Government budget and revenue in Pailin, Cambodia: official figures
The 2025 budget law gave the Pailin provincial administration total expenditure of 24.4 billion riel, the lowest of 25 capital and provinces and 0.9% of the 2.66 trillion riel for all 25.
How much does Pailin spend on investment?
Of the 24.4 billion riel budgeted for Pailin in 2025, 24.0 billion riel was current (running) expenditure and 400.00 million riel was capital (investment) expenditure, a capital share of 1.6% 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 Pailin?
Divided by the 2024 survey population of 79,445, the 2025 provincial budget for Pailin comes to 306,851 riel per resident (all 25 together: 153,673 riel); 5th highest of 25 provinces for spending per resident.
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyDid the budget of Pailin province go up in 2025?
Expenditure of the Pailin provincial administration fell 12.6% between the 2024 budget law (27.9 billion riel) and the 2025 budget law (24.4 billion riel).
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow much has the budget of Pailin grown since 2016?
The budget-law expenditure of the Pailin provincial administration was 4.4 billion riel in 2016 and 24.4 billion riel in 2025, 5.5 times as much (all 25 together: 3.2 times).
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow much has Pailin budgeted for capital investment?
Capital expenditure for Pailin in the budget laws of 2021 to 2025 totalled 13.0 billion riel, from a low of 0 riel in 2022 to a high of 8.6 billion riel in 2023.
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow Pailin compares with other provinces
Provincial administration expenditure, 2025 budget law (2025)
Pailin ranks 25 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Provincial administration expenditure, 2025 budget law |
|---|---|---|
| 19 | Ratanak Kiri | 41.8 billion riel |
| 20 | Koh Kong | 41.7 billion riel |
| 21 | Preah Vihear | 39.8 billion riel |
| 22 | Mondul Kiri | 37.9 billion riel |
| 23 | Stung Treng | 35.3 billion riel |
| 24 | Kep | 27.7 billion riel |
| 25 | Pailin | 24.4 billion riel |
Provincial budget per resident, 2025 (riel) (2025)
Pailin ranks 5 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Phnom Penh | 410,050 riel |
| 3 | Preah Sihanouk | 404,608 riel |
| 4 | Mondul Kiri | 404,262 riel |
| 5 | Pailin | 306,851 riel |
| 6 | Koh Kong | 295,864 riel |
| 7 | Stung Treng | 199,902 riel |
| 8 | Ratanak Kiri | 177,374 riel |
Capital share of provincial expenditure, 2025 (2025)
Pailin ranks 17 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Capital share of provincial expenditure, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 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% |
| 20 | Takeo | 0.9% |
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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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