Private Sector and Trade Indicators for North Korea from World Bank Sources

World Bank Group data on private markets and trade in North Korea, aggregated from sources including the Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database, Enterprise Surveys, and Doing Business Indicators. The dataset was last updated on 2026-04-28 and is provided under a CC-BY-4.0 license. It likely contains indicators related to private investment, business environment, and international trade flows.

Use Cases

• Analyze private investment in infrastructure based on the Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database mentioned in the description
• Benchmark business regulations and practices based on Doing Business Indicators referenced in the description
• Study international trade integration and balance of payments based on data from the IMF and WTO sources described
• Model relationships between private sector development and economic growth using combined indicators from multiple sources

Strengths

• Data originates from authoritative sources like the World Bank Group, IMF, and WTO
• Combines indicators from multiple established databases into a consolidated dataset
• License is permissive (CC-BY-4.0) for reuse and analysis

Limitations

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

Provenance

Source

World Bank Group, International Monetary Fund, UNCTAD, WTO, and other sources

Collection Method

Aggregated from official databases including Private Participation in Infrastructure Project Database, Enterprise Surveys, Doing Business Indicators, IMF Balance of Payments and International Financial Statistics

Freshness

Last updated 2026-04-28 10:30:31.044826; freshness should be verified

Geography

Korea, Dem. People's Rep. (North Korea)