North Korea vs the United States: Economic Indicators Comparison

The United States with a GDP of $20.5T ranked the 1st largest economy in the world, while North Korea ranked 89th with $43.3B. By GDP 5-years average growth and GDP per capita, the United States and North Korea ranked 113th vs 172nd and 11th vs 154th, respectively.

Gross Domestic Product & Income

StatNorth KoreaUnited States
GDP$43.3B$20.5T
GDP growth, 1 year-4.1%2.9%
GDP growth, 5-years average-0.8%2.4%
Population25.5M325.1M
GDP per capita$1.7k$63k
GDP per capita growthN/A2.29%
Purchasing Power Parity conversion factorN/A1
Price level ratio of PPP conversion factor GDP to market exchange rateN/A1
GDP per capita, PPP adjusted$1.7k$63k
GNI, Atlas methodN/A$20.6T
GNI per capitaN/A$63k
GNI, PPP adjustedN/A$20.8T
GNI per capita, PPP adjustedN/A$64k

Financial system and Human development

StatNorth KoreaUnited States
Income Tax RateN/A37%
Corporate Tax RateN/A21%
Inflation, consumer pricesN/A2.4%
Inflation, GDP deflatorN/A2.4%
Unemployment3.3%3.9%
Economic Freedom Index4.276.6
Personal Freedom Index1.48.55
Human Freedom Index1.48.39
Property Rights Index20.181.8
Judical Effectiveness Index583.7
Business Freedom Index583.3
Fiscal Health Index054.3
Labor Freedom Index587.9
Investment Freedom Index085
Financial Freedom Index080
Trade Freedom Index079.8
Monetary Freedom Index075.5
Government Spending Index056.5
Tax Burden Index074.6
Government Integrity Index15.177.2
Corruption Perceptions Index1471
Life expectancy at birth, years71.978.5
Suicide mortality rate, per 100,000 people11.215.3
Mortality caused by road traffic injury, per 100,000 people20.812.4
Intentional homicides, per 100,000 people4.45.3
International tourism, number of arrivalsN/A79.7M

Government debt & reserves

StatNorth KoreaUnited States
Central government debt, % of GDPN/A105.8%
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/A6.1%
Gross savings, % of GDPN/A18.6%
Gross capital formation, % of GDPN/A21%
Total reserves including goldN/A$449.9B
Foreign direct investment net inflows$52M$258.4B

Exports, imports and economic structure

StatNorth KoreaUnited States
Exports of goods and services, % of GDPN/A12.2%
Imports of goods and services, % of GDPN/A15.3%
Current account balance (balance of payments)N/A-$491B
Revenue excluding grants, % of GDPN/A17.2%
Grants excluding technical cooperation, BoP$118.5MN/A
Personal remittances receivedN/A$6.7B
Industry including construction value added, % of GDPN/A18.2%
Agriculture, forestry and fishing value added, % of GDPN/A0.9%
Charges for the use of intellectual property, payments BoPN/A$56.1B
Charges for the use of intellectual property, receipts BoPN/A$128.7B
Expense, % of GDPN/A22.4%
Government Expenditure, % of GDPN/A38.1%

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

United States vs

CountryGDP
per capita
Population
Liechtenstein
$165k
37.9k
Luxembourg
$117k
626k
Switzerland
$83k
8.47M
Norway
$82k
5.37M
Cayman Islands
$81k
58.4k
Ireland
$79k
4.76M
Iceland
$73k
357k
Qatar
$69k
2.64M
Singapore
$65k
5.89M
Denmark
$61k
5.83M
Australia
$57k
24.5M
Sweden
$55k
10.3M
Netherlands
$53k
17.3M
Austria
$51k
8.81M
Finland
$50k
5.5M
San Marino
$48k
33.4k
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