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| + Added | Communications.Broadcast media.text |
— | no independent media; radios and TVs are pre-tuned to government stations; 4 state-owned TV stations; the Korean Workers' Party owns and operates the Korean Central Broadcasting Station, and the state-run Voice of Korea… |
| + Added | Communications.Internet country code.text |
— | .kp |
| + Added | Communications.Telephones - fixed lines.subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.text |
— | 4 (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Communications.Telephones - fixed lines.total subscriptions.text |
— | 1.18 million (2021 est.) |
| + Added | Communications.Telephones - mobile cellular.subscriptions per 100 inhabitants.text |
— | 24 (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Communications.Telephones - mobile cellular.total subscriptions.text |
— | 6.35 million (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Agricultural products.note |
— | note: top ten agricultural products based on tonnage |
| + Added | Economy.Agricultural products.text |
— | maize, vegetables, rice, apples, cabbages, fruits, sweet potatoes, potatoes, beans, soybeans (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Economic overview.text |
— | one of the last centrally planned economies; hard hit by COVID-19, crop failures, international sanctions, and isolationist policies; declining growth and trade, and heavily reliant on China; poor exchange rate stabilit… |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.Currency.text |
— | North Korean won (KPW) per US dollar (average market rate) |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2015.text |
— | 130 (2015 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2016.text |
— | 130 (2016 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exchange rates.Exchange rates 2017.text |
— | 135 (2017 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - commodities.note |
— | note: top five export commodities based on value in dollars |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - commodities.text |
— | fake hair, iron alloys, tungsten ore, electricity, cars (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - partners.note |
— | note: top five export partners based on percentage share of exports |
| + Added | Economy.Exports - partners.text |
— | China 74%, Poland 3%, Senegal 3%, Angola 3%, Austria 3% (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.GDP (official exchange rate).note |
— | note: data in current dollars at official exchange rate |
| + Added | Economy.GDP (official exchange rate).text |
— | $16.447 billion (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - commodities.note |
— | note: top five import commodities based on value in dollars |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - commodities.text |
— | processed hair, plastic products, garments, fabric, soybean oil (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - partners.note |
— | note: top five import partners based on percentage share of imports |
| + Added | Economy.Imports - partners.text |
— | China 97%, Togo 1%, Peru 1%, Gabon 1%, India 0% (2023) |
| + Added | Economy.Industries.text |
— | military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism |
| + Added | Economy.Labor force.note |
— | note: number of people ages 15 or older who are employed or seeking work |
| + Added | Economy.Labor force.text |
— | 17.637 million (2024 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2021.text |
— | $14.982 billion (2021 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2022.text |
— | $14.959 billion (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).Real GDP (purchasing power parity) 2023.text |
— | $15.416 billion (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP (purchasing power parity).note |
— | note: data in 2015 dollars |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP per capita.Real GDP per capita 2021.text |
— | $600 (2021 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP per capita.Real GDP per capita 2022.text |
— | $600 (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP per capita.Real GDP per capita 2023.text |
— | $600 (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Real GDP per capita.note |
— | note: data in 2015 dollars |
| + Added | Economy.Unemployment rate.Unemployment rate 2022.text |
— | 2.9% (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Unemployment rate.Unemployment rate 2023.text |
— | 2.9% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Unemployment rate.Unemployment rate 2024.text |
— | 2.9% (2024 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Unemployment rate.note |
— | note: % of labor force seeking employment |
| + Added | Economy.Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24).female.text |
— | 7.4% (2024 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24).male.text |
— | 6.1% (2024 est.) |
| + Added | Economy.Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24).note |
— | note: % of labor force ages 15-24 seeking employment |
| + Added | Economy.Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24).total.text |
— | 6.8% (2024 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Coal.consumption.text |
— | 22.105 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Coal.production.text |
— | 21.928 million metric tons (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Coal.proven reserves.text |
— | 10.6 billion metric tons (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity access.electrification - total population.text |
— | 54.7% (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity generation sources.fossil fuels.text |
— | 36.9% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity generation sources.hydroelectricity.text |
— | 62.5% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity generation sources.solar.text |
— | 0.6% of total installed capacity (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity.consumption.text |
— | 22.448 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity.installed generating capacity.text |
— | 8.357 million kW (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Electricity.transmission/distribution losses.text |
— | 4.101 billion kWh (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Energy consumption per capita.Total energy consumption per capita 2023.text |
— | 23.83 million Btu/person (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Energy.Petroleum.refined petroleum consumption.text |
— | 18,000 bbl/day (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Carbon dioxide emissions.from coal and metallurgical coke.text |
— | 52.985 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Carbon dioxide emissions.from petroleum and other liquids.text |
— | 2.759 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Carbon dioxide emissions.total emissions.text |
— | 55.744 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Climate.text |
— | temperate, with rainfall concentrated in summer; long, bitter winters |
