Greece vs North Korea: Economic Indicators Comparison

Greece with a GDP of $218B ranked the 52nd largest economy in the world, while North Korea ranked 89th with $43.3B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Greece and North Korea ranked 158th vs 172nd and 45th vs 154th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

Stat	Greece	North Korea
GDP	$218B	$43.3B
GDP growth, 1 year	2.1%	-4.1%
GDP growth, 5-years average	0.7%	-0.8%
Population	10.8M	25.5M
GDP per capita	$20k	$1.7k
GDP per capita growth	2.19%	N/A
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factor	0.58	N/A
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rate	0.69	N/A
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted	$29k	$1.7k
GNI, Atlas method	$212B	N/A
GNI per capita	$20k	N/A
GNI, PPP adjusted	$318.3B	N/A
GNI per capita, PPP adjusted	$30k	N/A

Financial system and Human development

Stat	Greece	North Korea
Income Tax Rate	42%	N/A
Corporate Tax Rate	28%	N/A
Inflation, consumer prices	0.8%	N/A
Inflation, GDP deflator	0.5%	N/A
Unemployment	19.2%	3.3%
Economic Freedom Index	59.9	4.2
Personal Freedom Index	8.52	1.4
Human Freedom Index	7.77	1.4
Property Rights Index	57	20.1
Judical Effectiveness Index	48.6	5
Business Freedom Index	73.7	5
Fiscal Health Index	80	0
Labor Freedom Index	52	5
Investment Freedom Index	55	0
Financial Freedom Index	50	0
Trade Freedom Index	81.4	0
Monetary Freedom Index	79.4	0
Government Spending Index	31.5	0
Tax Burden Index	59	0
Government Integrity Index	51.2	15.1
Corruption Perceptions Index	45	14
Life expectancy at birth, years	81.4	71.9
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people	5	11.2
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people	9.2	20.8
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people	0.7	4.4
International tourism, number of arrivals	30.1M	N/A

Government debt & reserves

Stat	Greece	North Korea
Central government debt, % of GDP	183.3%	N/A
External debt stocks, % of GNI	N/A	N/A
External debt stocks	N/A	N/A
Short-term debt, % of total reserves	N/A	N/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary income	N/A	N/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNI	-3.1%	N/A
Gross savings, % of GDP	12.9%	N/A
Gross capital formation, % of GDP	13.1%	N/A
Total reserves including gold	$7.6B	N/A
Foreign direct investment net inflows	$4B	$52M

Exports, imports and economic structure

Stat	Greece	North Korea
Exports of goods and services, % of GDP	36.1%	N/A
Imports of goods and services, % of GDP	36.4%	N/A
Current account balance (balance of payments)	-$6.2B	N/A
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDP	46%	N/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP	N/A	$118.5M
Personal remittances received	$489.7M	N/A
Industry including construction value added, % of GDP	15.3%	N/A
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDP	3.7%	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoP	$383M	N/A
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoP	$95.8M	N/A
Expense, % of GDP	46.6%	N/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDP	47.8%	N/A