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North Korea

18 series · 1800–2025 · Low income · East Asia & Pacific

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National accounts

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Nominal GDPMillions of local currencynGDP1960–20241,891,922 (2024)
Nominal GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsnGDP_USD1970–202417,199 (2024)
Real GDPMillions of local currencyrGDP1911–20241,719,508 (2024)
Real GDP per capitaConstant local currency per personrGDP_pc1911–202464,890 (2024)
Real GDP (USD)Millions of US dollarsrGDP_USD1970–202415,987 (2024)
DeflatorIndex, 2015 = 100deflator1970–2024110.0 (2024)
Real GDP per capita (USD)US dollars per personrGDP_pc_USD1970–2024603.3 (2024)

Consumption and investment

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
Total consumptionMillions of local currencycons1970–20241,991,600 (2024)
Total consumption (% of GDP)Percent of GDPcons_GDP1970–2024105.3 (2024)
Total consumption (USD)Millions of US dollarscons_USD1970–202418,105 (2024)

External sector

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
ExportsMillions of local currencyexports1960–2024111,129 (2024)
Exports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPexports_GDP1960–20245.87 (2024)
Exports (USD)Millions of US dollarsexports_USD1970–20241,010 (2024)
ImportsMillions of local currencyimports1970–2024210,807 (2024)
Imports (% of GDP)Percent of GDPimports_GDP1970–202411.1 (2024)
Imports (USD)Millions of US dollarsimports_USD1970–20241,916 (2024)
USD exchange rateLocal currency per US dollarUSDfx1970–2024110.0 (2024)

Prices and labor markets

VariableCodeCoverageLatest
PopulationMillions of peoplepop1800–202526.6 (2025)

Please cite: Müller, K., Xu, C., Lehbib, M., & Chen, Z. (2025). The Global Macro Database: A New International Macroeconomic Dataset. NBER Working Paper 33714. BibTeX →