Albania vs North Korea: Economic Indicators Comparison

North Korea with a GDP of $43.3B ranked the 89th largest economy in the world, while Albania ranked 123rd with $15.1B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, North Korea and Albania ranked 172nd vs 84th and 154th vs 107th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Albania	North Korea
GDP	$15.1B	$43.3B
GDP growth, 1 year	4.2%	-4.1%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3.1%	-0.8%
Population	3M	25.5M
GDP per capita	$5.3k	$1.7k
GDP per capita growth	4.4%	N/A
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	42.57	N/A
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.39	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$13k	$1.7k
GNI, Atlas method	$13.9B	N/A
GNI per capita	$4.9k	N/A
GNI, PPP adjusted	$38.3B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$13k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Albania	North Korea
Income Tax Rate	23%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	15%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	2%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	0.9%	N/A
Unemployment	13.9%	3.3%
Economic Freedom Index	66.9	4.2
Personal Freedom Index	8.07	1.4
Human Freedom Index	7.68	1.4
Property Rights Index	57.1	20.1
Judical Effectiveness Index	33	5
Business Freedom Index	65.7	5
Fiscal Health Index	86.3	0
Labor Freedom Index	52.1	5
Investment Freedom Index	70	0
Financial Freedom Index	70	0
Trade Freedom Index	88.4	0
Monetary Freedom Index	81.2	0
Government Spending Index	74.6	0
Tax Burden Index	85.9	0
Government Integrity Index	38.8	15.1
Corruption Perceptions Index	36	14
Life expectancy at birth, years	78.3	71.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	6.3	11.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	13.6	20.8
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	2.3	4.4
International tourism, number of arrivals	5.3M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Albania	North Korea
Central government debt, % of GDP	68.6%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	67.2%	N/A
External debt stocks	$10.1B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	55.6%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	20.7%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	8.2%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	16.2%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	25%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$3.9B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$1.2B	$52M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Albania	North Korea
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	31.7%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	45.4%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$1B	N/A
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	25.6%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$181M	$118.5M
Personal remittances received	$1.5B	N/A
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	21.3%	N/A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	18.4%	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$26.4M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$14.9M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	23.3%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	29.1%	N/A