Perekonomian di Negara Korea Utara

       Perekonomin di Negara Korea Utara

        North Korea has a command economy industrialized, autarkik, and highly centralized. Of the five remaining socialist states in the world, North Korea is one of only two states (along with Cuba) with state-owned economy and planned by the government completely.
        North Korea's isolation policy means that international trade is highly restricted. North Korea passed legislation in 1984 allowing foreign investment through joint ventures,but failed to invite investment means. In 1991, Rason Special Economic Zone was established,  with the aim of attracting foreign investment from China and Russia. Chinese companies and Russia has acquired the rights to use the ports at       Rason.
        Chinese investors are renovating the road from Rason to China,and Russian railway workers are renovating the railway from Rason to Russia.
Average salary of North Korea is about $ 47 per month.Despite the economic problems are substantial, the quality of life of the people continues to improve and labor costs continue to rise. Private markets small scale, called janmadang, exist throughout the country and the population with food and certain commodities in exchange for money, thus helping to prevent starvation.
        Food, housing, health, and education provided free by the state, and the payment of taxes has been abolished since 1 April 1974. In order to increase the productivity of agriculture and industry, since the 1960s, the North Korean government has introduced a system- management systems such as the Taean work system. In the 21st century, North Korea's GDP growth slow but steady, although in recent years, the growth rate increased to 3.7% in 2008 due to growth in the agricultural sector by 8.2% .
        GDP growth per year
2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
1.3% 3.7% 1.2% 1.8% 2.2% 1.0% 1.6% 1.8% 3.7%
          According to estimates in 2002, the main sector in the North Korean economy is industry (43.1%), followed by services (33.6%) and agriculture (23.3%). In 2004, it was estimated that agriculture absorbs 37% of the workforce while industry and services to absorb the remaining 63%. Major industries include military products, machine building, electric power, chemicals, mining, metallurgy, textiles, food processing and tourism.
          In 2005, according to FAO, North Korea is the largest producer of fresh fruits-10, and the largest apple producer-19.  North Korea has substantial natural resources, with major resources include iron, zinc, stone coal, fluorine, copper, salt, lead, tungsten, graphite, magnesite, gold, pyrites, fluorspar, and hydropower