North Korea Analytics

North Korea is a mid-size country with 0.3% of the world's population. North Korea is a communist republic country. It has 2 world heritage sites.

LANGUAGES

Official Language:
1. Korean : 25,743,446
2. Standard Chinese : 51,398

Mother Tongue : Korean

Literacy Rate (%) : 100.00

Details

Country Capital	:	Pyongyang
GDP Per capita	:	0
GDP Per Capita Rank	:	185^th/195
Life Expectancy	:	73
Unemployment Rate	:	2
Number of Internet Users	:	0
Internet Users Rank	:	193^rd/195
Area	:	120,410
Area Rank	:	97^th/195
Total Population	:	25,972
Total Population Rank	:	54^th/195

Continent: Asia

Cities with > 100K popln: 27

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North Korea Highlights

North Korea is the 54^th ranked country in population and 97^th ranked in area out of 195 countries in the world.Please keep the country rank in perspective, for the highlights below.

Better than World Average-

1. North Korea is the 1^st highest ranked in Literacy Rate (%) out of 195 countries in the world. This indicates that there is a better educational infrastructure in this country as compared to other countries.
2. The average Total Military Force of 195 countries in the world is 122,909. North Korea is the 4^th highest ranked country out of 195 countries. This implies that the country is facing higher threats compared to other countries or may imply that the size or population of the country is higher.
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, North Korea is the 21^st highest ranked in Employment in Agriculture . Thisimplies that a significant portion of population is living in rural areas or simply imply that the country is developing

Worse than World Average-

1. North Korea is the 113^th worst ranked in Wheat prod. out of 195 countries in the world. This is indicative of less focus on the production of wheat, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.
2. The average Formal Jobs of the countries in the world is 10,227,722. North Korea is the 117^th worst-ranked country out of 195 countries. This may indicate that the country is not highly urbanised or indicate that the unemployment rate is high compared to other countries
3. Out of the 195 countries in the world, North Korea is the 124^th worst ranked in Onion prod. . This is indicative of less focus on the production of onion, or scarcity of fertile land, or higher industrialisation as compared to other countries.

North Korea Metrics

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Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Literacy Rate (%)	% People	86	1	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Enrolment in Primary Edu./ Total Literate Pop %.	% People	36	162	1233
2	Enrolment in Primary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	27	157	1231
3	# Students per teacher in secondary edu.	Ratio	31	1	1233
4	# Students per teacher in tertiary edu.	Ratio	32	113	1233
5	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Literate Pop.	% People	28	110	1233
6	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu/Total Literate Pop. %.	% People	9	111	1231
7	# Students per teacher in Primary edu.	Ratio	260	107	1233
8	Enrolment in Tertiary Edu./ Total Pop. %.	% People	9	103	1235
9	Enrolment in Secondary Edu./Total Pop %.	% People	23	81	1231
10	Teachers as a % of Enrolment	% People	41	65	1235
11	# Total Students (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	38,831,325	56	1235
12	Enrolment in tertiary edu.(all programmes)	# People	4,618,191	46	1235
13	Teachers in secondary edu.	# People	659,923	46	1234
14	Total Literate Pop.	# People	34,125,548	45	1231
15	# Total Teachers (Primary+Secondary+Tertiary)	# People	2,858,694	38	1230
16	Teachers in tertiary edu.	# People	297,976	29	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Tree density.	Density	9	1	1126
2	Tree density .	Density	8	1	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Wheat Produced /Total Wheat Produced. %.	Tons	0	79	1230
2	Wheat prod.	Tons	6,698,590	83	1233
3	Barley Produced/Total Barley Produced.%	Tons	1	71	1235
4	Onion prod.	Tons	773,539	72	1230
5	Onion Produced/Total Onion Produced %	Tons	0	68	1235
6	Barley prod.	Tons	1,576,534	71	1231
7	Country forest area / Global Forest area %		0	66	1235
8	Forest Area.	Area	21,142,892	69	1231
9	Number of Trees	Count	9,751,992,148	60	1232
10	Potatoes prod.	Tons	2,538,925	57	1233
11	Potatoes Produced /Total Potatoes Produced %	Tons	0	55	1234
12	Soyabean Produced/Total Soyabean Produced %	Tons	1	30	1231
13	Soyabean prod.	Tons	3,684,006	30	1230
14	Rice prod.	Tons	5,090,580	28	1235
15	Rice Produced/Total Rice Produced.%	Tons	0	28	1235
16	Sweet Potatoes Produced/Total Sweet Potatoes Produced %	Tons	0	21	1232
17	Sweet Potatoes prod.	Tons	895,180	21	1234
18	Flourite prod.	Tons	231,501	15	1234
19	Flourite Produced/Total Flourite Produced %	Tons	4	15	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Korean	# People	407,376	2	1126
2	Korean as a % of total Korean speakers	% People	0	2	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Standard Chinese	# People	6,821,357	22	1231
2	Mandarin Chinese as a % of total Mandarin Chinese speakers	% People	0	14	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Military Force/Total Pop. %	% People	0	2	1130
2	Total Military Force	# People	122,909	4	1126
3	Military Force/Total World Military Force %.	% People	0	4	1130

