Is it good to live in DPRK? Let’s look at different indicators, characterizing the level and quality of life in this country.
The income and wealth of population
The quality of medicine and population health
Alcohol consumption and smoking
***The income and population wealth of DPRK
The most important indicator which allows us to evaluate the level of economic development of the country is gross domestic product per capita. According to 2024 data, GDP, calculated by purchasing power parity, makes in DPRK 1,81 thousand dollars per capita (for comparison, on average in the world - about 20,4 thousand dollars).
The indicators, characterizing the level of population provision, also include the motorization rate. Every 1000 of North Koreans have 11 cars of different kinds.
The crime rate in DPRK up↑
One can size up population law-abidingness and law enforcement activity with the help of data about the number of murders.
Every year in DPRK there are 4.40 premeditated murders per 100 thousand of people.
Population health up↑
The average life expectancy in DPRK is 72.6 years (69.3 years among men and 75.7 years among women). For comparison, the average life expectancy in the world is 67,2 years (65 years among men and 69,5 years among women).
Tuberculosis has been found in 132000 North Koreans (513 people per 100 000 of population).
Every year in DPRK among 100 000 of people one finds 161.5 new episodes of cancer and records 110.8 lethal cases from it. The yearly ratio of lethal episodes to the number of new cases is (The lower the ratio is, the higher the amount of the cured is; respectively, it means that the local health care system works better).
Alcohol consumption and smoking up↑
The exposure of the population to bad habits can also be referred to the integral part of the life quality in the country. It’s considered that in general it’s more comfortable to live where they smoke and drink less.
Lately on average the annual alcohol consumption in DPRK has been about 3.8 of liters of pure alcohol per one person older than 15 years old (about 6.3 liters per one man and 1.5 liters per one woman).
What do North Koreans drink? According to the statistics, the beer content in the total amount of alcohol consumption is 5.1%, the hard liquor content (vodka, cognac, etc.) is 94.9%.
On a constant base in North Koreans there are 16,5 % adult smokers, among them there are 33 % adult men and 0 % women. On average tobacco consumption makes 993 cigarettes per person during one year.
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