Human Development & Quality of Life in Cambodia
HDI 0.606 · UNDP rank 151 · latest published data
For 2023, Cambodia records HDI 0.606 and UNDP rank 151; that headline belongs to the medium human development category. More revealing for this profile, the inequality adjustment is one of the most consequential parts of this profile: IHDI falls to 0.444, a 26.7% loss. At the same time, the gender-development lens adds GDI 0.939 in UNDP group 3, which is kept separate from the headline HDI.
What sits inside Cambodia's HDI
In the figures presented here, Cambodia's health, education and income inputs are 70.7 life expectancy, 11.2 expected schooling, 5.2 mean schooling and $4,931 GNI per capita in 2021 PPP terms. They belong to the HDI calculation rather than separate DigifyWorld scores.
Inequality changes the headline
In Cambodia's profile, IHDI shows the effect of inequality on health, education and income achievements, the page keeps this distribution measure distinct from broader quality-of-life evidence.
Gender and planetary-pressure adjustments
Cambodia's complementary UNDP indicators include GDI 0.939, GII 0.506, PHDI 0.572. They are related indicators, but they should not be combined into one country score.
Quality-of-life coverage is conditional
A comparable life-satisfaction observation was not available in the OECD extract used for Cambodia. No value is inferred when the underlying source does not publish one.
What Cambodia's numbers say together
Cambodia's additional indicators read as IHDI 0.444 with a 26.7% loss; PHDI 0.572 after a 5.6% adjustment; GDI 0.939. These measures remain distinct because they measure different aspects of development.
HDI for Cambodia stands at 0.606 in 2023, with UNDP rank 151. It is a development benchmark based on three dimensions, not an all-purpose national score.
The IHDI is 0.444, and UNDP reports an overall loss of 26.7% relative to the headline index.
The GDI value is 0.939 in group 3; it should be read alongside, not merged into, HDI.
The PHDI is 0.572, with a 5.6% adjustment from the HDI value in UNDP's 2023 table.
Frequently asked questions
What is Cambodia's HDI?
UNDP's Human Development Report 2025 gives Cambodia an HDI of 0.606 for 2023 and rank 151.
How does inequality affect Cambodia's HDI?
The UNDP inequality adjustment gives Cambodia an IHDI of 0.444, with an overall loss of 26.7% from the unadjusted HDI.
Why is there no life satisfaction score on this page?
Cambodia's page adds a quality-of-life measure only when a comparable dated observation can be sourced. The absence of a published observation is preserved explicitly.
Is HDI the same as quality of life?
No. HDI combines health, education and income. The page treats life satisfaction as a separate experience-based measure, not part of the UNDP index.
Sources & methodology
Sources for the development indicators and definitions shown above.
View sources used for this page
Primary source for 2023 HDI and its components, plus IHDI, GDI, GII and PHDI where reported.
Report edition underlying the 2023 human-development indices and ranking.
Data note: Reference years are shown with each indicator; unavailable observations remain unfilled.