Cambodia is a unitary constitutional monarchy in which the Cambodian People's Party has dominated since the 1990s. Prime Minister Hun Manet succeeded his father Hun Sen in 2023, and the economy is dollarised and export-led.
In the 12 Axes register, Cambodia leans hardest on Democratic – Autocratic: Autocratic 95%; the register median is balanced 50%.
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Where Cambodia sits on each of the twelve axes, in four categories. The label is our estimate; the line under it says why.
Centralized
Provinces under central ministries
Autocracy
Ruling party holds 120 of 125 seats
Authoritarian
Opposition party dissolved, media curtailed
Anti-Interventionist
Close China ties, 2025 Thai border clashes
Military-Focused
2025 border war with Thailand; conscription enforced from 2026
Assimilationist
Khmer identity privileged over minorities
Economic Liberal
Dollarised market economy, garment exports
Markets
Private sector drives growth
Free Trade
RCEP member since 2022; export-led garment economy
Religious
Buddhism is the state religion
Conservative
Traditional family and monarchy stressed
Neutral
No distinct state stance
Set against the median of all 195 countries in the register.
Democratic – Autocratic
On Democratic – Autocratic, Cambodia is at Autocratic 95%. The register median is balanced 50%.
Progressive – Traditional
On Progressive – Traditional, Cambodia is at Traditional 68%, almost the register median of Traditional 68%.
Closeness is 100 minus the root-mean-square distance on all twelve axes.
Sources: en.wikipedia.org · freedomhouse.org
Map: CiteMeToSleep, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons, cropped and resized.
Last updated: 2026-10-15
The tiers on this page are our estimates from public positions and policies. They are not an official statement by the person or the government concerned. Two independent passes scored every axis and a third settled the differences. How the register works. Found a mistake? Write to [email protected].
