North Korea: Real GDP (USD)

Name: North Korea: Real GDP (USD)
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Millions of US dollars · 1970–2024 · 55 observations · rGDP_USD

2024: 16 billionUS dollars
Change on 2023: +3.7%year on year
Average growth, 2014–2024: −0.3%a year

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Millions of US dollars

Year	Value
2024	15,987
2023	15,416
2022	14,959
2021	14,982
2020	14,990
2019	15,702
2018	15,646
2017	16,324
2016	16,913
2015	16,283

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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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