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

Further information: Economy of North Korea
Economy rankings
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

Further information: Politics of North Korea, Law of North Korea, and Military of North Korea
Political, law and military rankings
Organization Survey Year Place Out of Value Ref
Transparency International Corruption Perceptions Index 2023 172 Decrease by 7 ranks from previous year 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 Decrease by 7 ranks from previous year 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 Decrease by 1 rank from previous year 180 Score: 21.72 (Very serious situation) [6][7]
Freedom House Freedom in the World 2023 188 Increase by 3 ranks from previous year 195 Score: 3 (Not free) [8]
Freedom of the Press 2017 198 Increase by 1 rank from previous year 199 Score: 98 (Not free) [9][10]

Science and technology

Science and technology rankings
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

Social and quality of life rankings
Organization Survey Year Place Out of Value Ref
Walk Free Foundation Global Slavery Index 2016 1 Increase by 62 ranks from 2014 167 4.373% of the population in modern slavery [13][14]
United Nations Development Program Human Development Index 1995 75 Steady 174 HDI value: 0.766 (Medium human development) [15][16]
Fund for Peace Fragile States Index 2016 37 Increase by 1 rank from last year 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 Steady 50 Score: 92/100 (Extreme persecution) [22][23]

See also

References

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  2. ^ "Corruption Perceptions Index (latest)". Transparency International. Retrieved 31 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Democracy Index 2023: Age of conflict" (PDF). Economist Intelligence Unit. 2024. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Global Peace Index 2022" (PDF). Institute for Economics & Peace. June 2022. pp. 10–11. Retrieved 31 October 2022.
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  21. ^ "Global Hunger Index Scores by 2022 GHI Rank".
  22. ^ "World Watch List, Where Christian Persecution Is Worst". Open Doors USA. 2017. Archived from the original on 14 September 2019. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
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