I’m Having Troubles Finding Economic Data About The Democratic People’s Republic Of Korea (North Korea) – Bachelor Thesis

Hi, I’m Paula

I’m working on my bachelor’s thesis and need to find some reliable economic data on North Korea. It’s pretty tricky to locate good sources for this, so I thought I’d ask if you have any suggestions on where to look or who to talk to. I’m looking for data spanning from 1960 to 2023, covering the following indicators:

GDP at constant prices

Investment (Gross Fixed Capital Formation, GFCF)

State intervention: public spending as a percentage of GDP

Country openness: the sum of exports plus imports divided by GDP ((X+M)/GDP)

Real exchange rate

Economic structure (GDP by sector)

Sorry if this is not the right place to post this, but I’m quite lost and don’t know where else to look. I already have some of the data, but it’s either not for all years or it’s incomplete. I’ve also checked the Bank of Korea and World Bank data, but most of it only covers a few years or isn’t very old.