North Korea resilience analysis
World Monitor does not publish a resilience score or rank for North Korea because it does not meet the published ranking eligibility criteria. Officially Democratic People's Republic of Korea. North Korea is in the rankable universe as a UN member. Ranked comparisons use East Asia and the Pacific peers rather than other unpublished pages. The snapshot records North Korea as KP.
Why North Korea is unpublished
North Korea's coverage is 51%, below the 55% confidence gate and the 65% ranking floor.
Source inventory gaps
Macro-fiscal position, Education capacity, External-debt coverage, Fiscal space, Import concentration, and Liquid-reserve adequacy have no usable observed series. Those slots depend on IMF, World Bank, and UN Comtrade, which do not contribute observed series for those dimensions. Education capacity, External-debt coverage, Fiscal space, Import concentration, and Liquid-reserve adequacy are tagged unmonitored because the source does not cover North Korea.
What the snapshot does cover
Observed evidence is present for Border security (100%), Cyber and digital capacity (100%), Governance and institutions (100%), State continuity (100%), Trade policy resilience (100%), and Social cohesion (92%). Input coverage is 51% and imputation share is 27%.
Dimension evidence inventory
Showing 12 of 21 active dimensions, weakest evidence first; 5 more at full coverage; 4 omitted for brevity.
Financial-system exposure and Currency and external balance are observed but below the 50% coverage a supported reading needs, so they are recorded here without counting as supported readings.
- Sovereign fiscal buffer: 0% coverage; not applicable.
- Macro-fiscal position: 0% coverage; IMF does not contribute observed series for North Korea.
- Education capacity: 30% coverage; World Bank does not contribute observed series for North Korea.
- External-debt coverage: 30% coverage; World Bank does not contribute observed series for North Korea.
- Fiscal space: 30% coverage; IMF does not contribute observed series for North Korea.
- Import concentration: 30% coverage; UN Comtrade does not contribute observed series for North Korea.
- Liquid-reserve adequacy: 30% coverage; World Bank does not contribute observed series for North Korea.
- Financial-system exposure: 20% coverage; observed.
- Currency and external balance: 40% coverage; observed.
- Logistics and supply chains: 50% coverage; observed.
- Information environment: 55% coverage; observed.
- Core infrastructure: 70% coverage; observed.
Nearest ranked comparators
Nearest ranked comparators: Cambodia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia. Ranked comparisons in East Asia and the Pacific: Cambodia, Laos, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand. Links do not use unpublished scores.
Tracked crisis context
North Korea has no dedicated crisis tracker; the 14 trackers cover selected crises. That is a coverage limit, not a statement about risk.
Reading limits
Evidence comes from the August 29, 2026 snapshot. North Korea coverage is 51% with imputation share 27%. No score is published.
Questions about North Korea
What is North Korea's Country Instability Index?
North Korea's Country Instability Index is 60/100 (Elevated), unchanged over approximately 24 hours, as of Oct 5, 2026, 5:12 AM UTC.
What is North Korea's resilience score?
No resilience score or rank is published for North Korea. North Korea's published rank would require coverage of at least 65%, no low-confidence flag, and either a population of at least 200,000 or coverage of at least 85%. Low confidence for North Korea means coverage falls below 55% or imputation share exceeds 40%.
What evidence is available for North Korea?
Observed evidence is present for Border security (100%), Cyber and digital capacity (100%), Governance and institutions (100%), State continuity (100%), Trade policy resilience (100%), and Social cohesion (92%). Input coverage is 51% and imputation share is 27%.
How should readers use North Korea's page?
Use the evidence inventory and nearest ranked comparators with the live monitor. A missing score does not mean risk is absent.