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North Korea
Asia · East Asia · capital Pyongyang
Your score
42.0
out of 100
Rank
#166
of 224
Population
26.0M
KPW
Coverage
40%
active metrics
Strongest dimensions (given your values)
- Education quality81~
- Healthcare quality71'17
- Clean governance (inv. corruption)15'24
- Press freedom21'24
Weakest dimensions
- Press freedom21'24
- Clean governance (inv. corruption)15'24
- Healthcare quality71'17
- Education quality81~
All metrics
Development
- GDP per capita—
- Human Development Index—
- Economic growth—
- Unemployment rate—
- Income equality (inverted Gini)—
- Innovation index—
Quality of life
- Life expectancy—
- Happiness—
- Safety—
- Healthcare quality71'17
- Education quality81~
- Cost of living—
- Internet speed—
- Sunshine2,400'23
Environment & governance
- Clean governance (inv. corruption)15'24
- Press freedom21'24
- Political stability30'22
- Renewable energy share—
- Air quality40'20
- Gender equality—
- Forest cover (proxy for green space)50'23
- Public transit (proxy: urban population)est.63'23
Creative & cultural
- Coffee cultureplayful24
- Food varietyplayful40
- Music influenceplayful25
- Literary outputplayful22
- Festival frequencyplayful22
- Wildlife densityplayful50
- Adventure scoreplayful55
- Beach qualityplayful50
- Ghost-story richnessplayful55
- Board-game cultureplayful60
- Meme cultureplayful15
- Astronomy potentialest.45
- Cheese varietyplayful14
- Puzzle-solving prowessplayful60
- Time-travel appealplayful68
About the data
Cells marked with a year use real public data from UNDP, the World Bank, Our World in Data, Transparency International or sunshine-hour composites. Unmarked values are curated or playful estimates — see the i tooltip on each metric in the sidebar for its source.