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North Korea: Real GDP per capita

Constant local currency per person · 1911–2024 · 88 observations · rGDP_pc

2024
64,890constant local currency per person
Change on 2023
+3.4%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024
−0.7%a year
In US dollars, 2024
$603.3US dollars per person

Real GDP per capita

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Recent values

Constant local currency per person

YearValue
202464,890
202362,764
202261,109
202161,427
202061,687
201964,861
201864,898
201768,004
201670,785
201568,476

Sources

This series is derived from other GMD variables.

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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