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International Rankings of Korea, North - 2022


SOURCE: 2022 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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
Telephones - fixed lines - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 50 5.00 2020
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 70 1.180 million 2020
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 131 23.00 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 0.40 % of GDP N/A
Debt - external 130 5.000 billion US Dollars 2013
Exports 189 222.000 million US Dollars 2018
GDP (official exchange rate) 103 28.000 billion US Dollars 2013
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 172 5.90 % of GDP 2016
GDP - composition by end use - imports of goods and services 4 11.10 % of GDP 2016
GDP - composition by sector of origin - agriculture 34 22.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 12 47.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 170 29.90 % of GDP 2017
Imports 158 2.320 billion US Dollars 2018
Industrial production growth rate 76 1.00 % 2017
Labor force 38 14.000 million US Dollars 2014
Labor force - by occupation - agriculture 46 37 % N/A
Labor force - by occupation - industry 1 63 % 2008
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 117 40.000 billion US Dollars 2015
Real GDP growth rate 124 1.10 % 2015
Real GDP per capita 166 1700 US Dollars 2015
Taxes and other revenues 151 11.40 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 17 25.60 % 2013
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 38 15.252 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 132 3.213 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 86 18.465 million 2019
Coal - consumption 39 6.698 million 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 - installed generating capacity 70 8.413 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 84 2.146 billion kWh 2019
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 131 15.80 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 16 84.10 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 65 0.10 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 140 12.610 million Btu/person 2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 70 10600 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 136 20300 bbl/day 2019
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 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 64 19 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 54 30 micrograms per cubic meter 2016
Land use - agricultural land 132 22 2018
Land use - arable land 49 20 2018
Land use - forest 47 46 2018
Land use - other 70 32 2018
Land use - permanent crops 61 2 2018
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 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 78 63 2023
Geography
Area - land 95 120408 sq km N/A
Area - total 96 120538 sq km N/A
Area - water 130 130 sq km N/A
Coastline 45 2495 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 181 2744 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 55 600 meters N/A
Irrigated land 32 14600 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 96 1607 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 132 22 2018
Land use - arable land 49 20 2018
Land use - forest 47 46 2018
Land use - other 70 32 2018
Land use - permanent crops 61 2 2018
Population Density 59 215.56 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 2 20 % of GDP N/A
Population
Age structure - 15-24 years 111 14.39 N/A
Age structure - 25-54 years 37 43.77 N/A
Age structure - 55-64 years 66 11.77 N/A
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 20 3 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 90 4 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 % 2017
Contraceptive prevalence rate 25 70.20 % 2017
Death rate 39 9.53 deaths/1,000 population 2022
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 66 16.30 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 95 6.10 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 143 43.50 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 128 27.20 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 20 98 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 59 11 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 61 6 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 42 2 % of population N/A
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 N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 71 22.21 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Life expectancy at birth - female 116 76 years 2022
Life expectancy at birth - male 137 68 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 130 72 years N/A
Literacy - female 1 100 % 2015
Literacy - male 1 100 % N/A
Literacy - total population 1 100 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 66 89.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2017
Median age - female 62 36 years 2020
Median age - male 63 33 years N/A
Median age - total 59 35 years N/A
Net migration rate 75 0.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population N/A
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 118 6.80 % 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 93 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 61 27 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 59 15 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 52 7 % of population N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - female 12 11 years 2015
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - male 9 11 years N/A
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) - total 11 11 years N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 11 1.04 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-24 years 21 1.02 N/A
Sex ratio - 25-54 years 20 1.01 N/A
Sex ratio - 55-64 years 29 0.92 N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 56 0.33 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 7 1.06 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 22 0.95 male(s)/female N/A
Tobacco use - male 52 35 % 2020
Tobacco use - total 73 17 % 2020
Total fertility rate 88 1.90 children born/woman 2022
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 117 0.85 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 78 63 2023
Transportation
Airports 60 82 2021
Airports - with paved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 36 8 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 2438 to 3047 m 17 22 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - 914 to 1523 m 41 2 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - over 3047 m 23 3 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - total 41 39 N/A
Airports - with paved runways - under 914 m 31 4 2021
Airports - with unpaved runways - 1524 to 2437 m 16 17 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - 914 to 1523 m 43 15 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - total 55 43 N/A
Airports - with unpaved runways - under 914 m 59 8 2021
Heliports 10 23 2021
Merchant marine - total 57 264 N/A
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 4.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 27 1 2020
Railways - total 24 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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