🇰🇵 North Korea Economy - GDP, Inflation, Population & Key Indicators

🇰🇵 North Korea KP / PRK #97

Nomad Score 27.0

Cities 9

Region Sinosphere, Asia, Asia, Eastern Asia

Currency KPW

📊 KEY INDICATORS

Unemployment (2025) 3.6% ↑

Population (2024) 26.5M

Pop. Growth (2024) 0.3% ↓

Life Expectancy (2023) 73.6 yrs

Internet Users (2012) 0.0%

Mobile Subs (2022) 24.1/100

Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. Most recent data: 2025.

💰 GDP OVERVIEW

GDP data not available.

👤 GDP PER CAPITA (PPP)

GDP per capita data not available.

Purchasing power parity adjusted, in international dollars

📉 INFLATION (CPI)

Inflation data not available.

👷 UNEMPLOYMENT

ILO modeled estimate

👥 POPULATION

🏛 FISCAL & TRADE

Fiscal data not available.

📋 HISTORICAL DATA

Year	GDP	GDP/cap PPP	Growth	Inflation	Unemp.	Population	Gini	Debt	Curr. Acct	FDI	Life Exp.	Health	Internet	FX Rate
2025	-	-	-	-	3.6%	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2024	-	-	-	-	3.5%	26.5M	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2023	-	-	-	-	3.5%	26.4M	-	-	-	-	73.6	-	-	-
2022	-	-	-	-	3.5%	26.3M	-	-	-	-	73.6	-	-	-
2021	-	-	-	-	3.7%	26.2M	-	-	-	-	73.4	-	-	-
2020	-	-	-	-	3.6%	26.1M	-	-	-	-	72.8	-	-	-
2019	-	-	-	-	3.4%	26.0M	-	-	-	-	72.9	-	-	-
2018	-	-	-	-	3.4%	25.9M	-	-	-	-	73.0	-	-	-
2017	-	-	-	-	3.5%	25.8M	-	-	-	-	73.0	-	-	-
2016	-	-	-	-	3.6%	25.7M	-	-	-	-	73.0	-	-	-
2015	-	-	-	-	3.5%	25.6M	-	-	-	-	72.8	-	-	-
2014	-	-	-	-	3.5%	25.5M	-	-	-	-	72.5	-	-	-
2013	-	-	-	-	3.6%	25.3M	-	-	-	-	71.9	-	-	-
2012	-	-	-	-	3.5%	25.2M	-	-	-	-	71.3	-	0.0%	-
2011	-	-	-	-	3.5%	25.1M	-	-	-	-	70.8	-	0.0%	-
2010	-	-	-	-	3.4%	25.0M	-	-	-	-	70.3	-	0.0%	-
2009	-	-	-	-	3.5%	24.9M	-	-	-	-	69.7	-	0.0%	-
2008	-	-	-	-	3.5%	24.8M	-	-	-	-	69.3	-	0.0%	-
2007	-	-	-	-	3.6%	24.6M	-	-	-	-	69.0	-	0.0%	-
2006	-	-	-	-	3.6%	24.5M	-	-	-	-	69.1	-	0.0%	-
2005	-	-	-	-	3.6%	24.4M	-	-	-	-	69.2	-	0.0%	-

Source: World Bank + IMF World Economic Outlook. * = IMF forecast.

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