International Rankings of Korea North 2022, country comparisons

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Ranked Data	Rank	Value	Year
Communications
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	64	N/A	2022
Broadband - fixed subscriptions - total	191	N/A	2022
Internet users - percent of population	86	N/A %	2022
Internet users - total	207	N/A	2022
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	50	5	2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions	70	1.180 million	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants	131	23	2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions	114	6.000 million	2020
Economy
Budget - expenditures	131	3.300 billion US Dollars	2007
Budget - revenues	124	3.200 billion US Dollars	2007
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-)	30	0.4 % of GDP	0
Exports	65	N/A US Dollars	2022
GDP (official exchange rate)	103	28.000 billion US Dollars	2013
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services	172	5.9 % of GDP	2016
GDP - composition by end use - government consumption	129	N/A % of GDP	2014
GDP - composition by end use - household consumption	180	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	137	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	34	22.5 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry	12	47.6 % of GDP	2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services	170	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	76	1 %	2017
Labor force	38	14.000 million US Dollars	2014
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture	46	37 %	0
Labor force - by occupation - industry	1	63 %	2008
Labor force - by occupation - services	152	N/A %	2022
Population below poverty line	151	N/A	0
Public debt	58	N/A % of GDP	2022
Real GDP (purchasing power parity)	116	40.000 billion US Dollars	2015
Real GDP per capita	144	1700 US Dollars	2015
Taxes and other revenues	151	11.4 % of GDP	0
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke	38	15.252 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from consumed natural gas	122	0 metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids	132	3.213 million metric tonnes of CO2	2019
Coal - consumption	39	6.698 million metric tons	2020
Coal - exports	58	0 metric tons	2020
Coal - imports	99	22000 metric tons	2020
Coal - production	19	16.376 million metric tons	2020
Coal - proven reserves	34	600.000 million metric tons	2019
Electricity - consumption	82	13.930 billion kWh	2019
Electricity - exports	94	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - imports	113	0 kWh	2020
Electricity - installed generating capacity	70	8.413 million kWh	2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses	84	2.146 billion kWh	2019
Electricity generation sources - biomass and waste	57	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels	131	15.8 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - geothermal	16	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity	16	84.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - nuclear	34	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - solar	65	0.1 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - tide and wave	5	0 %	2020
Electricity generation sources - wind	70	0 %	2020
Energy consumption per capita	140	12.610 million Btu/person	2019
Natural gas - consumption	119	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - exports	55	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - imports	86	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - production	94	0 cubic meters	2021
Natural gas - proven reserves	90	0 cubic meters	2021
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate exports	70	0 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports	70	10600 bbl/day	2018
Petroleum - crude oil estimated reserves	87	0 bbl/day	2021
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption	136	20300 bbl/day	2019
Petroleum - total petroleum production	101	0 bbl/day	2021
Refined petroleum products - exports	122	0 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - imports	144	8260 bbl/day	2015
Refined petroleum products - production	97	11270 bbl/day	2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions	71	28.28 megatons	2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions	64	18.68 megatons	2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions	54	30.4 micrograms per cubic meter	2016
Land use - agricultural land	132	21.8	2018
Land use - arable land	49	19.5	2018
Land use - forest	47	46	2018
Land use - other	70	32.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	61	1.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	148	0.4	2018
Revenue from coal	30	N/A % of GDP	2022
Revenue from forest resources	95	N/A % of GDP	2022
Total renewable water resources	75	77.150 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - agricultural	48	6.610 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - industrial	45	1.145 billion cubic meters	2017
Total water withdrawal - municipal	51	902.800 million cubic meters	2017
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	117	0.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	78	63.2	2023
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste generated annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - municipal solid waste recycled annually	118	N/A tons	2022
