CapitalPyongyang
Government typedictatorship, single-party communist state
Chief of stateState Affairs Commission President KIM Jong Un (since 17 December 2011)
Natural resourcescoal, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, precious metals, hydropower
Industriesmilitary products; machine building, electric power, chemicals; mining (coal, iron ore, limestone, magnesite, graphite, copper, zinc, lead, and precious metals), metallurgy; textiles, food processing;...
Export partnersChina 74%, Poland 3%, Senegal 3%, Angola 3%, Austria 3% (2023)
Import partnersChina 97%, Togo 1%, Peru 1%, Gabon 1%, India 0% (2023)
