North Korea
Rank 181 / 190
Civica PulseBetaTrailing 365 days
See all events →Coverage caveat. North Korea has severely restricted press freedom (RSF score 21). The Pulse depends on observable events; in restricted-press environments it systematically under-detects and may show artificially stable deltas. The structural Civica Index remains the primary signal. See the Pulse coverage limitations for details.
No published Pulse events for North Korea in the trailing window. The Beta pipeline is in active rollout — events queued for human review do not yet contribute to the score. See the global changelog for current activity, or methodology for how this is computed.
Civica Index breakdown · 4 governance dimensionsweights empirically derived · source-specific inputs
How the 10 is calculated.
Democratic Quality
V-Dem · Liberal Democracy Index
27%
1
contributes 0 pts
Rule of Law
World Bank WGI
26%
16
contributes 4 pts
Freedoms & Rights
Freedom House
23%
0
contributes 0 pts
Corruption Control
Transparency International
24%
9
contributes 2 pts
History · quarterly CI trend
How the index has moved over time.
Historical CI data is not available yet for this country.
Regional rank
Where North Korea sits against peers.
Global#181 of 190
Asia#44 of 47
World Bank region
East Asia & Pacific
#29of 29
Cohort below n ≥ 8 threshold; using region only comparison.
V-Dem Regimes of the World
Closed Autocracy
#23of 29
Compare with
Government taxonomy
Raw source
dictatorship, single-party communist state
Regime type
Civilian dictatorship · 2025
Cite this page
Civica Index for North Korea, 2026-05-07. Civica Atlas. https://civicaatlas.org/civica-index/north-korea