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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 fourth 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.
Organization | Survey | Year | Place | Out of | Value | Ref |
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The Heritage Foundation/The Wall Street Journal | Index of Economic Freedom | 2023 | 177 | 177 | Overall score: 4.2 (Repressed) | [1] |
Organization | Survey | Year | Place | Out of | Value | Ref |
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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 | 2024 | 177 ![]() |
180 | Score: 20.66 (Very serious situation) | [6][7] |
Freedom House | Freedom in the World | 2024 | 187 ![]() |
195 | Score: 3 (Not free) | [8] |
Freedom of the Press | 2017 | 198 ![]() |
199 | Score: 98 (Not free) | [9][10] | |
Organization | Survey | Year | Place | Out of | Value | Ref |
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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] | |
Organization | Survey | Year | Place | Out of | Value | Ref |
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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] |