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Employment Rate / North Korea
Labor Market

North Korea Employment Rate

North Korea employment rate data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 79.24%. Global.
COUNTRY: North Korea
UNIT: percent
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
CACHE: live
UPDATED: 2026-09-07 05:09:26
Economy Data Rating
North Korea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
CCC
42 / 100
Fragile · limited data
Fiscal stability n/a
Macroeconomic stability 20 / 20
External stability n/a
Financial robustness 4.5 / 15
Structural stability 0 / 10
Future capacity 0 / 10
Demographic capacity 3.4 / 5
Method: Economy Data 7-pillar stability model with structural financial robustness adjustment. This is a transparent Economy Data heuristic, not an official sovereign credit rating. Data coverage: 31% of weighted inputs available.
Time range: 1991–2025 1991– 2025
1991 2025
Selected year: 2025 · Value: n/a 2025

North Korea · employment to population ratio.

1991–2025
79.24 percent
79.26 percent
78.96 percent
5 selected year
max 8 6 4 2 0
1991 1998 2005 2012 2019 2025
employment rate rate reference line

Countries by employment rate

full ranking
Country Rate Class
Qatar 86.9
Solomon Islands 83.09
Cambodia 82.18
Nigeria 79.99
North Korea 79.24
United Arab Emirates 76.89
Iceland 72.21
Kuwait 71.77

Interpretation

short note

This labor market indicator helps assess employment conditions and economic participation.

Values should be interpreted together with country context, time range, source coverage and related macroeconomic indicators.

Production version: show source, timestamp and fallback status here.

Comparison

latest
China 61.57
India 53.31
Japan 61.89
United States 59.11
Germany 58.32

Related indicators

internal links
Unemployment SL.UEM.TOTL.ZS
Labor Force Participation SL.TLF.CACT.ZS
GDP Growth NY.GDP.MKTP.KD.ZG
Population SP.POP.TOTL
Inflation FP.CPI.TOTL.ZG

Source layer

planned

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Provider: worldbank · Indicator code: SL.EMP.TOTL.SP.ZS

Cache: live · Updated: 2026-09-07 05:09:26

North Korea Snapshot

country profile
Population n/a
GDP n/a
Debt/GDP n/a
Inflation n/a
Unemployment 3.55%
Currency n/a
Region Asia
Income group Low income

North Korea Employment Rate: data context and use

This page is part of the Economy Data indicator system. It provides structured country-level economic data, historical series, rankings and comparison views for researchers, students, journalists and decision makers. The page combines indicator metadata, country context, latest available values, ranking information and source notes.

The selected indicator is Employment Rate for North Korea. The data are designed for quick comparison across countries and for deeper interpretation together with related macroeconomic indicators such as GDP growth, government debt, unemployment, current account balance, exports, imports, population and inequality.

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