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REPORTING ECONOMY · PRK

North Korea, in context.

Annual data for North Korea. These observations describe the source's reporting country or area; they do not represent individual local regions or cities.

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KP North Korea2023

Electricity consumption

788.6kilowatt-hours per person
-5.3% year over year
World BankView series
KP North KoreaUnavailable

Inflation

Not availableannual change in consumer prices (%)
No comparable prior period
World BankView series
KP North Korea2024

Wheat production

90.1Kt
+1.9% year over year
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)View series
KP North KoreaUnavailable

Total GDP

Not availableconstant 2015 US$
No comparable prior period
World BankView series
KP North Korea2025

Employment ratio

79.2%% of population aged 15+ (modeled ILO estimate)
-0.0 pp year over year
World BankView series
KP North Korea2024

Life expectancy

73.7years at birth
+0.1% year over year
World BankView series
KP North Korea2024

Electricity demand

27.1TWh
+1.4% year over year
EmberView series
KP North KoreaUnavailable

GDP per capita

Not availableconstant 2015 US$ per person
No comparable prior period
World BankView series
KP North Korea2025

Population

26.6Mpeople
+0.3% year over year
World BankView series
KP North Korea2025

Unemployment

3.5%% of the labor force (modeled ILO estimate)
+0.0 pp year over year
World BankView series

The reporting boundary matters.

These annual series use the publisher's country or economy boundaries. A reporting-area average cannot tell you what a specific city, neighborhood, or household experiences.

Geography definition

Canonical geography identifier
entity.geo.north-korea
World Bank reporting code
PRK
Geographic region
Asia · Eastern Asia
Classification
UN M49 · M49 408
Reporting scope
World Bank reporting country or area.

Geographic grouping supports browsing and does not assert political membership or sovereign status. Read the complete classification and coverage notes.