Cambodia recorded an average annual foreign direct investment (FDI) inflow growth of 8.1 per cent from 2017 to 2021, according to the Asia-Pacific Trade and Investment Trends 2022-2023 Country Report for Cambodia by the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP). The FDI inflows growth was higher than the Asia-Pacific’s 3.8 per cent average annual FDI inflows growth during the period.
However, in 2021, the country experienced a decline in FDI inflows by 3.9 per cent, it said.
“In terms of FDI outflows, Cambodia had an average annual FDI outflows growth of 3.4 percent in the last five years, which was also higher than the Asia-Pacific’s 3.2 per cent average annual FDI outflows growth. In 2021, Cambodia experienced a decline in FDI outflows by 27.1 percent,” the report noted.
