PRK North Korea development indicators, 2022

Indicator
North Korea
North Korea
Age dependency ratio (% of working-age population) 44.1
Labor force participation rate, female (% of female population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) 70.0
Labor force participation rate, male (% of male population ages 15+) (modeled ILO estimate) 80.0
Labor force, female (% of total labor force) 47.6
Labor force, total 15,831,330
Merchandise exports (current US$) 128,000,000
Merchandise imports (current US$) 1,344,000,000
Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) 18.9
Population ages 15-64 (% of total population) 69.4
Population ages 65 and above (% of total population) 11.7
Population growth (annual %) 0.4
Population in urban agglomerations of more than 1 million (% of total population) 12.0
Population, female (% of total population) 50.5
Population, total 26,069,416
Proportion of seats held by women in national parliaments (%) 17.6
Refugee population by country or territory of origin 260
Rural population 9,667,582
Rural population (% of total population) 37.1
Terrestrial and marine protected areas (% of total territorial area) 1.3
Unemployment, female (% of female labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) 3.1
Unemployment, male (% of male labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) 2.8
Unemployment, total (% of total labor force) (modeled ILO estimate) 3.0
Unemployment, youth female (% of female labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) 7.7
Unemployment, youth male (% of male labor force ages 15-24) (modeled ILO estimate) 6.1
Urban population 16,401,834
Urban population (% of total population) 62.9