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East Asia

North Korea

EU Compliance · Geopolitical Risk · Sourcing Attractiveness

EU Compliance

lower score = lower risk

8.3

Geopolitical Risk

lower score = lower risk

6.2

Sourcing Attractiveness

higher score = more attractive

2.7

Why these scores

EU Compliance, by dimension

Forced & child labour9
Worker rights & FOA9
OHS & audit transparency9
Food & product safety7
Environmental & regulatory5
Governance & anti-corruption9
Tariff & preferential access9
Non-tariff barriers9
Supply chain traceability9

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Geopolitical Risk, by dimension

Geopolitical conflict7
Supplier concentration3
Climate & physical risk3
Sanctions exposure9
Policy continuity & property rights9

1 = lowest risk · methodology & sources

Attractiveness, by dimension

Labour cost competitiveness7
Supply base depth3
Logistics & infrastructure2
Workforce skills4
Scalability2
Ease of doing business1
Trade access & tariffs1
Sustainability baseline1
Innovation & IP3
Quality standards3

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

Electricity costs →

Industrial

EUR/MWh

Consumer

EUR/MWh, all-in

Grid carbon

344

gCO₂e/kWh

Renewables

of generation

regulated market

Power market

Conflict / governance collapse

Market 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.

Power markets: full layer →

Tracked infrastructure

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

ASEAN demographics →

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)