Factories now make more of Cambodia's economy than China's
Manufacturing value added, % of GDP, current prices, 2010–2025, World Bank national accounts data.
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- 2. China's ASEAN trade is now almost double its US trade
- 3. Central banks now hold more gold than Treasuries or euros
- 4. China now pays the world mostly in yuan
- 5. Migrants now send home four times all foreign aid
- 6. Tether now holds more US Treasuries than the UAE
- 7. Developing countries' interest bill has nearly tripled since 2010
- 8. America's duty-free parcels grew almost tenfold in nine years
- 9. Poles edge past the Japanese in income per person
- 10. In dollars, Nigeria's economy has more than halved since 2014
- 11. Argentina's monthly inflation fell from 25.5% to 1.9%
- 12. Guyana now produces more per person than America
- 13. Mexico's factories now outproduce Britain's and France's
- 14. Ukraine received four times the aid of any other country
- 15. The UAE sold more goods abroad than France in 2025
- 16. Singapore now draws twice as much foreign investment as China
- 17. The EU now buys more US gas than Russian gas
- 18. Malaysia again sells more to America than to China
- 19. 22 governments now owe more than a year's national output
- 20. Brazil mines 93% of the world's niobium
- 21. More Vietnamese now work in industry than on farms
- 22. Money sent home to Guatemala nearly quadrupled in ten years
- 23. In purchasing power, Russia's economy is now bigger than Japan's
- 24. Indonesia set to use more palm oil than it exports
- 25. Factories now make more of Cambodia's economy than China's
Share of Cambodia's economy made in factories in 2025, up from 19.7% in 2010.
China's share in 2025, down from 31.1% in 2010. Thailand's fell from 30.9% to 23.7%.
Cambodia's rank in 2024 among economies with data, behind only Puerto Rico, Ireland and Eswatini: Asia's factory floor is spreading.
the numbers & method
| Year | Cambodia (%) | China (%) | South Korea (%) | Thailand (%) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 19.7 | 31.1 | 28.1 | 30.9 |
| 2011 | 20.6 | 31.6 | 29.0 | 29.0 |
| 2012 | 20.9 | 31.0 | 28.7 | 28.0 |
| 2013 | 21.6 | 30.1 | 28.9 | 27.6 |
| 2014 | 21.8 | 29.8 | 28.3 | 27.6 |
| 2015 | 22.5 | 28.4 | 27.8 | 27.4 |
| 2016 | 22.7 | 27.5 | 27.5 | 27.1 |
| 2017 | 23.2 | 27.6 | 28.0 | 27.0 |
| 2018 | 23.6 | 27.3 | 27.8 | 26.7 |
| 2019 | 24.6 | 26.3 | 26.4 | 25.6 |
| 2020 | 24.0 | 25.6 | 25.7 | 25.6 |
| 2021 | 26.7 | 26.6 | 26.3 | 27.2 |
| 2022 | 27.1 | 26.0 | 26.5 | 27.0 |
| 2023 | 26.3 | 25.0 | 25.5 | 25.0 |
| 2024 | 27.8 | 24.8 | 26.6 | 24.2 |
| 2025 | 29.0 | 24.7 | 27.4 | 23.7 |
Claim types Fact · Interpretation
Series NV.IND.MANF.ZS 'Manufacturing, value added (% of GDP)', World Bank national accounts data and OECD national accounts data files, current prices. Read from the World Bank API (WDI last updated 8 Oct 2026) on 4 Nov 2026; chart values are the API values to two decimals. Cambodia vs China: 2020 24.00 vs 25.58; 2021 26.65 vs 26.62 (first year above, by 0.03 points); 2022 27.12 vs 25.98; 2025 29.02 vs 24.73. Cambodia passed South Korea in 2021 and Thailand in 2022. 2024 ranking among all economies with 2024 data in the API: Puerto Rico 44.14, Ireland 29.56, Eswatini 29.12, Cambodia 27.81, Korea 26.62, Equatorial Guinea 25.81, Myanmar 25.10, China 24.84; some economies (e.g. Taiwan, not covered by WDI) are missing. The measure is a share of each economy, not the size of its factories: China's manufacturing output is far larger in dollars. 2025 values are the latest national accounts estimates and may be revised.
Published 4 Nov 2026
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