South Korea’s total trade volume was valued at $963.3 billion last year, compared with North Korea’s $6.3 billion. (image: Flickr/ babeltravel)
SEJONG, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – North Korea’s per capita income was unchanged at 1.39 million won (US$1,179.10) last year, about one twenty-secondth of South Korea’s, government data showed Thursday.
According to data by Statistics Korea, North Korea’s nominal gross national income (GNI) came to 34.5 trillion won in 2015, with its moribund economy contracting 1.1 percent last year.
In comparison, South Korea’s GNI stood at 1,565.8 trillion won last year, roughly 45 times larger than North Korea’s.
North Korea’s population stood at 24.47 million last year, while South Korea had a population of 51.01 million, the data showed.
Mobile phone subscriptions in North Korea were 12.88 per 100 people, while those in South Korea were 118.46 per 100 people, according to the data.
South Korea’s total trade volume was valued at $963.3 billion last year, compared with North Korea’s $6.3 billion.
South Korea’s overall energy output capacity reached 97.64 million kilowatts, 13 times larger than the North’s 7.42 million kilowatts.
In 2015, Seoul’s total rice production reached 4.32 million tons versus 2.01 million tons for Pyongyang.
The two Koreas also showed significant gaps in social infrastructure.
South Korea’s road network totaled 107,527 kilometers compared with the North’s 26,183 kilometers.
The statistics office has been publishing general information on the North since 1995 as a way of providing insight into the economic and social conditions of the reclusive country.
(Yonhap)
