International rankings of North Korea

North Korea ranks as the 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.

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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 2016 178 178 Overall score: 2.6 (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 2016 174 176 Score: 12 (Highly corrupt) [2][3]
The Economist Intelligence Unit Democracy Index 2015 167 167 Overall score: 1.08 (Authoritarian) [4]
Institute for Economics and Peace Global Peace Index 2016 150 163 GPI score: 2.944 [5][6]
Global Terrorism Index 2014 124 162 No impact of terrorism in 2014 [7]
Reporters Without Borders Press Freedom Index 2017 180 180 Score: 84.98 (Very serious situation) [8][9]
Freedom House Freedom in the World 2017 193 195 Score: 3 (Not free) [10][11][12]
Freedom of the Press 2017 198 199 Score: 98 (Not free) [13][14]

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 [15]
E-Participation Index 2014 186 193 EPART: 0.0196 [15]
E-Government Development Index 2016 153 193 Index: 0.2801 [16]

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 1 167 4.373% of the population in modern slavery [17][18]
United Nations Development Program Human Development Index 1995 75 174 HDI value: 0.766 (Medium human development) [19][20]
Fund for Peace Fragile States Index 2016 30 178 Total: 93.9 (Alert) [21][22][23]
Bertelsmann Stiftung Bertelsmann Transformation Index 2015 126 129 Average value: 2.14 [24]
Foundation for the Advancement of Liberty World Index of Moral Freedom 2016 127 160 Index: 34.50 (Low Moral Freedom) [25]
International Food Policy Research Institute Global Hunger Index 2016 21 118 Score: 28.6 (Serious) [26][27]
Open Doors World Watch List (most persecuted Christians) 2017 1 50 Score: 92/100 (Extreme persecution) [28][29]

See also

References
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