Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in North Korea
North Korea: Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place was 0 in 2010. ◆ Volatile
Latest (2010)
0
World rank
4th
of 192 countries
All-time high
1
in 1950
All-time low
0
in 1948
Years of data
63
1948–2010
Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in North Korea, 1948–2010
Source: Chupilkin and Kóczán (2022); Correlates of War – Wars (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
Analysis
North Korea recorded 0 for countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in 2010. That is the lowest value across all 63 years on record.
Over the whole period, countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in North Korea peaked at 1 in 1950 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1948.
North Korea ranks 4th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in North Korea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 0 | — |
| 1949 | 0 | — |
| 1950 | 1 | — |
| 1951 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1955 | 0 | — |
| 1956 | 0 | — |
| 1957 | 0 | — |
| 1958 | 0 | — |
| 1959 | 0 | — |
| 1960 | 0 | — |
| 1961 | 0 | — |
| 1962 | 0 | — |
| 1963 | 0 | — |
| 1964 | 0 | — |
| 1965 | 0 | — |
| 1966 | 0 | — |
| 1967 | 0 | — |
| 1968 | 0 | — |
| 1969 | 0 | — |
| 1970 | 0 | — |
| 1971 | 0 | — |
| 1972 | 0 | — |
| 1973 | 0 | — |
| 1974 | 0 | — |
| 1975 | 0 | — |
| 1976 | 0 | — |
| 1977 | 0 | — |
| 1978 | 0 | — |
| 1979 | 0 | — |
| 1980 | 0 | — |
| 1981 | 0 | — |
| 1982 | 0 | — |
| 1983 | 0 | — |
| 1984 | 0 | — |
| 1985 | 0 | — |
| 1986 | 0 | — |
| 1987 | 0 | — |
| 1988 | 0 | — |
| 1989 | 0 | — |
| 1990 | 0 | — |
| 1991 | 0 | — |
| 1992 | 0 | — |
| 1993 | 0 | — |
| 1994 | 0 | — |
| 1995 | 0 | — |
| 1996 | 0 | — |
| 1997 | 0 | — |
| 1998 | 0 | — |
| 1999 | 0 | — |
| 2000 | 0 | — |
| 2001 | 0 | — |
| 2002 | 0 | — |
| 2003 | 0 | — |
| 2004 | 0 | — |
| 2005 | 0 | — |
| 2006 | 0 | — |
| 2007 | 0 | — |
| 2008 | 0 | — |
| 2009 | 0 | — |
| 2010 | 0 | — |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1950s | 0.4 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
| 2010s | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
Countries ranked near North Korea
- 1 Colombia 1 compare
- 1 Iraq 1 compare
- 1 Pakistan 1 compare
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- 4 Albania 0
- 4 Algeria 0 compare
- 4 Andorra 0
- 4 Angola 0 compare
- 4 Antigua and Barbuda 0
- 4 Argentina 0 compare
- 4 Armenia 0 compare
- 4 Australia 0
- 4 Austria 0
- 4 Azerbaijan 0 compare
- 4 Bahamas 0
- 4 Bahrain 0
- 4 Bangladesh 0
- 4 Barbados 0
- 4 Belarus 0
- 4 Belgium 0 compare
- 4 Belize 0
- 4 Benin 0
- 4 Bhutan 0
- 4 Bolivia 0 compare
- 4 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0 compare
- 4 Botswana 0
- 4 Brazil 0 compare
- 4 Brunei 0
- 4 Bulgaria 0 compare
- 4 Burkina Faso 0
- 4 Burundi 0 compare
- 4 Cambodia 0 compare
- 4 Cameroon 0
- 4 Canada 0
- 4 Cape Verde 0
- 4 Central African Republic 0
- 4 Chad 0 compare
- 4 Chile 0 compare
- 4 China 0 compare
- 4 Comoros 0
- 4 Congo 0 compare
- 4 Costa Rica 0 compare
- 4 Cote d'Ivoire 0 compare
- 4 Croatia 0 compare
- 4 Cuba 0 compare
- 4 Cyprus 0 compare
- 4 Czechia 0
- 4 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 compare
- 4 Denmark 0 compare
- 4 Djibouti 0
- 4 Dominica 0
- 4 Dominican Republic 0 compare
- 4 East Timor 0
- 4 Ecuador 0 compare
- 4 Egypt 0 compare
- 4 El Salvador 0 compare
- 4 Equatorial Guinea 0
- 4 Eritrea 0 compare
- 4 Estonia 0 compare
- 4 Eswatini 0
- 4 Ethiopia 0 compare
- 4 Fiji 0
- 4 Finland 0 compare
- 4 France 0 compare
- 4 Gabon 0
- 4 Gambia 0
- 4 Georgia 0 compare
- 4 Germany 0 compare
- 4 Ghana 0
- 4 Greece 0 compare
- 4 Grenada 0
- 4 Guatemala 0 compare
- 4 Guinea 0 compare
- 4 Guinea-Bissau 0 compare
- 4 Guyana 0
- 4 Haiti 0 compare
- 4 Honduras 0 compare
- 4 Hungary 0 compare
- 4 Iceland 0
- 4 India 0 compare
- 4 Indonesia 0 compare
- 4 Iran 0 compare
- 4 Ireland 0
