🇰🇵 North Korea
Democratic People's Republic of Korea
Every statistic we track for North Korea — 63 indicators, each with its latest value and world rank. Open the interactive profile →
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📈 Economy
| Extreme Poverty | 0% | #174/237 | 2023 |
| GDP per Capita (Long Run) | 1,569 | #154/165 | 2022 |
| Total GDP (Long Run) | 40,488,847,458 | #114/165 | 2022 |
👥 Demographics
| Fertility Rate (WB) | 1.8 | #120/217 | 2024 |
| Median Age | 36.8 | #91/235 | 2026 |
| Population | 24.7 | #50/229 | 2013 |
| Population Density | 221.2 | #72/235 | 2026 |
| Refugees by Country of Origin | 263 | #133/195 | 2025 |
| Urban Population | 63.9% | #108/213 | 2024 |
🌐 Connectivity
| Access to Electricity | 61.4% | #184/214 | 2024 |
| Mobile Subscriptions | 24.1 | #208/209 | 2022 |
🫀 Health
🌱 Environment
| CO₂ per Capita (WB) | 2.5 | #106/203 | 2024 |
| Energy Use per Person | 665 | #110/149 | 2023 |
| Renewable Electricity | 63.4% | #50/195 | 2024 |
🏛️ Governance
| Civil Liberties (V-Dem) | 0 | #179/179 | 2025 |
| Clean Elections (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #146/179 | 2025 |
| Control of Corruption (QoG) | -1.6 | #187/192 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index | 15 | #169/179 | 2024 |
| Corruption Perceptions Index (QoG) | 15 | #168/177 | 2024 |
| Deliberative Democracy (V-Dem) | 0 | #179/179 | 2025 |
| Egalitarian Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #165/179 | 2025 |
| Electoral Democracy (V-Dem) | 0.1 | #173/179 | 2025 |
| Freedom House Status (QoG) | 3 | #28/193 | 2024 |
| Freedom in the World Score | 3 | #193/196 | 2024 |
| Freedom of Expression (V-Dem) | 0 | #179/179 | 2025 |
| Gender Equality (V-Dem) | 0.3 | #173/179 | 2025 |
| Government Effectiveness (QoG) | -1.3 | #179/192 | 2024 |
| Judicial Constraints on Executive (V-Dem) | 0 | #178/179 | 2025 |
| Liberal Democracy (V-Dem) | 0 | #178/179 | 2025 |
| Participatory Democracy (V-Dem) | 0 | #169/179 | 2025 |
| Political Corruption (V-Dem) | 0.7 | #62/179 | 2025 |
| Press Freedom (RSF) (QoG) | 20.7 | #170/173 | 2024 |
| Rule of Law (V-Dem) | 0 | #176/179 | 2025 |
| Voice & Accountability (QoG) | -2 | #188/192 | 2024 |
📰 Media & news
| Press Freedom Index | 12.7 | #176/177 | 2026 |
🛡️ Safety
| Global Peace Index | 2.9 | #14/160 | 2025 |
| Homicide Rate | 2.5 | #122/204 | 2023 |
⚠️ Risk & resilience
| Disaster Exposure (WRI) | 6.8 | #48/193 | 2026 |
| INFORM Risk Index | 3.7 | #97/191 | 2025 |
| World Risk Index | 10.4 | #54/193 | 2026 |
Latest available period per indicator. The rank counts down from the highest value, whatever that means for the series: on child mortality or extreme poverty the country at #1 is the worst in the world, not the best. Sources are credited on each indicator page.