Egypt vs North Korea: Economic Indicators Comparison

Egypt with a GDP of $250.9B ranked the 45th largest economy in the world, while North Korea ranked 89th with $43.3B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Egypt and North Korea ranked 49th vs 172nd and 139th vs 154th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Egypt	North Korea
GDP	$250.9B	$43.3B
GDP growth, 1 year	5.3%	-4.1%
GDP growth, 5-years average	4.2%	-0.8%
Population	94.8M	25.5M
GDP per capita	$2.5k	$1.7k
GDP per capita growth	3.19%	N/A
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	3.63	N/A
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.21	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$13k	$1.7k
GNI, Atlas method	$275.4B	N/A
GNI per capita	$2.8k	N/A
GNI, PPP adjusted	$1.2T	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$12k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Egypt	North Korea
Income Tax Rate	25%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	23%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	20.9%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	21.4%	N/A
Unemployment	11.4%	3.3%
Economic Freedom Index	54	4.2
Personal Freedom Index	5.27	1.4
Human Freedom Index	5.82	1.4
Property Rights Index	48.5	20.1
Judical Effectiveness Index	51.2	5
Business Freedom Index	62	5
Fiscal Health Index	2.8	0
Labor Freedom Index	51.5	5
Investment Freedom Index	60	0
Financial Freedom Index	50	0
Trade Freedom Index	70.2	0
Monetary Freedom Index	61.3	0
Government Spending Index	69.9	0
Tax Burden Index	86.1	0
Government Integrity Index	34	15.1
Corruption Perceptions Index	35	14
Life expectancy at birth, years	71.7	71.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	4	11.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	9.7	20.8
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	2.5	4.4
International tourism, number of arrivals	11.2M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Egypt	North Korea
Central government debt, % of GDP	92.6%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	40.4%	N/A
External debt stocks	$98.7B	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	24.7%	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	15%	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	1.2%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	13.9%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	16.7%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$41.8B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$6.8B	$52M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Egypt	North Korea
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	18.9%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	29.4%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$6.3B	N/A
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	21%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	$345.4M	$118.5M
Personal remittances received	$25.5B	N/A
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	35.1%	N/A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	11.2%	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$298M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$122M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	30.2%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	31.7%	N/A