- 4 Israel 0 compare
- 4 Italy 0 compare
- 4 Jamaica 0
- 4 Japan 0 compare
- 4 Jordan 0 compare
- 4 Kazakhstan 0
- 4 Kenya 0
- 4 Kiribati 0
- 4 Kuwait 0 compare
- 4 Kyrgyzstan 0
- 4 Laos 0 compare
- 4 Latvia 0 compare
- 4 Lebanon 0 compare
- 4 Lesotho 0
- 4 Liberia 0 compare
- 4 Libya 0
- 4 Liechtenstein 0
- 4 Lithuania 0 compare
- 4 Luxembourg 0
- 4 Madagascar 0
- 4 Malawi 0
- 4 Malaysia 0
- 4 Maldives 0
- 4 Mali 0
- 4 Malta 0
- 4 Marshall Islands 0
- 4 Mauritania 0
- 4 Mauritius 0
- 4 Mexico 0 compare
- 4 Micronesia (country) 0
- 4 Moldova 0 compare
- 4 Monaco 0
- 4 Mongolia 0 compare
- 4 Montenegro 0
- 4 Morocco 0 compare
- 4 Mozambique 0 compare
- 4 Myanmar 0 compare
- 4 Namibia 0
- 4 Nauru 0
- 4 Nepal 0 compare
- 4 Netherlands 0 compare
- 4 New Zealand 0
- 4 Nicaragua 0 compare
- 4 Niger 0
- 4 Nigeria 0 compare
- 4 North Macedonia 0
- 4 Norway 0 compare
- 4 Oman 0 compare
- 4 Palau 0
- 4 Panama 0
- 4 Papua New Guinea 0 compare
- 4 Paraguay 0 compare
- 4 Peru 0 compare
- 4 Philippines 0 compare
- 4 Poland 0 compare
- 4 Portugal 0 compare
- 4 Qatar 0
- 4 Romania 0 compare
- 4 Russia 0 compare
- 4 Rwanda 0 compare
- 4 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0
- 4 Saint Lucia 0
- 4 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0
- 4 Samoa 0
- 4 San Marino 0
- 4 Sao Tome and Principe 0
- 4 Saudi Arabia 0 compare
- 4 Senegal 0
- 4 Seychelles 0
- 4 Sierra Leone 0 compare
- 4 Singapore 0
- 4 Slovakia 0
- 4 Slovenia 0
- 4 Solomon Islands 0
- 4 Somalia 0 compare
- 4 South Africa 0
- 4 South Korea 0 compare
- 4 Spain 0 compare
- 4 Sri Lanka 0 compare
- 4 Sudan 0 compare
- 4 Suriname 0
- 4 Sweden 0
- 4 Switzerland 0
- 4 Syria 0 compare
- 4 Taiwan 0 compare
- 4 Tajikistan 0 compare
- 4 Tanzania 0 compare
- 4 Thailand 0 compare
- 4 Togo 0
- 4 Tonga 0
- 4 Trinidad and Tobago 0
- 4 Tunisia 0 compare
- 4 Turkey 0 compare
- 4 Turkmenistan 0
- 4 Tuvalu 0
- 4 Uganda 0 compare
- 4 Ukraine 0
- 4 United Arab Emirates 0
- 4 United Kingdom 0 compare
- 4 United States 0 compare
- 4 Uruguay 0 compare
- 4 Uzbekistan 0
- 4 Vanuatu 0
- 4 Venezuela 0 compare
- 4 Vietnam 0 compare
- 4 Yemen 0 compare
- 4 Zambia 0
- 4 Zimbabwe 0 compare
More social development data for North Korea
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 263 (2025)
- Political Rights Rating 7 (2025)
- Electoral democracy 0 (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Political rights rating fh, gaps filled 7 (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 0 units per person (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of 263 (2025)
- Sovereign state gleditsch ward, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Refugees under the mandate of the UNHCR by country or territory of -7.07 % change on previous year (2025)
- Human Rights Index vs. Electoral Democracy Index 0.024 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in North Korea?
- Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place in North Korea was 0 in 2010, according to Chupilkin and Kóczán (2022); Correlates of War – Wars (2020) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place recorded in North Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1950.
- What is the lowest countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place recorded in North Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1948.
- How does North Korea rank for countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place?
- North Korea ranks 4th out of 192 countries with data for 2010.
- Where does this North Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Chupilkin and Kóczán (2022); Correlates of War – Wars (2020) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Countries where interstate or intrastate wars took place. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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At least one interstate, intrastate, or extrasystemic war event took place in this country in a given year.