International Rankings of Korea North 2021, country comparisons

This table lists the international rankings of Korea, North, in all categories that are published in the CIA World Factbook, and those that we derived from them. Additional international rankings of Korea, North, can be found in the main country ranks menu.
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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	148	N/A	2021
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	198	N/A	2021
Internet users - percent of population	219	N/A %	2021
Internet users - total	223	N/A	2021
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	150	4.64	2019
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	72	1.184 million	0
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	209	14.98	2019
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	132	3.822 million	0
Economy
Budget - expenditures	133	3.300 billion US Dollars	2007
Budget - revenues	126	3.200 billion US Dollars	2007
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	34	0.4 % of GDP	0
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Enforcement score	152	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Overall score	154	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Starting a Business score	133	N/A	2021
Ease of Doing Business Index scores - Trading score	154	N/A	2021
GDP (official exchange rate)	105	28.000 billion US Dollars	2013
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	179	5.9 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	134	N/A % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	185	N/A % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services	4	11.1 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - investment in fixed capital	142	N/A % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - investment in inventories	74	N/A % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture	36	22.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	14	47.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	178	29.9 % of GDP	2017
Household income or consumption by percentage share - highest 10%	111	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Household income or consumption by percentage share - lowest 10%	46	N/A % share of income accruing to lowest and highest 10% of population	0
Industrial production growth rate	77	1 %	2017
Labor force	39	14.000 million US Dollars	2014
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	49	37 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	1	63 %	2008
Labor force - by occupation - services	161	N/A %	2021
Population below poverty line	156	N/A	0
Public debt	61	N/A % of GDP	2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	122	40.000 billion US Dollars	2015
Real GDP per capita	186	1700 US Dollars	2015
Taxes and other revenues	158	11.4 % of GDP	0
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions from consumption of energy	75	27.830 million	2017
Crude oil - exports	82	0	2015
Crude oil - imports	72	10640	2015
Crude oil - production	89	0	2018
Crude oil - proved reserves	90	0	2018
Electricity - consumption	84	13.890 billion kWh	2016
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - from fossil fuels	53	45	2016
Electricity - from hydroelectric plants	23	55	2017
Electricity - from nuclear fuels	19	0	2017
Electricity - from other renewable sources	41	0	2017
Electricity - imports	117	0 kWh	2016
Electricity - installed generating capacity	61	10.010 million kWh	2016
Electricity - production	87	16.570 billion	2016
Natural gas - consumption	108	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - exports	56	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - imports	79	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - production	92	0 cubic meters	2017
Natural gas - proved reserves	94	0	2014
Refined petroleum products - consumption	123	18000	2016
Refined petroleum products - exports	124	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	147	8260 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	99	11270 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	73	28.28 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	65	18.68 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	55	30.4 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	137	21.8	2018
Land use - arable land	51	19.5	2018
Land use - forest	52	46	2018
Land use - other	73	32.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	67	1.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	156	0.4	2018
Revenue from coal	32	N/A % of GDP	2021
Revenue from forest resources	96	N/A % of GDP	2021
Total renewable water resources	77	77.150 billion	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	49	6.610 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	47	1.145 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	52	902.800 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	120	0.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	94	62.6	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	122	N/A tons	2021
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	89	N/A %	2021
Geography
Area - land	97	120408 sq km	0
Area - total	98	120538 sq km	0
Area - water	130	13099 sq km	0
Coastline	49	2495 km	0
Elevation - highest point	198	2744 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	34	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	57	600 meters	0
Irrigated land	37	14600 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	97	1607 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	137	21.8	2018
Land use - arable land	51	19.5	2018
Land use - forest	52	46	2018
Land use - other	73	32.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	67	1.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	156	0.4	2018
Total renewable water resources	76	77.150 billion	2017
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	118	14.39 %	2269
Age structure - 25-54 years	39	43.77 %	3861
Age structure - 55-64 years	70	11.77 %	5830
Birth rate	117	14.35 births/1,000 population	2021
Contraceptive prevalence rate	29	70.2 %	2017
Current Health Expenditure	88	N/A % of GDP	2021
Death rate	45	9.39 deaths/1,000 population	2021
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	70	13.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	83	7.6 %	2020
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	141	41.2 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	125	28 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	25	97.2 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	69	9.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	66	5.5 % of population	2017
Drinking water source - unimproved	45	2.8 % of population	0
Education expenditures	61	N/A % of GDP	0
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate	38	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - deaths	44	N/A	0
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS	108	N/A	0
Hospital bed density	3	13.2 beds/1,000 population	2012
Infant mortality rate - female	72	19.47 deaths/1,000 live births	2021
Infant mortality rate - male	75	25.2 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	73	22.42 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	123	75.74 years	2021
Life expectancy at birth - male	144	67.79 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	136	71.65 years	0
Maternal mortality rate	67	89	2017
Median age - female	64	36.2 years	2020
Median age - male	64	33.2 years	0
Median age - total	62	34.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	82	N/A	2021
Net migration rate	74	0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	123	6.8 %	2016
Physicians density	27	3.68 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	53	25.831 million	2021
Population growth rate	119	0.49 %	2021
Sanitation facility access - improved	48	91.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	65	27.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	58	15.5 % of population	2017
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	58	8.1 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	11	11 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	10	11 years	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total	11	11 years	0
Sex ratio - 0-14 years	11	1.04 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - 15-24 years	23	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	24	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	31	0.91	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	54	0.53 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	8	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Total fertility rate	94	1.91 children born/woman	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - female	145	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - male	136	N/A	2021
Unemployment youth ages 15-24 - total	144	N/A	2021
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	120	0.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	94	62.6	2021
Transportation
Airports	60	82	2013
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	36	8	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	18	22	2017
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	42	2	2017
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	24	3	2017
Airports - with paved runways - total	43	39	2017
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	31	4	2017
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	16	17	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	15	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	55	43	2013
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	59	8	2013
Heliports	11	23	2013
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	103	250000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	139	103560	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	98	4	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - total	28	7435 km	2014
Roadways - paved	130	724 km	2006
Roadways - total	83	25554 km	2006
Waterways	36	2250 km	0

*CALCULATED FIGURES are those that we calculated from data presented by the CIA World Factbook. For example, we calculated population density by dividing the total population by the land area, the electricity consumption per capita by dividing electricity consumption by the total population, etc.

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