Infrastructure in Democratic People's Republic of Korea 18 indicators covering infrastructure for Democratic People's Republic of Korea. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank Proportion of children moderately or severely stunted 16.6% 2024 down 29.1% 13th Proportion of children moderately or severely overweight 3.3% 2024 up 83.3% 18th Proportion of the target population who received 3 doses of 99.0% 2024 up 6.5% 1st Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global 0.0% 2024 down 67.5% 22nd Developing countries’ and least developed countries’ share of global 0.0% 2024 down 93.5% 21st Proportion of population practicing open defecation, by urban/rural 0.0% 2023 — 22nd Total official flows for infrastructure, by recipient countries 0.0032 2022 down 98.7% 29th Proportion of the target population who received 99.0% 2024 up 30.3% 1st Total reported number of Standard Material Transfer Agreements 58 2025 up 56.8% 16th Proportion of countries with independent National Human Rights 0.0% 2025 — 10th Proportion of urban population living in slums 23.0% 2024 up 2.5% 11th Countries that have legislative, administrative and policy framework 0 2025 — 15th Proportion of tariff lines applied to imports with zero-tariff 24.6% 2024 up 230.8% 21st Passenger volume (passenger kilometres), by mode of transport 22.45 million 2024 down 65.4% 21st Freight volume, by mode of transport 1.03 million 2024 up 309.2% 17th Exported beach litter originating from national land-based sources 21,174 2022 up 16.0% 10th Amount of United States dollars committed to public-private 0 2020 — 4th Amount of United States dollars committed to public-private 0 2019 — 6th