FDI inflows to Cambodia hit record $10B in 2025

FDI inflows to Cambodia hit record $10B in 2025

Among the sectors, the manufacturing industry took the lead in attracting the largest share of new FDI with $5.6 billion.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows into Cambodia continued to show robust growth last year, with new registered capital reaching $10 billion, a year-on-year increase of 45 percent, according to the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC).

According to the figures released on Monday, a total of l630 investment projects were licensed last year, a year-on-year increase of 52 percent from 414 projects in the year before, and generated approximately 438,000 jobs.

Among the sectors, the manufacturing industry took the lead in attracting the largest share of new FDI with $5.6 billion, accounting for 56 percent of total newly registered capital.

The infrastructure sector followed with $3.8 billion, or 38 percent while the remaining sectors are the agricultural and food processing industry and the tourism sector with $436 million and $175 million, respectively, registered in investment capital, stated the report.

China remained the top foreign investor in Cambodia, accounting for 54 percent of total investment, followed by domestic investment, accounting for 31 percent of the total capital, the CDC said.

Other foreign investors included Singapore, Vietnam, the British Virgin Islands, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Cayman Islands, Samoa, and Bermuda, the report said.

Deputy Prime Minister Sun Chanthol, First Vice Chairman of the CDC, said late last December that the FDI flow increasingly underscored growing confidence in Cambodia’s business climate and regulatory framework.

He credited Cambodia’s preferential trade agreement with the United States with creating greater certainty for exporters and strengthening Cambodia’s appeal as a manufacturing and investment hub.

“With the preferential trade agreement with the United States signed, Cambodia is the first country in the world to bring clarity and high confidence for investors to export products to the large market of the United States,” he said.

The CDC continues to promote investment facilitation and streamline procedures to sustain momentum and support long-term economic growth, he added.

Chanthol also underlined the government’s efforts through introducing new key measures and strategies aimed at promoting development and investment in Cambodia, as well as expanding the resilience of the Cambodian economy in response to the changes in the global economic situation.

Lim Heng, Vice President of the Cambodia Chamber of Commerce, said that the growth reflects steady improvements in Cambodia’s political and economic stability, which have helped strengthen the country’s overall investment climate.

Speaking with Khmer Times, Heng said, “Political and economic stability has improved year by year, creating greater confidence among investors and attracting both foreign and domestic investment.”

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