Armenia vs North Korea: Economic Indicators Comparison

North Korea with a GDP of $43.3B ranked the 89th largest economy in the world, while Armenia ranked 136th with $12.4B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, North Korea and Armenia ranked 172nd vs 56th and 154th vs 115th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Armenia	North Korea
GDP	$12.4B	$43.3B
GDP growth, 1 year	5%	-4.1%
GDP growth, 5-years average	3.9%	-0.8%
Population	2.9M	25.5M
GDP per capita	$4.2k	$1.7k
GDP per capita growth	4.95%	N/A
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	196.69	N/A
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.41	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$10k	$1.7k
GNI, Atlas method	$12.5B	N/A
GNI per capita	$4.2k	N/A
GNI, PPP adjusted	$30.9B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$10k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Armenia	North Korea
Income Tax Rate	26%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	20%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	2.5%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	2.6%	N/A
Unemployment	17.7%	3.3%
Economic Freedom Index	70.6	4.2
Personal Freedom Index	7.21	1.4
Human Freedom Index	7.42	1.4
Property Rights Index	60.7	20.1
Judical Effectiveness Index	54.1	5
Business Freedom Index	81	5
Fiscal Health Index	68.8	0
Labor Freedom Index	72.5	5
Investment Freedom Index	75	0
Financial Freedom Index	70	0
Trade Freedom Index	80.6	0
Monetary Freedom Index	76	0
Government Spending Index	80.6	0
Tax Burden Index	84.9	0
Government Integrity Index	43.4	15.1
Corruption Perceptions Index	35	14
Life expectancy at birth, years	74.8	71.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	6.6	11.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	17.1	20.8
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	2.4	4.4
International tourism, number of arrivals	1.7M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Armenia	North Korea
Central government debt, % of GDP	48.5%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	87.5%	N/A
External debt stocks	$11B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	50.2%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	29.9%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	1.5%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	13.6%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	22.4%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$2.3B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$254.1M	$52M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Armenia	North Korea
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	37.8%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	53.5%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$1.2B	N/A
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	22.5%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$111.9M	$118.5M
Personal remittances received	$1.5B	N/A
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	25%	N/A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	13.7%	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	N/A	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	22.1%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	25.4%	N/A