| + Added | Environment.Environmental issues.text |
— | water pollution; inadequate potable water; deforestation; soil erosion and degradation |
| + Added | Environment.Geoparks.global geoparks and regional networks.text |
— | Mt Paektu (2025) |
| + Added | Environment.Geoparks.total global geoparks and regional networks.text |
— | 1 (2025) |
| + Added | Environment.International environmental agreements.party to.text |
— | Antarctic Treaty, Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Desertification, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Ozone Layer Protection, Ship Pollution, Wetla… |
| + Added | Environment.International environmental agreements.signed, but not ratified.text |
— | Antarctic-Environmental Protection, Law of the Sea |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land.text |
— | 21.6% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land: arable land.text |
— | arable land: 19.1% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land: permanent crops.text |
— | permanent crops: 2.1% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.agricultural land: permanent pasture.text |
— | permanent pasture: 0.4% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.forest.text |
— | 64% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Land use.other.text |
— | 14.5% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Particulate matter emissions.text |
— | 41.8 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Total renewable water resources.text |
— | 77.15 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Total water withdrawal.agricultural.text |
— | 6.61 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Total water withdrawal.industrial.text |
— | 1.145 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Total water withdrawal.municipal.text |
— | 902.8 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Urbanization.rate of urbanization.text |
— | 0.85% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| + Added | Environment.Urbanization.urban population.text |
— | 63.2% of total population (2023) |
| + Added | Geography.Area - comparative.text |
— | slightly larger than Virginia; slightly smaller than Mississippi |
| + Added | Geography.Area.land.text |
— | 120,408 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Area.total .text |
— | 120,538 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Area.water.text |
— | 130 sq km |
| + Added | Geography.Climate.text |
— | temperate, with rainfall concentrated in summer; long, bitter winters |
| + Added | Geography.Coastline.text |
— | 2,495 km |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.highest point.text |
— | Paektu-san 2,744 m |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.lowest point.text |
— | Sea of Japan 0 m |
| + Added | Geography.Elevation.mean elevation.text |
— | 600 m |
| + Added | Geography.Geographic coordinates.text |
— | 40 00 N, 127 00 E |
| + Added | Geography.Geography - note.text |
— | strategic location bordering China, South Korea, and Russia; mountainous interior is isolated and sparsely populated |
| + Added | Geography.Irrigated land.text |
— | 14,600 sq km (2012) |
| + Added | Geography.Land boundaries.border countries.text |
— | China 1,352 km; South Korea 237 km; Russia 18 km |
| + Added | Geography.Land boundaries.total.text |
— | 1,607 km |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land.text |
— | 21.6% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land: arable land.text |
— | arable land: 19.1% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land: permanent crops.text |
— | permanent crops: 2.1% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.agricultural land: permanent pasture.text |
— | permanent pasture: 0.4% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.forest.text |
— | 64% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Land use.other.text |
— | 14.5% (2023 est.) |
| + Added | Geography.Location.text |
— | Eastern Asia, northern half of the Korean Peninsula bordering the Korea Bay and the Sea of Japan, between China and South Korea |
| + Added | Geography.Map references.text |
— | Asia |
| + Added | Geography.Maritime claims.exclusive economic zone.text |
— | 200 nm |
| + Added | Geography.Maritime claims.note |
— | note: military boundary line 50 nm in the Sea of Japan and the exclusive economic zone limit in the Yellow Sea where all foreign vessels and aircraft without permission are banned |
| + Added | Geography.Maritime claims.territorial sea.text |
— | 12 nm |
| + Added | Geography.Natural hazards.text |
— | late spring droughts often followed by severe flooding; occasional typhoons during the early fall volcanism: P'aektu-san (2,744 m) (also known as Baitoushan, Baegdu, or Changbaishan), on the Chinese border, is considere… |
| + Added | Geography.Natural resources.text |
— | coal, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, precious metals, hydropower |
| + Added | Geography.Population distribution.text |
— | population concentrated in the plains and lowlands; least-populated regions are the mountainous provinces adjacent to the Chinese border; largest concentrations are in the western provinces, particularly the municipal d… |
| + Added | Geography.Terrain.text |
— | mostly hills and mountains separated by deep, narrow valleys; wide coastal plains in west, discontinuous in east |
| + Added | Government.Administrative divisions.note |
— | note: P'yongyang is considered a directly controlled city; Kaesong, Nampo, and Rason are designated as special cities |
| + Added | Government.Administrative divisions.text |
— | 9 provinces (do, singular and plural) and 4 special administration cities (si, singular and plural) provinces: Chagang, Hambuk (North Hamgyong), Hamnam (South Hamgyong), Hwangbuk (North Hwanghae), Hwangnam (South Hwangh… |
| + Added | Government.Capital.etymology.text |
— | the name translates as "flat land" in Korean |
| + Added | Government.Capital.geographic coordinates.text |
— | 39 01 N, 125 45 E |
| + Added | Government.Capital.name.text |
— | Pyongyang |
| + Added | Government.Capital.time difference.text |
— | UTC+9 (14 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time) |
| + Added | Government.Capital.time zone note.text |
— | on 5 May 2018, North Korea reverted to UTC+9, the same time zone as South Korea |
| + Added | Government.Citizenship.citizenship by birth.text |
— | no |
| + Added | Government.Citizenship.citizenship by descent only.text |
— | at least one parent must be a citizen of North Korea |
| + Added | Government.Citizenship.dual citizenship recognized.text |
— | no |
| + Added | Government.Citizenship.residency requirement for naturalization.text |
— | unknown |
| + Added | Government.Constitution.amendment process.text |
— | proposed by the Supreme People’s Assembly (SPA); passage requires more than two-thirds majority vote of the total SPA membership |
| + Added | Government.Constitution.history.text |
— | previous 1948, 1972; latest adopted 1998 |
| + Added | Government.Country name.abbreviation.text |
— | DPRK |