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International Rankings of Korea, North - 2024


SOURCE: 2024 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 54 5.00 2021
Telephones - fixed lines - total subscriptions 71 1.180 million 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - subscriptions per 100 inhabitants 105 23.00 2021
Telephones - mobile cellular - total subscriptions 119 6.000 million 2021
Economy
Budget - expenditures 134 3.300 billion US Dollars 2007
Budget - revenues 132 3.200 billion US Dollars 2007
Budget surplus (+) or deficit (-) 34 0.40 % of GDP N/A
Debt - external 134 5.000 billion US Dollars 2013
Exchange rates 43 135.00 N/A
Exports 199 222.000 million US Dollars 2018
GDP (official exchange rate) 106 28.000 billion US Dollars 2013
GDP - composition by end use - exports of goods and services 183 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 36 22.50 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - industry 14 47.60 % of GDP 2017
GDP - composition by sector of origin - services 185 29.90 % of GDP 2017
Imports 168 2.320 billion US Dollars 2018
Industrial production growth rate 142 1.00 % 2017
Labor force 38 17.160 million US Dollars 2021
Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 122 40.000 billion US Dollars 2015
Real GDP growth rate 180 1.10 % 2015
Real GDP per capita 165 1700 US Dollars 2015
Taxes and other revenues 170 11.40 % of GDP N/A
Unemployment rate 190 2.59 % 2021
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - female 137 6.90 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - male 139 5.40 % N/A
Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24) - total 138 6.10 % 2021
Energy
Carbon dioxide emissions - from coal and metallurgical coke 40 15.252 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - from petroleum and other liquids 134 3.213 million metric tonnes of CO2 2019
Carbon dioxide emissions - total 88 18.465 million 2019
Coal - consumption 42 6.698 million metric tons 2020
Coal - imports 102 22000 metric tons 2020
Coal - production 21 16.376 million metric tons 2020
Coal - proven reserves 37 600.000 million metric tons 2019
Electricity - consumption 84 13.930 billion kWh 2019
Electricity - installed generating capacity 72 8.413 million kWh 2020
Electricity - transmission/distribution losses 86 2.146 billion kWh 2019
Electricity access - electrification - rural areas 72 11 2020
Electricity access - electrification - total population 54 53 2021
Electricity access - electrification - urban areas 64 36 2020
Electricity access - population without electricity 9 19.000 million 2020
Electricity generation sources - fossil fuels 141 15.80 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - hydroelectricity 16 84.10 % 2020
Electricity generation sources - solar 68 0.10 % 2020
Energy consumption per capita 145 12.610 million Btu/person 2019
Petroleum - crude oil and lease condensate imports 72 10600 bbl/day 2018
Petroleum - refined petroleum consumption 138 20300 bbl/day 2019
Refined petroleum products - imports 152 8260 bbl/day 2015
Refined petroleum products - production 101 11270 bbl/day 2015
Environment
Air pollutants - carbon dioxide emissions 73 28 megatons 2016
Air pollutants - methane emissions 65 19 megatons 2020
Air pollutants - particulate matter emissions 18 41 micrograms per cubic meter 2019
Land use - agricultural land 141 22 2018
Land use - arable land 52 20 2018
Land use - forest 53 46 2018
Land use - permanent crops 67 2 2018
Total renewable water resources 80 77.150 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - agricultural 48 6.610 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - industrial 45 1.150 billion cubic meters 2020
Total water withdrawal - municipal 52 900.000 million cubic meters 2020
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 121 0.85 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 87 63 2023
Geography
Area - land 98 120408 sq km N/A
Area - total 101 120538 sq km N/A
Area - water 136 130 sq km N/A
Coastline 50 2495 km N/A
Elevation - highest point 212 2744 meters N/A
Elevation - mean elevation 58 600 meters N/A
Irrigated land 34 14600 sq km 2012
Land boundaries - total 100 1607 km N/A
Land use - agricultural land 141 22 2018
Land use - arable land 52 20 2018
Land use - forest 53 46 2018
Land use - permanent crops 67 2 2018
Population Density 65 216.53 Persons per sq km N/A
Military
Military expenditures 2 20 % of GDP N/A
Population
Alcohol consumption per capita - spirits 21 3 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Alcohol consumption per capita - total 93 4 liters of pure alcohol 2019
Birth rate 105 13.40 births/1,000 population 2023
Children under the age of 5 years underweight 47 9 % 2017
Contraceptive prevalence rate 25 70.20 % 2017
Currently married women (ages 15-49) 15 70 % 2023
Death rate 33 9.50 deaths/1,000 population 2023
Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio 70 16.30 % N/A
Dependency ratios - potential support ratio 99 6.10 % 2021
Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio 153 43.50 % N/A
Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio 139 27.20 % N/A
Drinking water source - improved 21 98 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - rural 63 11 % of population N/A
Drinking water source - total 63 6 % of population 2020
Drinking water source - unimproved 44 2 % of population N/A
Gross reproduction rate 82 0.88 % 2023
Infant mortality rate - female 87 14.50 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - male 86 17.90 deaths/1,000 live births N/A
Infant mortality rate - total 85 16.20 deaths/1,000 live births 2023
Life expectancy at birth - female 78 77 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - male 96 70 years N/A
Life expectancy at birth - total population 90 73 years 2023
Literacy - definition 2 15 N/A
Literacy - female 1 100 % 2015
Literacy - male 1 100 % N/A
Literacy - total population 1 100 % N/A
Maternal mortality ratio 64 107.00 deaths/100,000 live births 2020
Median age - female 67 37 years N/A
Median age - male 71 34 years N/A
Median age - total 64 36 years 2023
Obesity - adult prevalence rate 124 6.80 % 2016
Physicians density 32 3.68 physicians/1,000 population 2017
Population 55 26.072 million 2023
Population growth rate 125 0.40 % 2023
Sanitation facility access - improved 41 93 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - rural 65 27 % of population N/A
Sanitation facility access - total 62 15 % of population 2020
Sanitation facility access - unimproved 54 7 % of population N/A
Sex ratio - 0-14 years 12 1.04 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 15-64 years 24 0.99 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - 65 years and over 54 0.56 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - at birth 8 1.06 male(s)/female N/A
Sex ratio - total population 24 0.95 male(s)/female N/A
Total fertility rate 106 1.82 children born/woman 2023
Urbanization - rate of urbanization 121 0.85 N/A
Urbanization - urban population 87 63 2023
Transportation
Airports 62 83 2024
Heliports 58 8 2024
Merchant marine - total 60 264 2023
National air transport system - annual freight traffic on registered air carriers 125 250000 2018
National air transport system - annual passenger traffic on registered air carriers 141 103560 2018
National air transport system - inventory of registered aircraft operated by air carriers 98 4.00 N/A
National air transport system - number of registered air carriers 27 1 2020
Railways - total 20 7435 km 2014
Roadways - paved 102 724 km 2006
Roadways - total 63 25554 km 2006
Waterways 40 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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