orth
Korea's GDP and an inflation factor based on the US GDP deflator;
the result was rounded to the nearest $10 billion (2006 est.)

GDP (official exchange rate):
NA

GDP - real growth rate:
1% (2006 est.)

GDP - per capita (PPP):
$1,800 (2006 est.)

GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture: 30%
industry: 34%
services: 36% (2002 est.)

Labor force:
9.6 million

Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture: 36%
industry and services: 64%

Unemployment rate:
NA%

Population below poverty line:
NA%

Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%: NA%
highest 10%: NA%

Inflation rate (consumer prices):
NA%

Budget:
revenues: $NA
expenditures: $NA

Agriculture - products:
rice, corn, potatoes, soybeans, pulses; cattle, pigs, pork, eggs

Industries:
military products; machine building, electric power, chemicals;
mining (coal, iron ore, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and
precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing; tourism

Industrial production growth rate:
NA%

Electricity - production:
21.71 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel: 29%
hydro: 71%
nuclear: 0%
other: 0% (2001)

Electricity - consumption:
20.19 billion kWh (2004)

Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (2004)

Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (2004)

Oil - production:
138.5 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Oil - consumption:
25,000 bbl/day (2004)

Oil - exports:
NA bbl/day (2004)

Oil - imports:
22,000 bbl/day (2004 est.)

Natural gas - production:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Natural gas - consumption:
0 cu m (2004 est.)

Exports:
$1.4 billion f.o.b. (2005 est.)

Exports - commodities:
minerals, metallurgical products, manufactures (including
armaments), textiles, fishery products

Exports - partners:
China 35%, South Korea 24%, Thailand 9%, Japan 9% (2005)

Imports:
$2.6 billion c.i.f. (2005 est.)

Imports - commodities:
petroleum, coking coal, machinery and equipment, textiles, grain

Imports - partners:
China 42%, South Korea 28%, Russia 9%, Thailand 8% (2005)

Debt - external:
$12 billion (1996 est.)

Economic aid - recipient:
$NA; note - approximately 350,000 metric tons in food aid, worth
approximately $118 million, through the World Food Program appeal in
2004, plus additional aid from bilateral donors and non-governmental
organizations

Currency (c