Government budget and revenue in Pursat, Cambodia: official figures
The 2025 budget law gave the Pursat provincial administration total expenditure of 50.4 billion riel, 9th lowest of 25 capital and provinces and 1.9% of the 2.66 trillion riel for all 25.
How much does Pursat spend on investment?
Of the 50.4 billion riel budgeted for Pursat in 2025, 46.1 billion riel was current (running) expenditure and 4.3 billion riel was capital (investment) expenditure, a capital share of 8.5% 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 Pursat?
Divided by the 2024 survey population of 516,072, the 2025 provincial budget for Pursat comes to 97,632 riel per resident (all 25 together: 153,673 riel); 8th lowest of 25 provinces for spending per resident.
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyDid the budget of Pursat province go up in 2025?
Expenditure of the Pursat provincial administration fell 6.1% between the 2024 budget law (53.7 billion riel) and the 2025 budget law (50.4 billion riel).
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow much has the budget of Pursat grown since 2016?
The budget-law expenditure of the Pursat provincial administration was 8.6 billion riel in 2016 and 50.4 billion riel in 2025, 5.8 times as much (all 25 together: 3.2 times).
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow much has Pursat budgeted for capital investment?
Capital expenditure for Pursat in the budget laws of 2021 to 2025 totalled 17.6 billion riel, from a low of 955.00 million riel in 2021 to a high of 7.4 billion riel in 2023.
Source: Ministry of Economy and Finance · saved copyHow Pursat compares with other provinces
Provincial administration expenditure, 2025 budget law (2025)
Pursat ranks 17 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Provincial administration expenditure, 2025 budget law |
|---|---|---|
| 14 | Kampong Thom | 66.2 billion riel |
| 15 | Kampong Chhnang | 63.5 billion riel |
| 16 | Kratie | 55.5 billion riel |
| 17 | Pursat | 50.4 billion riel |
| 18 | Oddar Meanchey | 43.6 billion riel |
| 19 | Ratanak Kiri | 41.8 billion riel |
| 20 | Koh Kong | 41.7 billion riel |
Provincial budget per resident, 2025 (riel) (2025)
Pursat ranks 18 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) |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Kampong Chhnang | 105,010 riel |
| 16 | Siem Reap | 100,761 riel |
| 17 | Kampong Speu | 98,119 riel |
| 18 | Pursat | 97,632 riel |
| 19 | Banteay Meanchey | 95,522 riel |
| 20 | Tboung Khmum | 90,509 riel |
| 21 | Battambang | 89,696 riel |
Capital share of provincial expenditure, 2025 (2025)
Pursat ranks 7 of 25, highest first.
| Rank | Region | Capital share of provincial expenditure, 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| 4 | Ratanak Kiri | 13.4% |
| 5 | Preah Vihear | 9.1% |
| 6 | Kampong Thom | 8.5% |
| 7 | Pursat | 8.5% |
| 8 | Svay Rieng | 8.2% |
| 9 | Banteay Meanchey | 7.6% |
| 10 | Prey Veng | 7.1% |
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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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