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International rankings of North Korea

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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'sIndex 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.

Economy[edit]

**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[edit]

**Political, law and military rankings**
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]
Institute for Economics and Peace	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 House	Freedom of the Press	2017	198	199	Score: 98 (Not free)	^[9]^[10]

Science and technology[edit]

**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[edit]

**Social and quality of life rankings**
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]

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 2024 – Global score". Reporters Without Borders. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

^ "North Korea". Freedom House. Retrieved 3 May 2024.

^ "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.

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