Cambodia Green JobsPublic Disclosure Authorized How the Greening of the Cambodian Economy can Impact Cambodia’s Jobsand how to Prepare the Workforce November 2025 © 2025 The World Bank1818 H Street NW, Washington DC 20433Telephone: 202-473-1000; Internet:www.worldbank.org Some rights reserved This work is a product of The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusionsexpressed in this work do not necessarily reflect the views of the Executive Directors of TheWorld Bank or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy, completeness, or currency of the dataincluded in this work and does not assume responsibility for any errors, omissions, ordiscrepancies in the information, or liability with respect to the use of or failure to use theinformation, methods, processes, or conclusions set forth. The boundaries, colors,denominations, links/footnotes and other information shown in this work do not imply anyjudgment on the part of The World Bank concerning the legal status of any territory or theendorsement or acceptance of such boundaries. The citation of works authored by others doesnot mean the World Bank endorses the views expressed by those authors or the content oftheir works. Nothing herein shall constitute or be construed or considered to be a limitation upon or waiverof the privileges and immunities of The World Bank, all of which are specifically reserved. Rights and Permissions The material in this work is subject to copyright. Because The World Bank encouragesdissemination of its knowledge, this work may be reproduced, in whole or in part, fornoncommercial purposes as long as full attribution to this work is given. Attribution—Please cite the work as follows: “World Bank. 2025. Cambodia Green Jobs - Howthe Greening of the Cambodian Economy can Impact Cambodia’s Jobs and how to Prepare theWorkforce. © World Bank.” Any queries on rights and licenses, including subsidiary rights, should be addressed to WorldBank Publications, The World Bank, 1818 H Street NW, Washington, DC 20433, USA; fax: 202-522-2625; e-mail:pubrights@worldbank.org. Cover photos:© Ou Chantha / Shutterstock - © Neil Bussey / Shutterstock – © AU USAnakul / Shutterstock.Used with the permission of artists / Shutterstock. Further permission required for reuse. Table of contents Acknowledgments........................................................................................................................... 5Executive summary......................................................................................................................... 6Overview ......................................................................................................................................... 8What are green jobs? ............................................................................................................................... 8Which jobs are green in Cambodia?......................................................................................................... 9Characteristics, location and quality of green jobs ................................................................................ 11Policy recommendations ........................................................................................................................ 121. Introduction .............................................................................................................................. 152. Measuring green jobs ............................................................................................................... 172.1 What are green jobs? ....................................................................................................................... 172.2 Green jobs: The task-based approach .............................................................................................. 202.3 Jobs in green industries: The output-based approach ..................................................................... 233. Which jobs are green in Cambodia? ......................................................................................... 253.1 Green jobs......................................................................................................................................... 253.2 Jobs in green industries .................................................................................................................... 303.3. Growing green jobs.......................................................................................................................... 344. Where are the green jobs? ....................................................................................................... 375. Are green jobs better jobs? ...................................................................................................... 405.1. Skill Distribution..........................................................................................