Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita in North Korea
North Korea: Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita was 0.5555 constant 2024 US$ per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita in North Korea, 1985–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in constant 2024 US$ per person.
Analysis
The most recent figure for foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita in North Korea is 0.5555 constant 2024 US$ per person, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 1.4% on the previous year and down 90.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita in North Korea peaked at 18.27 constant 2024 US$ per person in 2002 and was at its lowest, 0.3815 constant 2024 US$ per person, in 1994.
North Korea ranks 167th of 168 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita in North Korea, year by year
| Year | constant 2024 US$ per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 0.7824 constant 2024 US$ per person | — |
| 1986 | 0.6215 constant 2024 US$ per person | -20.6% |
| 1987 | 0.9374 constant 2024 US$ per person | +50.8% |
| 1988 | 0.8139 constant 2024 US$ per person | -13.2% |
| 1989 | 0.7605 constant 2024 US$ per person | -6.6% |
| 1990 | 0.618 constant 2024 US$ per person | -18.7% |
| 1991 | 0.6548 constant 2024 US$ per person | +5.9% |
| 1992 | 0.7322 constant 2024 US$ per person | +11.8% |
| 1993 | 0.9807 constant 2024 US$ per person | +33.9% |
| 1994 | 0.3815 constant 2024 US$ per person | -61.1% |
| 1995 | 0.7854 constant 2024 US$ per person | +105.9% |
| 1996 | 1.52 constant 2024 US$ per person | +93.9% |
| 1997 | 6.19 constant 2024 US$ per person | +306.6% |
| 1998 | 6.17 constant 2024 US$ per person | -0.3% |
| 1999 | 14.25 constant 2024 US$ per person | +131.0% |
| 2000 | 4.59 constant 2024 US$ per person | -67.8% |
| 2001 | 7.97 constant 2024 US$ per person | +73.6% |
| 2002 | 18.27 constant 2024 US$ per person | +129.2% |
| 2003 | 7.62 constant 2024 US$ per person | -58.3% |
| 2004 | 8.69 constant 2024 US$ per person | +14.0% |
| 2005 | 4.22 constant 2024 US$ per person | -51.5% |
| 2006 | 2.65 constant 2024 US$ per person | -37.2% |
| 2007 | 5.21 constant 2024 US$ per person | +96.9% |
| 2008 | 11.01 constant 2024 US$ per person | +111.2% |
| 2009 | 3.19 constant 2024 US$ per person | -71.0% |
| 2010 | 3.44 constant 2024 US$ per person | +7.9% |
| 2011 | 4.52 constant 2024 US$ per person | +31.4% |
| 2012 | 3.78 constant 2024 US$ per person | -16.4% |
| 2013 | 4.14 constant 2024 US$ per person | +9.5% |
| 2014 | 5.75 constant 2024 US$ per person | +38.9% |
| 2015 | 5.89 constant 2024 US$ per person | +2.5% |
| 2016 | 5.57 constant 2024 US$ per person | -5.3% |
| 2017 | 5.43 constant 2024 US$ per person | -2.5% |
| 2018 | 5.07 constant 2024 US$ per person | -6.8% |
| 2019 | 5.54 constant 2024 US$ per person | +9.4% |
| 2020 | 5.32 constant 2024 US$ per person | -4.0% |
| 2021 | 0.9362 constant 2024 US$ per person | -82.4% |
| 2022 | 0.5991 constant 2024 US$ per person | -36.0% |
| 2023 | 0.5632 constant 2024 US$ per person | -6.0% |
| 2024 | 0.5555 constant 2024 US$ per person | -1.4% |
North Korea compared with similar countries
- North Korea's 0.5555 constant 2024 US$ per person is below the median for low income countries, which is 54.78 constant 2024 US$ per person, 1% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- North Korea's 0.5555 constant 2024 US$ per person is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 54.25 constant 2024 US$ per person, 1% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita in North Korea changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | +306.6% | 1.52 constant 2024 US$ per person | 6.19 constant 2024 US$ per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 0.7831 constant 2024 US$ per person | 0.6215 constant 2024 US$ per person | 0.9374 constant 2024 US$ per person | 5 |
| 1990s | 3.23 constant 2024 US$ per person | 0.3815 constant 2024 US$ per person | 14.25 constant 2024 US$ per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 7.34 constant 2024 US$ per person | 2.65 constant 2024 US$ per person | 18.27 constant 2024 US$ per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 4.91 constant 2024 US$ per person | 3.44 constant 2024 US$ per person | 5.89 constant 2024 US$ per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.59 constant 2024 US$ per person | 0.5555 constant 2024 US$ per person | 5.32 constant 2024 US$ per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near North Korea
More reference data data for North Korea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.75 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 3.54 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Agricultural Soils 1,939 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.838 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 5.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 1.91 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 325.47 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Manure Management 11.62 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Agricultural 1,939 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Burning - Crop 24.3 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita in North Korea?
- Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita in North Korea was 0.5555 constant 2024 US$ per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita recorded in North Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 18.27 constant 2024 US$ per person in 2002.
- What is the lowest foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita recorded in North Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3815 constant 2024 US$ per person in 1994.
- How does North Korea rank for foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita?
- North Korea ranks 167th out of 168 countries with data for 2024.
- Is foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita rising or falling in North Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 90.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this North Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans OECD (2026) – with major processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Foreign aid received as grants and concessional loans divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.