🇰🇵 North Korea Politics - Governance, Freedom & Democracy

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🇰🇵 North Korea KP / PRK #97

Nomad Score 27.0

Cities 9

Region Sinosphere, Asia, Asia, Eastern Asia

Currency KPW

📊 GOVERNANCE AT A GLANCE

Government Unitary communist state

UN Member Yes

Independent Yes

CPI Score (2026) 15/100

Press Freedom (2025) 12.6/100 #179

Electoral Democracy (2025) 0.083

HDI 0.000

🏛 WORLD GOVERNANCE INDICATORS

Political Stability (2023) 30th pct

Rule of Law (2023) 6th pct

Corruption Control (2023) 2th pct

Govt Effectiveness (2023) 7th pct

Regulatory Quality (2023) 0th pct

Voice & Accountability (2023) 0th pct

Source: World Bank Worldwide Governance Indicators (WGI). Percentile rank among all countries (0=lowest, 100=highest).

🛡 SAFETY & SECURITY

Traffic Deaths (2019) 24.2/100k

🏛 GOVERNMENT & LEADERS

Government Type Unitary communist state

Title	Name
General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea	Kim Jong Un
Premier of North Korea	Pak Thae-song

💰 CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX

CPI Score (2026) 15 / 100

Interpretation High corruption

Source: Transparency International / Corruption Insights API. Higher scores = less corruption.

📰 PRESS FREEDOM INDEX

Overall Score (2025) 12.6 / 100

Global Rank #179 / 180

Rank Change -2 vs previous year

RSF Zone Asie-Pacifique

Political #176 12.2

Economic #180 11.1

Legal #176 16.7

Social #180 9.5

Safety #179 13.9

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF). Higher scores = better press freedom.

📊 PRESS FREEDOM DIMENSIONS

Five dimensions of press freedom tracked over time. Higher = better.

🗳 DEMOCRACY INDEX

Electoral (2025) 0.083

Liberal 0.014

Participatory 0.044

Deliberative 0.011

Egalitarian 0.093

Source: V-Dem (Varieties of Democracy), CC-BY-SA. Scale: 0 (least democratic) to 1 (most democratic).

📋 PRESS FREEDOM HISTORICAL DATA

Year	Score	Rank	Political	Economic	Legal	Social	Safety
2025	12.6	179	12.2	11.1	16.7	9.5	13.9
2024	20.7	177	18.0	20.6	26.8	17.3	20.6
2023	21.7	180	26.6	21.6	22.6	4.6	33.3
2022	13.9	180	22.4	0.0	22.8	12.0	12.4
2021	18.7	179	-	-	-	-	48.1
2020	14.2	180	-	-	-	-	48.1
2019	16.6	179	-	-	-	-	100.0
2018	11.1	180	-	-	-	-	48.1
2017	15.0	180	-	-	-	-	48.1
2016	16.2	179	-	-	-	-	54.8
2015	16.8	179	-	-	-	-	48.1
2014	18.0	179	-	-	-	-	-
2013	16.1	178	-	-	-	-	-
2012	141.0	178	-	-	-	-	-
2010	104.8	177	-	-	-	-	-
2009	112.5	174	-	-	-	-	-
2008	96.5	172	-	-	-	-	-
2007	108.8	168	-	-	-	-	-
2006	109.0	168	-	-	-	-	-
2005	109.0	167	-	-	-	-	-

Source: Reporters Without Borders (RSF) Press Freedom Index

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