Government budget and revenue in Kampong Cham, Cambodia: official figures
The 2025 budget law gave the Kampong Cham provincial administration total expenditure of 87.8 billion riel, 9th highest of 25 capital and provinces and 3.3% of the 2.66 trillion riel for all 25.
How much does Kampong Cham spend on investment?
Of the 87.8 billion riel budgeted for Kampong Cham in 2025, 86.1 billion riel was current (running) expenditure and 1.7 billion riel was capital (investment) expenditure, a capital share of 1.9% against 9.0% for all 25 provincial administrations together.
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow much does the government spend per person in Kampong Cham?
Divided by the 2024 survey population of 1,062,914, the 2025 provincial budget for Kampong Cham comes to 82,571 riel per resident (all 25 together: 153,673 riel); 2nd lowest of 25 provinces for spending per resident.
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyDid the budget of Kampong Cham province go up in 2025?
Expenditure of the Kampong Cham provincial administration fell 6.1% between the 2024 budget law (93.5 billion riel) and the 2025 budget law (87.8 billion riel).
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow much has the budget of Kampong Cham grown since 2016?
The budget-law expenditure of the Kampong Cham provincial administration was 17.4 billion riel in 2016 and 87.8 billion riel in 2025, 5.0 times as much (all 25 together: 3.2 times).
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow much has Kampong Cham budgeted for capital investment?
Capital expenditure for Kampong Cham in the budget laws of 2021 to 2025 totalled 16.5 billion riel, from a low of 1.1 billion riel in 2021 to a high of 6.0 billion riel in 2022.
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow Kampong Cham compares with other provinces
Provincial administration expenditure, 2025 budget law (2025)
Kampong Cham ranks 9 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Provincial administration expenditure, 2025 budget law |
|---|---|---|
| 6 | Preah Sihanouk | 95.0 billion riel |
| 7 | Takeo | 92.7 billion riel |
| 8 | Kampong Speu | 90.7 billion riel |
| 9 | Kampong Cham | 87.8 billion riel |
| 10 | Banteay Meanchey | 85.8 billion riel |
| 11 | Tboung Khmum | 80.6 billion riel |
| 12 | Kampot | 77.0 billion riel |
Provincial budget per resident, 2025 (riel) (2025)
Kampong Cham ranks 24 of 25, highest first. Budget-law expenditure of the provincial administration divided by the 2024 survey population.
| Rank | Region | Provincial budget per resident, 2025 (riel) |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Banteay Meanchey | 95,522 riel |
| 20 | Tboung Khmum | 90,509 riel |
| 21 | Battambang | 89,696 riel |
| 22 | Prey Veng | 87,745 riel |
| 23 | Takeo | 84,470 riel |
| 24 | Kampong Cham | 82,571 riel |
| 25 | Kampong Thom | 82,034 riel |
Capital share of provincial expenditure, 2025 (2025)
Kampong Cham ranks 16 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Capital share of provincial expenditure, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 13 | Kandal | 5.2% |
| 14 | Preah Sihanouk | 2.4% |
| 15 | Koh Kong | 2.0% |
| 16 | Kampong Cham | 1.9% |
| 17 | Pailin | 1.6% |
| 18 | Siem Reap | 1.3% |
| 19 | Kampong Chhnang | 1.1% |
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Sources
- Ministry of Economy and Finance: Total expenditure by capital and province of the budget law, FY2016-FY2025 (current and capital expenditure, million riel), read 23 October 2026 · saved copy (SHA-256 cf5fa83909f6…)
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