Energy Use / North Korea
North Korea Energy Use
North Korea energy use data with historical trend, latest available year, ranking, source notes and country comparison. Latest value: 713.53.
COUNTRY: North Korea
UNIT: kg oil equivalent per capita
SOURCE: World Bank / public data sources
UPDATED: 2026-10-20 23:00:10
GM ECONOMY RATING
North Korea · Economic Stability Rating
Composite rating based on inflation, growth, debt, unemployment and current account.
B
46 / 100
Fragile stability
Fiscal stability
n/a
Macroeconomic stability
7.1 / 20
External stability
n/a
Financial robustness
n/a
Structural stability
n/a
Future capacity
n/a
Demographic capacity
4.5 / 5
Method: GM Economy multi-pillar stability model with structural and financial robustness adjustment. Coverage: 24% of weighted inputs available.
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North Korea · energy use data as kg oil equivalent per capita.
Latest
713.53
Previous
665.20
Range avg.
638.10
Rank
81
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CountryNorth Korea
IndicatorEnergy Use
713.532024 · Rank 81
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Prices & Inflation3
Growth & Output9
Public Finance8
Labor Market6
External Sector5
Monetary & Financial7
Population & Society7
Energy & Environment2
Interpretation
North Korea recorded 713.53 for Energy Use in 2024, the latest available observation in this dataset.
Compared with 2023, the indicator increased by 48.33 (7.3%), from 665.20 to 713.53.
The latest observation is above the average of the last 10 available observations (638.10).
Across the five latest available observations (2020–2024), the pattern is lower overall, but uneven.
Within the last 10 available observations, the low was 372.70 in 2015 and the high was 768.54 in 2017.
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