North Korea vs Spain: Economic Indicators Comparison

Spain with a GDP of $1.4T ranked the 14th largest economy in the world, while North Korea ranked 89th with $43.3B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, Spain and North Korea ranked 104th vs 172nd and 34th vs 154th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatNorth KoreaSpain
GDP$43.3B$1.4T
GDP growth, 1 year-4.1%2.5%
GDP growth, 5-years average-0.8%2.7%
Population25.5M46.7M
GDP per capita$1.7k$30k
GDP per capita growthN/A2.07%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factorN/A0.65
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rateN/A0.76
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$1.7k$40k
GNI, Atlas methodN/A$1.4T
GNI per capitaN/A$29k
GNI, PPP adjustedN/A$1.9T
GNI per capita, PPP adjustedN/A$40k

Financial system and Human development

StatNorth KoreaSpain
Income Tax RateN/A45%
Corporate Tax RateN/A25%
Inflation, consumer pricesN/A1.7%
Inflation, GDP deflatorN/A1.1%
Unemployment3.3%15.5%
Economic Freedom Index4.266.9
Personal Freedom Index1.48.95
Human Freedom Index1.48.22
Property Rights Index20.174.9
Judical Effectiveness Index551.8
Business Freedom Index566.8
Fiscal Health Index062.6
Labor Freedom Index557.7
Investment Freedom Index085
Financial Freedom Index070
Trade Freedom Index086.4
Monetary Freedom Index082
Government Spending Index048.3
Tax Burden Index062.1
Government Integrity Index15.155.1
Corruption Perceptions Index1458
Life expectancy at birth, years71.983.3
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people11.28.7
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people20.84.1
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people4.40.7
International tourism, number of arrivalsN/A82.8M

Government debt & reserves

StatNorth KoreaSpain
Central government debt, % of GDPN/A97%
External debt stocks, % of GNIN/AN/A
External debt stocksN/AN/A
Short-term debt, % of total reservesN/AN/A
Total debt service, % of exports and primary incomeN/AN/A
Adjusted net savings including particulate emission damage, % of GNIN/A9.1%
Gross savings, % of GDPN/A22.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDPN/A20.4%
Total reserves including goldN/A$70.6B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$52M$49.1B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatNorth KoreaSpain
Exports of goods and services, % of GDPN/A35.1%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDPN/A32.4%
Current account balance (balance of payments)N/A$27.3B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDPN/A15.7%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$118.5MN/A
Personal remittances receivedN/A$3.4B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDPN/A20%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDPN/A2.8%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoPN/A$6.6B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoPN/A$2.5B
Expense, % of GDPN/A18.8%
Government Expenditure, % of GDPN/A41.5%

Compare with countries close by GDP per capita

North Korea vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Egypt
$2.5k
94.8M
Laos
$2.5k
6.86M
Honduras
$2.5k
9.27M
Ghana
$2.2k
26.9M
Congo
$2.1k
5.26M
Zimbabwe
$2.1k
16.5M
Solomon Islands
$2.1k
611k
East Timor
$2k
1.3M
Syria
$2k
18.3M
Nicaragua
$2k
6.22M
Nigeria
$2k
191M
India
$2k
1.33B
Sao Tome and Principe
$2k
204k
Ivory Coast
$1.7k
24.3M
Kenya
$1.7k
48.5M
Bangladesh
$1.7k
165M
Kiribati
$1.6k
116k
Zambia
$1.5k
17.1M
Cameroon
$1.5k
24.1M
Uzbekistan
$1.5k
32.4M
Senegal
$1.5k
15.9M
Cambodia
$1.5k
16M
Pakistan
$1.5k
197M
Comoros
$1.4k
824k
Myanmar
$1.3k
53.4M
Lesotho
$1.3k
2.23M
Kyrgyzstan
$1.3k
6.2M
Mauritania
$1.2k
4.42M
South Sudan
$1.1k
12.6M
Tanzania
$1.1k
57.3M

Spain vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Germany
$48k
83.1M
Belgium
$48k
11.4M
Canada
$46k
37.9M
United Arab Emirates
$43k
9.4M
United Kingdom
$43k
66M
Andorra
$42k
76.2k
New Zealand
$42k
4.94M
Israel
$42k
9.09M
France
$41k
66.6M
Japan
$39k
127M
Italy
$34k
60.3M
Kuwait
$34k
4.6M
Bahamas
$32k
395k
Brunei
$32k
429k
South Korea
$31k
51.5M
Malta
$30k
465k
Cyprus
$28k
1.14M
Slovenia
$26k
2.07M
Taiwan
$25k
23.6M
Bahrain
$24k
1.49M
Portugal
$23k
10.6M
Saudi Arabia
$23k
33M
Estonia
$23k
1.32M
Czech Republic
$23k
10.7M
Vatican City
$21k
1k
Greece
$20k
10.8M
Curacao
$20k
160k
Slovakia
$19k
5.4M
Saint Kitts and Nevis
$19k
55.3k
Lithuania
$19k
2.79M