North Korea: Government spending as percent of GDP: The latest value from is percent, unavailable from percent in . In comparison, the world average is 0.00 percent, based on data from countries. Historically, the average for North Korea from to is percent. The minimum value, percent, was reached in while the maximum of percent was recorded in .

In 2023, it was estimated that government services accounted for approximately 24 percent of North Korea's nominal gross domestic product (GDP), followed by agriculture, forestry, and fishing. According to the source, North Korea's real GDP experienced a year-on-year increase of about 3.1 percent.

This statistic shows the share of South Koreans who expect that ideological conflict will be eased after reunification with North Korea from 2007 to 2016. In 2016, 9.2 percent of respondents stated during the survey that ideological conflict will be eased after reunification with North Korea. To learn more about this topic, please click here.

This statistic shows changes in South Korean's opinion on relationship between reunification with North Korea and democracy from 2007 to 2016. In 2016, 50.1 percent of respondents answered that there was no relationship between democracy and reunification. To learn more about this topic, please click here.