According to Yonhap:
The economic gap between South and North Korea widened in 2013 with the difference in their trade volumes remaining far apart, data showed Tuesday.
According to the data from Statistics Korea, North Korea’s nominal gross national income (GNI) came to 33.84 trillion won (US$30.87 billion) in 2013 with that of the South coming to 1.44 quadrillion won, or 42.6 times larger.
In 2012, South Korea’s GNI was 38.2 times larger than the North’s.
On a per-capita basis, South Korea’s GNI came to 28.7 million won, 20.8 times that of North Korea.
As of the end of 2013, South Korea had a total population of 50.22 million compared to the North’s 24.54 million, according to the data.
South Korea also continued to greatly outperform the communist North in trade.
In 2013, South Korea’s overall trade volume came to about $1.07 trillion, 146 times larger than North Korea’s $7.3 billion.
South Korea’s overall rice production came to 4.23 million tons, while the North produced about 2.1 million tons.
The two Koreas also showed significant gaps in social infrastructure.
South Korea’s road network totaled 106,414 kilometers, compared with the North’s 26,114 kilometers.
The statistics office has been publishing general information on the North since 1995 as a way of providing an insight to the economic and social conditions of the reclusive country.
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Economic gap between two Koreas widens in 2013: data
Yonhap
2014-12-16
