🇰🇵 Korea, Dem. People's Rep.
East Asia & Pacific · Capital: Pyongyang
Health5.7 / 10
Passport0.5 / 10
average of the section's indicators; 5.0 is exactly mid-list
◉Money
Unemployment3.5 %60 of 187World Bank · SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS · 2025
◈Safety
Crime38.653 of 148Numbeo
✚Health5.7 / 10
Life expectancy73.7 yr119 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.LE00.IN · 2024
Infant mortality per 100013.3103 of 196World Bank · SP.DYN.IMRT.IN · 2024
Physicians per 10003.640 of 189World Bank · SH.MED.PHYS.ZS · 2017
Hospital beds per 100012.82 of 158World Bank · SH.MED.BEDS.ZS · 2018
☀Quality of life
Urban population64.2 %109 of 217World Bank · SP.URB.TOTL.IN.ZS · 2025
⌂Housing
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◍Prices
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⇄Trade
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☗People and environment
Population26.6M56 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.TOTL · 2025
Population growth0.27 %155 of 217World Bank · SP.POP.GROW · 2025
Births per woman1.8120 of 217World Bank · SP.DYN.TFRT.IN · 2024
Mobile subscriptions per 10024.1209 of 210World Bank · IT.CEL.SETS.P2 · 2022
Access to electricity61.4 %185 of 215World Bank · EG.ELC.ACCS.ZS · 2024
CO2 per capita2.5 t98 of 203World Bank · EN.GHG.CO2.PC.CE.AR5 · 2024
Renewable energy14.7 %125 of 212World Bank · EG.FEC.RNEW.ZS · 2021
▤Passport0.5 / 10
No visa needed in advance40 of 198187 of 199
Visa free9 of 198
Visa on arrival29 of 198
Electronic authorisation (eTA)2 of 198
E-visa47 of 198
Visa required109 of 198
passport-index-dataset · visa on arrival and eTA count as no-visa-in-advance; e-visa does not