North Korea vs Suriname: Economic Indicators Comparison

North Korea with a GDP of $43.3B ranked the 89th largest economy in the world, while Suriname ranked 163rd with $3.6B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, North Korea and Suriname ranked 172nd vs 174th and 154th vs 99th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatNorth KoreaSuriname
GDP$43.3B$3.6B
GDP growth, 1 year-4.1%2%
GDP growth, 5-years average-0.8%-1%
Population25.5M563k
GDP per capita$1.7k$6.2k
GDP per capita growthN/A0.93%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factorN/A3
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rateN/A0.4
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$1.7k$15k
GNI, Atlas methodN/A$3B
GNI per capitaN/A$5.2k
GNI, PPP adjustedN/A$8B
GNI per capita, PPP adjustedN/A$14k

Financial system and Human development

StatNorth KoreaSuriname
Income Tax RateN/A38%
Corporate Tax RateN/A36%
Inflation, consumer pricesN/A6.9%
Inflation, GDP deflatorN/A14.4%
Unemployment3.3%7.6%
Economic Freedom Index4.249.5
Personal Freedom Index1.47.79
Human Freedom Index1.47.19
Property Rights Index20.145.6
Judical Effectiveness Index519.5
Business Freedom Index548.2
Fiscal Health Index010.3
Labor Freedom Index571.9
Investment Freedom Index040
Financial Freedom Index030
Trade Freedom Index069.8
Monetary Freedom Index076.1
Government Spending Index074.8
Tax Burden Index070.5
Government Integrity Index15.136.9
Corruption Perceptions Index1443
Life expectancy at birth, years71.971.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people11.222.8
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people20.814.5
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people4.45.5
International tourism, number of arrivalsN/A278k

Government debt & reserves

StatNorth KoreaSuriname
Central government debt, % of GDPN/A69.6%
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/A22.9%
Gross savings, % of GDPN/A50.3%
Gross capital formation, % of GDPN/A36.2%
Total reserves including goldN/A$580.8M
Foreign direct investment net inflows$52M$131M

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatNorth KoreaSuriname
Exports of goods and services, % of GDPN/A52.5%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDPN/A38.4%
Current account balance (balance of payments)N/A-$118M
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDPN/AN/A
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$118.5M$16.4M
Personal remittances receivedN/A$519k
Industry including construction value added, % of GDPN/A36.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDPN/A9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoPN/A$8.6M
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoPN/A$75k
Expense, % of GDPN/AN/A
Government Expenditure, % of GDPN/A29%

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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

Suriname vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Botswana
$8.3k
2.29M
Dominican Republic
$8.1k
10.4M
Gabon
$8k
2.03M
Dominica
$7.7k
73.9k
Saint Vincent
$7.4k
110k
Thailand
$7.3k
65.9M
Serbia
$7.2k
7.02M
Libya
$7.2k
6.68M
Turkmenistan
$7k
5.85M
Peru
$6.9k
29.4M
Colombia
$6.7k
49.1M
South Africa
$6.4k
57.7M
Ecuador
$6.3k
16.6M
Belarus
$6.3k
9.41M
Fiji
$6.3k
906k
North Macedonia
$6.1k
2.08M
Bosnia and Herzegovina
$6.1k
3.51M
Namibia
$5.9k
2.53M
Iraq
$5.8k
38.3M
Paraguay
$5.8k
6.81M
Iran
$5.6k
80M
Jamaica
$5.4k
2.89M
Albania
$5.3k
3.02M
Guyana
$5k
778k
Belize
$4.9k
375k
Azerbaijan
$4.7k
10M
Georgia
$4.7k
3.72M
Guatemala
$4.5k
17.3M
Tonga
$4.4k
108k
Jordan
$4.2k
10.4M