2,761 thousand people in 2021) is multidimensionally poor while an additional 20.5 percent is classified as vulnerable to multidimensional
Feb 21, 2021 · 21 February 2021 Economic Development. In Cambodia, the shrinking economy, hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic, has affected all population groups, but particularly the most vulnerable.
