East Asia
North Korea
EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness
Why these scores
EU Compliance, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Geopolitical Risk, by dimension
1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources
Attractiveness, by dimension
9 = most attractive · methodology & sources
Analyst scores, last reviewed June 2026; each dimension's sources and cadence are on its methodology page.
Data layers
North Korea and the EU
EU imports from
€86k
0.0% of extra-EU
EU exports to
€6m
0.0% of extra-EU
EU supplier rank
EU's #174 supplier
EU trade balance
balanced or surplus
coverage 67.35
2025 annual totals, Eurostat COMEXT. EU trade board →
Electricity & grid
National sources · carbon from Ember · estimated
Industrial
–
EUR/MWh
Consumer
–
EUR/MWh, all-in
Grid carbon
344
gCO₂e/kWh
Renewables
–
of generation
regulated market
Power market
● Conflict / governance collapseMarket model
State monopoly (centrally planned)
Direct PPA
None
grid access: closed
Reserve margin
–
Regulator
Not independent
Ministry of Electric Power Industry
Chronic electricity shortage with an estimated 50/50 hydro-coal split. Ageing infrastructure, no investment, heavy sanctions, and no reliable data. Industry operates well below capacity due to power constraints.
Tracked infrastructure
45 coal plants
3.3 GW
1 nuclear plants
5 MW · 1 building
15 hydro plants
3.2 GW · 2 building
2 steel plants
7,500 ktpa
10 coal mines
capacity n/a
Operating assets tracked by Global Energy Monitor (CC BY 4.0); counts are tracked facilities, not exhaustive totals. Energy overview →
Metal mining
Tagged mines
4
none in the merged layer
Acid-drainage prone
2
high water-risk ore class
Main commodities
Iron, Copper
Mine-water verifiability
Blind spot
closed information environment
Water risk is inferred from the ore class, not site measurements. Global mines: full layer →
Demographics
UN World Population Prospects 2024 · medium variant
Median age
36.3
→ 42.9 by 2050
Fertility
1.78
below replacement
Working-age
68.7%
aged 15–64
Old-age dep.
18.1
→ 33.8 by 2050
Median age 1990–2050
Population 26.5M · peaks 2032
By 2050: -3% (25.8M)