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North Korea

Asia

North Korea ranks #188 of 197 tracked countries with an overall freedom score of 33.0/100.

Score

33.0

F

How to read North Korea's freedom profile

With an overall score of 33.0/100, North Korea is among the least free places in the world. It ranks #188 of the 197 countries we track and sits within the Asia region, where it can be compared directly against its neighbours.

Its strongest freedom is Due Process (5.0/10), while Assembly & Association (0.3/10) is where it scores lowest. That 4.7-point spread means North Korea's record is uneven, with real gaps between its strongest and weakest freedoms. The category breakdown below shows each of the ten freedoms in full, with the source behind every score.

Universal category breakdown

Due Process

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

World Justice ProjectView source

Property Rights

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Economic Liberty

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Freedom of Movement

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Privacy

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

EditorialEditorialView source

Religion

5.0C-

Editorial baseline — awaiting ingestion from the source index for this category.

Fraser HFIView source

Free Expression

1.3F

RSF Press Freedom 2025 — Global score 12.6/100

RSF + Freedom HouseView source

Equal Protection

1.0F

V-Dem 2025 — Equal Protection sub-index 0.099 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Political Participation

0.4F

V-Dem 2025 — Participatory Democracy index 0.044 (0–1)

V-DemView source

Assembly & Association

0.3F

V-Dem 2025 — Freedom of Association index 0.025 (0–1)

V-DemView source

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