_*Economy #_Overview: Cambodia is a desperately poor country whose economic development has been stymied by deadly political infighting. The economy is based on agriculture and related industries. Over the past decade Cambodia has been slowly recovering from its near destruction by war and political upheaval. It still remains, however, one of the world's poorest countries, with an estimated per capita GDP of about $130. The food situation is precarious; during the 1980s famine has been averted only through international relief. In 1986 the production level of rice, the staple food crop, was able to meet only 80% of domestic needs. The biggest success of the nation's recovery program has been in new rubber plantings and in fishing. Industry, other than rice processing, is almost nonexistent. Foreign trade is primarily with the USSR and Vietnam. Statistical data on the economy continues to be sparse and unreliable. Foreign aid from the USSR and Eastern Europe almost certainly is being slashed.
_#_GDP: $890 million, per capita $130; real growth rate 0% (1989 est.)
_#_Unemployment rate: NA%
_#_Budget: revenues $NA; expenditures $NA, including capital expenditures of $NA
_#_Inflation rate (consumer prices): 50% (first half 1990)
_#_Exports: $32 million (f.o.b., 1988);
commodities—natural rubber, rice, pepper, wood;
partners—Vietnam, USSR, Eastern Europe, Japan, India
_#_Imports: $147 million (c.i.f., 1988);
commodities—international food aid; fuels, consumer goods, machinery;