Waste and recycling - percent of municipal solid waste recycled	86	N/A %	2022
Geography
Area - land	95	120408 sq km	0
Area - total	96	120538 sq km	0
Area - water	127	13099 sq km	0
Coastline	45	2495 km	0
Elevation - highest point	185	2744 meters	0
Elevation - lowest point	32	0 meters	0
Elevation - mean elevation	55	600 meters	0
Irrigated land	32	14600 sq km	2012
Land boundaries - total	95	1607 km	0
Land use - agricultural land	132	21.8	2018
Land use - arable land	49	19.5	2018
Land use - forest	47	46	2018
Land use - other	70	32.2	2018
Land use - permanent crops	61	1.9	2018
Land use - permanent pasture	148	0.4	2018
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years	111	14.39	2269
Age structure - 25-54 years	37	43.77	3861
Age structure - 55-64 years	66	11.77	5830
Alcohol consumption per capita - beer	137	0.12 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - other alcohols	62	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits	20	3.48 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total	90	3.61 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - wine	93	0 liters of pure alcohol	2019
Birth rate	115	14.21 births/1,000 population	2022
Children under the age of 5 years underweight	51	9.3 %	2017
Contraceptive prevalence rate	25	70.2 %	2017
Current health expenditure	91	N/A % of GDP	0
Death rate	39	9.53 deaths/1,000 population	2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio	66	16.3 %	0
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio	95	6.1 %	2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio	143	43.5 %	0
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio	128	27.2 %	0
Drinking water source - improved	20	97.8 % of population	0
Drinking water source - rural	59	10.9 % of population	0
Drinking water source - total	61	5.5 % of population	2020
Drinking water source - unimproved	42	2.2 % of population	0
Education expenditures	71	N/A % of GDP	0
Hospital bed density	70	N/A beds/1,000 population	2022
Infant mortality rate - female	69	19.23 deaths/1,000 live births	2022
Infant mortality rate - male	68	25.03 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Infant mortality rate - total	71	22.21 deaths/1,000 live births	0
Life expectancy at birth - female	116	75.88 years	2022
Life expectancy at birth - male	137	67.88 years	0
Life expectancy at birth - total population	130	71.77 years	0
Literacy - female	1	100 %	2015
Literacy - male	1	100 %	0
Literacy - total population	1	100 %	0
Maternal mortality ratio	66	89 deaths/100,000 live births	2017
Median age - female	62	36.2 years	2020
Median age - male	63	33.2 years	0
Median age - total	59	34.6 years	0
Mother's mean age at first birth	85	N/A	2022
Net migration rate	75	0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population	0
Obesity - adult prevalence rate	118	6.8 %	2016
Physicians density	32	3.68 physicians/1,000 population	2017
Population	53	25.955 million	2022
Population growth rate	112	0.46 %	2022
Sanitation facility access - improved	41	92.7 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - rural	61	26.9 % of population	0
Sanitation facility access - total	59	14.7 % of population	2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved	52	7.3 % of population	0
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female	12	11 years	2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male	9	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	21	1.02	0
Sex ratio - 25-54 years	20	1.01	0
Sex ratio - 55-64 years	29	0.92	0
Sex ratio - 65 years and over	56	0.33 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - at birth	7	1.06 male(s)/female	0
Sex ratio - total population	22	0.95 male(s)/female	0
Tobacco use - female	109	0 %	2020
Tobacco use - male	52	34.8 %	2020
Tobacco use - total	73	17.4 %	2020
Total fertility rate	88	1.9 children born/woman	2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization	117	0.85	2025
Urbanization - urban population	78	63.2	2023
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female	144	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male	140	N/A	2022
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total	139	N/A	2022
Transportation
Airports	60	82	2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	36	8	0
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m	17	22	0
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m	41	2	0
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m	23	3	0
Airports - with paved runways - total	41	39	0
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m	31	4	2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m	16	17	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m	43	15	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - total	55	43	0
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m	59	8	2021
Heliports	10	23	2021
Merchant marine - total	57	264	0
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers	122	250000	2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers	137	103560	2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers	96	4	0
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers	27	1	2020
Railways - standard gauge	17	7435	2014
Railways - total	27	7435 km	2014
Roadways - paved	126	724 km	2006
Roadways - total	81	25554 km	2006
Waterways	39	2250 km	2011

*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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