Economy of North Korea (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781795183734)

This book about the economy of North Korea from the 1970s to the 2010s. Source data from UN Data.

Size. In the 2010s, the GDP of DPRK was equal to $16.4 billion per year; the value of agriculture was $3.6 billion; the value of manufacturing was $3.4 billion. Since the share in the world is between .01% and .1%, the country is classified as a small economy.

Productivity. In the 2010s, the gross domestic product per capita was $655.4, the value of agriculture per capita was $145.8, the value of manufacturing per capita was $135.9. Since the productivity is less the average below average, the economy is classified as least developed.

Growth. In the 2010s, the growth of GDP was -0.11%; the growth of agriculture was 0.99%; the growth of manufacturing was -1.6%.

Structure. In the 2010s, the economy of DPRK included: industry (37.9%), services (31.3%), agriculture (22.2%), and construction (8.5%).

Export and import. In the 2010s, the import was 89.7% higher than the export, the net import was equal to 5.3% of the GDP. The technological structure of export is not better than the structure of import.