States involved in interstate conflicts in North Korea
North Korea: States involved in interstate conflicts was 1 in 2014. ▲ Rising
Latest (2014)
1
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 193 countries
All-time high
1
in 1949
All-time low
0
in 1948
Years of data
67
1948–2014
States involved in interstate conflicts in North Korea, 1948–2014
Source: Gibler and Miller – Militarized Interstate Events (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
Analysis
North Korea recorded 1 for states involved in interstate conflicts in 2014. That is the highest value across all 67 years on record.
The figure is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, states involved in interstate conflicts in North Korea peaked at 1 in 1949 and was at its lowest, 0, in 1948.
That places North Korea 1st out of 193 countries with data for 2014, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 67 years of available data.
States involved in interstate conflicts in North Korea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1948 | 0 | — |
| 1949 | 1 | — |
| 1950 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1951 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1957 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1958 | 1 | — |
| 1959 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1965 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1968 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1969 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1970 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1971 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1972 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1973 | 0 | — |
| 1974 | 1 | — |
| 1975 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1976 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1977 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1978 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1979 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1980 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1981 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1986 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1987 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 1988 | 0 | — |
| 1989 | 0 | — |
| 1990 | 0 | — |
| 1991 | 1 | — |
| 1992 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0 | -100.0% |
| 2007 | 1 | — |
| 2008 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 1 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 1 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 0.5 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1950s | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1960s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.8 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.7 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.9 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| 2010s | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 |
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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 states involved in interstate conflicts in North Korea?
- States involved in interstate conflicts in North Korea was 1 in 2014, according to Gibler and Miller – Militarized Interstate Events (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest states involved in interstate conflicts recorded in North Korea?
- The highest recorded value was 1 in 1949.
- What is the lowest states involved in interstate conflicts recorded in North Korea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 in 1948.
- How does North Korea rank for states involved in interstate conflicts?
- North Korea ranks 1st out of 193 countries with data for 2014.
- Is states involved in interstate conflicts rising or falling in North Korea?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this North Korea data come from?
- The figures come from Gibler and Miller – Militarized Interstate Events (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of States involved in interstate conflicts. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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State participated in at least one conflict with another state where force was threatened, displayed, or used that year.