Type 1 diabetes in Cambodia
T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF Western Pacific region · Lower-Middle-Income country
An estimated 613 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Cambodia in 2025. Each year about 61 people are newly diagnosed and 30 people with T1D die. A further 537 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
613
New diagnoses this year
61
Deaths this year
30
Missing people
537
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
31.5years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Cambodia?
613 people in Cambodia are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 3.4 per 100,000 people. That is lower than the Western Pacific average of 43.1 per 100,000 and lower than the global average of 115.5. Cambodia has the 156th-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 17th-largest of the 33 countries in the IDF Western Pacific region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Cambodia, another 88 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Cambodia?
The number of people living with T1D in Cambodia went from 94 in 2000 to 613 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 1,150 by 2040 (+88%).
| Year | Living with T1D | New diagnoses | Deaths | Missing people |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 94 | 17 | 12 | 170 |
| 2010 | 209 | 26 | 13 | 273 |
| 2020 | 457 | 59 | 25 | 417 |
| 2025 | 613 | 61 | 30 | 537 |
| 2030 (projected) | 799 | 87 | 45 | 697 |
| 2040 (projected) | 1,150 | 91 | 60 | 1,144 |
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Cambodia?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Cambodia today is expected to live to 31.5, compared with 72.9 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 41.4 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 45.8 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 15.4 years.
| Level of care | Healthy years restored | Healthy years of life | Healthy years still lost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current level of care | – | 27.1 | 45.8 |
| + Timely diagnosis for everyone | +2.5 | 29.6 | 43.3 |
| + Insulin and test strips for everyone | +20.3 | 49.9 | 23.0 |
| + Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone | +7.6 | 57.5 | 15.4 |
How does Cambodia compare?
| 2025 | Cambodia | Western Pacific | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| People living with T1D per 100,000 | 3.4 | 43.1 | 115.5 |
| New diagnoses per 100,000 | 0.3 | 2.4 | 6.2 |
| Missing people per 100 living with T1D | 87.6 | 30.7 | 43.0 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D | 31.5 | 56.4 | 51.3 |
| Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population | 72.9 | 79.1 | 77.0 |
Type 1 diabetes in other Western Pacific countries
- Hong Kong4,557 living with T1D
- Singapore4,076 living with T1D
- Myanmar1,826 living with T1D
- Mongolia1,455 living with T1D
- Macao478 living with T1D
- Papua New Guinea351 living with T1D
- Laos146 living with T1D
- Brunei Darussalam141 living with T1D
More data
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.