World Bank Group data on the labor supply and social protection in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea. The description indicates data is compiled by the International Labour Organization from sources like labor force surveys and administrative records. This dataset was last updated on HDX in April 2026.
Use Cases
- Modeling labor force participation rates based on the described definitions of employed and unemployed workers.
- Analyzing social protection program coverage using World Bank indicators mentioned in the description.
- Benchmarking employment statistics against other countries using ILO-compiled data sources.
Strengths
- Data originates from the authoritative World Bank Group and is compiled by the International Labour Organization.
- The dataset is licensed under the permissive CC-BY-4.0 license for broad reuse.
- Last update timestamp is precisely recorded as 2026-04-28 10:30:26.107648.
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
- Row count and dataset size are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
- Data may reflect geographic and source bias inherent to the available surveys and records for North Korea.
Provenance
- Source
- World Bank Group
- Collection Method
- Compiled by the International Labour Organization from labor force surveys, censuses, establishment surveys, and administrative records.
- Freshness
- Last updated 2026-04-28 10:30:26.107648; freshness should be verified.
- Geography
- Korea, Dem. People's Rep. (North Korea)