International rankings of North Korea
North Korea ranks as the third least democratic country in the world in the Economist Intelligence Unit's Democracy Index, while The Heritage Foundation and The Wall Street Journal's Index of Economic Freedom places the country as the one with least economic freedom. According to the Press Freedom Index, North Korea has the least free press in the world.
According to the Walk Free Foundation's Global Slavery Index, North Korea has the highest proportion of people in modern slavery. The Open Doors foundation's World Watch List lists the country as the worst persecutor of Christians in the world.
Economy[edit]
| Organization | Survey | Year | Place | Out of | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal | Index of Economic Freedom | 2023 | 177 | 177 | Overall score: 4.2 (Repressed) | [1] |
Politics, law and military[edit]
| Organization | Survey | Year | Place | Out of | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Transparency International | Corruption Perceptions Index | 2023 | 172 
|
180 | Score: 17 (Highly corrupt) | [2] |
| The Economist Intelligence Unit | Democracy Index | 2023 | 165 | 167 | Overall score: 1.08 (Authoritarian) | [3] |
| Institute for Economics and Peace | Global Peace Index | 2023 | 152
|
163 | GPI score: 2.942 | [4] |
| Global Terrorism Index | 2024 | 140 | 163 | No impact of terrorism in 2024 | [5] | |
| Reporters Without Borders | Press Freedom Index | 2023 | 180
|
180 | Score: 21.72 (Very serious situation) | [6][7] |
| Freedom House | Freedom in the World | 2023 | 188 
|
195 | Score: 3 (Not free) | [8] |
| Freedom of the Press | 2017 | 198
|
199 | Score: 98 (Not free) | [9][10] |
Science and technology[edit]
| Organization | Survey | Year | Place | Out of | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| United Nations Public Administration Network | E-Government Development Index | 2014 | 149 | 193 | EGDI: 0.2753 | [11] |
| E-Participation Index | 2014 | 186 | 193 | EPART: 0.0196 | [11] | |
| E-Government Development Index | 2016 | 153 | 193 | Index: 0.2801 | [12] |
Society and quality of life[edit]
| Organization | Survey | Year | Place | Out of | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walk Free Foundation | Global Slavery Index | 2016 | 1 
|
167 | 4.373% of the population in modern slavery | [13][14] |
| United Nations Development Program | Human Development Index | 1995 | 75 
|
174 | HDI value: 0.766 (Medium human development) | [15][16] |
| Fund for Peace | Fragile States Index | 2016 | 37 
|
179 | Total: 87.0 (High warning) | [17][18] |
| Bertelsmann Stiftung | Bertelsmann Transformation Index | 2022 | 132 | 137 | Average value: 2.14 | [19] |
| Foundation for the Advancement of Liberty | World Index of Moral Freedom | 2016 | 127 | 160 | Index: 34.50 (Low Moral Freedom) | [20] |
| International Food Policy Research Institute | Global Hunger Index | 2022 | 97 | 121 | Score: 24.9 (Serious) | [21] |
| Open Doors | World Watch List (most persecuted Christians) | 2017 | 1
|
50 | Score: 92/100 (Extreme persecution) | [22][23] |
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ "Country Rankings: World & Global Economy Rankings on Economic Freedom". www.heritage.org. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2023.
- ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index (latest)". Transparency International. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
- ^ "Democracy Index 2023: Age of conflict" (PDF). Economist Intelligence Unit. 2024. p. 3.
- ^ "Global Peace Index 2022" (PDF). Institute for Economics & Peace. June 2022. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
- ^ "2024 Global Terrorism Index" (PDF).
- ^ "North Korea". Reporters Without Borders. 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2017.
- ^ "Index 2023 – Global score". Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "North Korea". Freedom House. Retrieved 3 February 2017.
- ^ "Freedom of the Press 2017: Press Freedom's Dark Horizon" (PDF). Freedom House. April 2017. p. 25. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ "Freedom of the Press 2016: The Battle for the Dominant Message" (PDF). Freedom House. April 2016. p. 23. Retrieved 29 April 2017.
- ^ a b "Democratic People's Republic of Korea". EGOVKB. United Nations Public Administration Country Studies. 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Democratic People's Republic of Korea". publicadministration.un.org. 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "North Korea". The Global Slavery Index. Walk Free Foundation. 2016. Archived from the original on 5 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "North Korea". Global Slavery Index 2014. Walk Free Foundation. 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Table 1.3 : HDI ranking for developing countries, 1995" (PDF). Human Development Report 1998. United Nations Development Program. 1998. p. 33. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 March 2019. Retrieved 23 April 2016.
- ^ "Table 1.3 : HDI ranking for developing countries, 1994" (PDF). Human Development Report 1997. United Nations Development Program. 1997. p. 45. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Fragile States Index 2023". Fund for Peace. 14 June 2023.
- ^ "North Korea | The Fund for Peace". fsi.fundforpeace.org. Archived from the original on 13 October 2016. Retrieved 12 October 2016.
- ^ "Bertelsmann Transformation Index Methodology". BTI Website. Retrieved 26 May 2023.
- ^ Kohl, Andreas; Pina, Juan (2016). "World Index of Moral Freedom 2016" (PDF). Foundation for the Advancement of Liberty. p. 24. Retrieved 9 September 2016.
- ^ "Global Hunger Index Scores by 2022 GHI Rank".
- ^ "World Watch List, Where Christian Persecution Is Worst". Open Doors USA. 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
- ^ "World Watch List, Where Christian Persecution Is Worst". Open Doors USA. 2016. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 24 October 2016.
