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North Korea: Nominal GDP

Millions of local currency · 1960–2024 · 65 observations · nGDP

2024
1.89 trillionlocal currency
Change on 2023
+4.6%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
+1.0%a year
In US dollars, 2024
$17.2 billionUS dollars

Nominal GDP

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Recent values

Millions of local currency

YearValue
20241,891,922
20231,809,130
20221,646,973
20211,791,922
20201,695,761
20191,756,121
20181,834,778
20171,870,904
20161,808,781
20151,751,302

Sources

  • Fouquin & Hugot (CEPII)1960–1970
  • Penn World Table1970–2019
  • FAO1970–2023
  • United Nations1970–2024

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North Korea documentation (PDF)

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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 →

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