Zimbabwe vs Cambodia

Zimbabwe
Sub-Saharan Africa
Lower middle income
Capital: Harare
Population
16.6M
GDP
$41.5B
Cambodia
East Asia & Pacific
Lower middle income
Capital: Phnom Penh
Population
17.6M
GDP
$46.4B

POP 1.1x GDP 1.1x LE 7.8 yrs same-band LMC

Widest indicator spreads · Zimbabwe vs Cambodia

Inflation (Consumer Pric…99.2%Unemployment Rate97.3%Freshwater Withdrawal95.5%Foreign Direct Investment89.4%Education Expenditure (%…82.4%Infant Mortality Rate73.7%Intentional Homicides73.1%GDP Growth Rate72.1%
TIGHT pair: headers nearly match, so the chart is Inflation (Consumer Prices) rather than GDP scale.

Demographics: Population Density (Cambodia, 57% spread)

Indicator Zimbabwe Cambodia Year
Population Density 42.2 98.7 2023
Population Ages 65+ 3.6% 6.2% 2024
Population Ages 0-14 40.9% 29.8% 2024

2 closer demographics rows sit on the Zimbabwe and Cambodia profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Economy: Inflation (Consumer Prices) (Zimbabwe, 99% spread)

Indicator Zimbabwe Cambodia Year
Inflation (Consumer Prices) 104.7% 0.8% 2022
Unemployment Rate 9.4% 0.3% 2024
Foreign Direct Investment $465.4M $4.4B 2024
GDP Growth Rate 1.7% 6.0% 2024

4 closer economy rows sit on the Zimbabwe and Cambodia profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Health: Infant Mortality Rate (Cambodia, 74% spread)

Indicator Zimbabwe Cambodia Year
Infant Mortality Rate 62.4 16.4 2024
Under-5 Mortality Rate 64.7 18.4 2024
Maternal Mortality Ratio 358 137 2023
Health Expenditure (% of GDP) 2.9% 4.6% 2023

3 closer health rows sit on the Zimbabwe and Cambodia profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Education: Education Expenditure (% of GDP) (Cambodia, 82% spread)

Indicator Zimbabwe Cambodia Year
Education Expenditure (% of GDP) 0.4% 2.2% 2023
School Enrollment (Tertiary) 7.7% 21.4% 2024
Literacy Rate (Adult) 93.2% 71.9% 2019

3 closer education rows sit on the Zimbabwe and Cambodia profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Environment: Freshwater Withdrawal (Zimbabwe, 95% spread)

Indicator Zimbabwe Cambodia Year
Freshwater Withdrawal 40.0% 1.8% 2022
Electric Power Consumption 504 932 2023
Renewable Energy Consumption 82.4% 52.4% 2021
CO2 Emissions Per Capita 0.8 1.1 2024

1 closer environment rows sit on the Zimbabwe and Cambodia profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Infrastructure: Access to Sanitation (Cambodia, 54% spread)

Indicator Zimbabwe Cambodia Year
Access to Sanitation 23.6% 51.6% 2024
Internet Users 41.6% 68.5% 2024
Access to Electricity 62.0% 95.0% 2023
Mobile Subscriptions 94.2 116.1 2024

1 closer infrastructure rows sit on the Zimbabwe and Cambodia profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

Social: Intentional Homicides (Zimbabwe, 73% spread)

Indicator Zimbabwe Cambodia Year
Intentional Homicides 6.8 1.8 2022
Net Migration -60,528 -32,960 2024
Female Labor Participation 62.1% 77.3% 2024
Male Labor Participation 74.4% 87.8% 2024

2 closer social rows sit on the Zimbabwe and Cambodia profiles; this pair keeps the steep spreads only.

How to read this Zimbabwe vs Cambodia comparison

Zimbabwe vs Cambodia is a TIGHT pair on population/GDP scale (same-band LMC: LMC/LMC). Look past the near-parity headers to Inflation (Consumer Prices) (~99% spread); 42 WDI/WHO/ILO figures across 7 topics. Shared income tier makes small rate gaps more informative than totals. Figures may come from different reporting years; dollar values move with exchange rates; national averages conceal inequality. See our methodology.

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Zimbabwe vs Cambodia figures: World Bank Open Data and health rows: WHO Global Health Observatory. CC BY 4.0 · same-band LMC · TIGHT scale band.