The economy in Cambodia is certainly not the best in the world. It is in fact a very poor country. Cambodia’s economy is still recovering from a sudden switch to a free-trade market in 1990, and a cutoff in aid from former Soviet countries. The country does not have that many roads bridges or powerhouses. The country is not heavily populated within cities. About 90% of all the people who live in Cambodia live on the countryside. These people are highly dependent on subsistence agriculture. The GDP per capita was $289 US dollars.