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Total Labour Force/Total Pop.	% People	43	4	1126
2	Employment in Agriculture /Total Pop. %.	% People	9	10	1127
3	Employment in Agriculture	# People	5,233,463	21	1128
4	Employment in Agri. / Total Labour Force % .	% People	24	33	1127
5	Employment in Agriculture/Total Labour force %.	% People	24	33	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Unemployment Rate.	% People	13	167	1232
2	Wage & Salaried Workers / Total Labour Force %	% People	58	163	1234
3	Non-Agri Labour force/Total Labour force %.	% People	75	146	1231
4	Employment in Services / Total Labour Force %.	% People	55	140	1231
5	Employment in services/Total Labour force %.	% People	55	140	1234
6	Employment in Services /Total pop.%.	% People	24	83	1230
7	Formal Jobs	# People	10,227,722	79	1235
8	Non-Agricultural Labour Force	# People	14,402,736	45	1232
9	Employment in Services	# People	9,747,273	44	1235
10	Total Labour Force (2021)	# People	19,636,200	39	1234

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Buddhist Pop./Total Pop.%.	% People	3	15	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Pop./Total Pop.%	% People	22	185	1234
2	Buddhist Pop./Total Buddhist Pop. %	% People	0	15	1231

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	# Cities>300000	# Cities	7	31	1130
2	# Cities>300000	# Cities	8	33	1128
3	# Cities>100000	# Cities	23	35	1129
4	# Cities>100000	# Cities	21	35	1128
5	Urban Population / Total Population % .	% People	59	93	1125
6	Pop. without Electricity access	# People	3,489,572	16	1130
7	Pop. without Electricity Access / Total Pop.%	% People	15	32	1130
Below than World Average-
1	Pop. with access to Electricity (%)	% People	85	164	1234
2	# Cities>1M	# Cities	2	46	1231
3	Rural Pop. /Total Pop. %	% People	41	105	1235
4	# Cities>1M	# Cities	1	39	1234
5	Rural Pop.	# People	18,013,759	54	1235
6	# Cities>500000	# Cities	5	47	1234
7	# Cities>500000	# Cities	4	42	1233
8	Urban Population (2021)	# People	22,563,215	45	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Female % of Total Pop.	% People	49	72	1127
Below than World Average-
1	Population Growth Rate (%)	% People	1	134	1235
2	Male % of Total Pop.	% People	50	123	1232
3	Births	# People (In Thousands)	688	68	1231
4	Male Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,393	55	1235
5	Total Population (2021)	# People (In Thousands)	40,345	54	1232
6	Female Population	# People (In Thousands)	20,160	54	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Above than World Average-
1	Life Expectancy at Birth, both sexes	Age	71	81	1128
Below than World Average-
1	Dentist (per 10,000)	People per 10000	31	108	1233
2	Total No. of Pharmacists	# People	14,339	61	1233
3	Dentist to doctor ratio	Ratio	3	33	1232

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	# Phone Numbers /Total Pop. %	Percent	101	191	1232
2	# Mobile phone numbers	Count	40,393,496	129	1230

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Corporate Tax Rates in %	Rate	23	155	1233
2	FDI (millions USD)	Amount	7,895	158	1235

Sr.	Title	Metric	World Average	Rank out of 195	Value
Below than World Average-
1	Islamic Population	# People	9,744,062	151	1230
2	World Heritage Sites	Count	7	110	1233
3	# Olympic Medals	Count	126	40	1232
4	Silver Medal	Count	3	31	1235
5	Total Medals	Count	12	35	1233
6	Bronze Medal	Count	4	22	1235
7	Buddhist Population	# People	1,912,220	15	1231

North Korea Language Details

Sr.	Language	% of people speaking the language in country.
1	Korean	99.12 %
2	Standard Chinese	0.2 %

Sr.	City	Total City Population (2023)
1	Anju	255,060
2	Chongjin	709,514
3	Chongju	201,519
4	Haeju	290,328
5	Hamhung	816,488
6	Hoeryong	163,064
7	Huichon	178,680
8	Hyesan	204,706
9	Kaechon	339,513
10	Kaesong	327,615
11	Kanggye	267,701
12	Kimchaek	220,216
13	Kusong	208,743
14	Manpo	124,077
15	Munchon	130,557
16	Nampo	389,123
17	Pyongsong	302,120
18	Pyongyang	3,458,124
19	Rason	209,274
20	Sariwon	326,978
21	Sinpo	162,320
22	Sinuiju	381,686
23	Songrim	136,825
24	Sunchon	315,823
25	Tokchon	251,873
26	Tanchon	367,452
27	Wonsan	385,723