All countries · PRK
Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
East Asia & Pacific · Low income · capital Pyongyang
Reports 13 of 21 indicators tracked here.
Every figure below is the most recent year this country reported — the years differ, sometimes by a decade. Nothing is interpolated or carried forward.
Health
Life expectancy
2024 · 2 years old73.7years
Ranks 119 of 217 in 2024
about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Under-5 mortality
2024 · 2 years old16.7per 1,000 live births
Ranks 108 of 196 in 2024
12% above world median · 3% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 196 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Maternal mortality
2023 · 3 years old67per 100,000 live births
Ranks 112 of 194 in 2023
43% above world median · 18% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 194 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Child stunting
2017 · 9 years old19.1% of under-5s
Ranks 17 of 30 in 2017
9% above world median · 11% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 30 countries reporting in 2017 — not a published figure
Fertility rate
2024 · 2 years old1.78births per woman
Not ranked — no better end
6% below world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Education
Adult literacy
2008 · 18 years old100.0% of adults 15+
Ranks 1 of 32 in 2008
9% above world median · 5% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 32 countries reporting in 2008 — not a published figure
Primary enrolment
2018 · 8 years old92.1% gross
Ranks 144 of 162 in 2018
8% below world median · 9% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 162 countries reporting in 2018 — not a published figure
Economy
Unemployment
2025 · 1 year old3.5% of labour force
Ranks 60 of 182 in 2025
30% below world median · 16% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 182 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Infrastructure
Electricity access
2024 · 2 years old61.4% of population
Ranks 185 of 215 in 2024
39% below world median · 39% below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 215 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Safe drinking water
2023 · 3 years old66.6% of population
Ranks 93 of 149 in 2023
17% below world median · 3% above East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 149 countries reporting in 2023 — not a published figure
Internet use
2004 · 22 years old0.0% of population
Ranks 198 of 198 in 2004
1.0× below world median · 1.0× below East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 198 countries reporting in 2004 — not a published figure
Environment
CO₂ per person
2024 · 2 years old2.50t CO₂e per person
Not ranked — no better end
about the same world median · about the same East Asia & Pacific
Medians computed across 203 countries reporting in 2024 — not a published figure
Society
Population
2025 · 1 year old26.6mpeople
Not ranked — no better end
3.1× above world median
Medians computed across 217 countries reporting in 2025 — not a published figure
Never reported
Korea, Dem. People's Rep. has no figure in this dataset for GDP per capita, GDP per capita (PPP), Extreme poverty, Income inequality (Gini), Inflation, Military spending, Health spending, Education spending. That is an absence of measurement, not a value of zero.
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Retrieved into this site's own database; see methodology.