East Timor vs North Korea: Economic Indicators Comparison

North Korea with a GDP of $43.3B ranked the 89th largest economy in the world, while East Timor ranked 171st with $2.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, North Korea and East Timor ranked 172nd vs 137th and 154th vs 146th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	East Timor	North Korea
GDP	$2.6B	$43.3B
GDP growth, 1 year	0.8%	-4.1%
GDP growth, 5-years average	1.9%	-0.8%
Population	1.3M	25.5M
GDP per capita	$2k	$1.7k
GDP per capita growth	0.81%	N/A
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.27	N/A
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.27	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$5.2k	$1.7k
GNI, Atlas method	$2.3B	N/A
GNI per capita	$1.8k	N/A
GNI, PPP adjusted	$8.9B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$7k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	East Timor	North Korea
Income Tax Rate	10%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	10%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	2.3%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	0.9%	N/A
Unemployment	3%	3.3%
Economic Freedom Index	45.9	4.2
Personal Freedom Index	7.19	1.4
Human Freedom Index	6.41	1.4
Property Rights Index	45.2	20.1
Judical Effectiveness Index	12.6	5
Business Freedom Index	64	5
Fiscal Health Index	19.9	0
Labor Freedom Index	58.9	5
Investment Freedom Index	45	0
Financial Freedom Index	20	0
Trade Freedom Index	75	0
Monetary Freedom Index	76.5	0
Government Spending Index	5.3	0
Tax Burden Index	96.3	0
Government Integrity Index	32.5	15.1
Corruption Perceptions Index	35	14
Life expectancy at birth, years	69	71.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	4.6	11.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	12.7	20.8
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	4	4.4
International tourism, number of arrivals	75k	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	East Timor	North Korea
Central government debt, % of GDP	5.4%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	6.7%	N/A
External debt stocks	$158.1M	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	0.4%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	0.3%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-14.6%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	12.3%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	22.5%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$673.9M	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$47.9M	$52M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	East Timor	North Korea
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	61.1%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	59.9%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$191.1M	N/A
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	38.4%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$119.1M	$118.5M
Personal remittances received	$96.3M	N/A
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	45.8%	N/A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	10.4%	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$33k	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	N/A	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	36.4%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	56.2%	N/A