PHNOM PENH: In the first eleven months of 2025, the Cambodian Investment Board of the Council for the Development of Cambodia (CDC) approved a total of 609 investment projects with a combined investment value of approximately US$9.5 billion.
This marks an increase of 220 projects, or about 57 percent, and an additional US$3 billion in total investment capital—equivalent to roughly 47 percent—compared to the same period in 2024, when 389 projects worth around US$6.5 billion were approved, according to a report released this afternoon by the CDC.
Notably, the number of investment projects approved in just the first eleven months of 2025 has already surpassed the total number approved throughout the entire year of 2024 by 195 projects.
In November alone, the Cambodian Investment Board approved 34 investment projects with a total investment capital of approximately US$262 million. These projects are expected to generate around 24,000 jobs fir the locals.
Of the approved projects, 22 are located outside Special Economic Zones (SEZs), representing a total investment of about US$196 million, while 12 projects are located within SEZs, with a combined investment of approximately US$66 million.
