North Korean Food Prices with Deflators and Exchange Rates from FAO

Food Prices for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, sourced from the FAOSTAT bulk data service. The dataset covers categories including Deflators and Exchange rates and is published by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations under a CC-BY-3.0-IGO license. It was last updated on the platform on 2026-03-16.

Use Cases

• Modeling food price inflation based on deflator data
• Analyzing currency valuation impacts on food costs based on exchange rate data
• Benchmarking food security indicators for North Korea
• Conducting comparative economic analysis using FAO's standardized price data

Strengths

• Data originates from the authoritative Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations.
• License is clearly specified as CC-BY-3.0-IGO.
• Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026 03 16 12:37:01.625434.

Limitations

• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• Row count and temporal coverage are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.

Provenance

Source

Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations via FAOSTAT.

Collection Method

Likely compiled from official reports and statistical surveys.

Time Range

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Freshness

Last updated 2026-03-16 12:37:01.625434; freshness should be verified.

Geography

Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea).