With a well-developed infrastructure, a free-enterprise economy and strong export industries, Thailand achieved steady growth due largely to industrial and agriculture exports. This leads Thailand to better economic status than Cambodia.
With much higher GDP of Thailand than of Cambodia, it signifies the higher standard of living for people in Thailand. While labor force in Thailand receives 300฿ or $10 wage per day, there are approximately 4 million people in Cambodia who earn about $1.25 per day. This fact is the reason for more than 2.5 million migrant workers come to work in Thailand.
Thailand is ahead of Cambodia in manufacturing industry. Textile and the production of garments seems to be the only major manufacturing industry in Cambodia. Thai automotive industry is one of the largest in Southeast Asia producing more than 1.5 vehicles annually. Electric components and computer components plays great part in manufacturing industry.