Level, last 60 days
Deaths 30 d
0
UCDP up to 2026-08-31
Per million 90 d
—
last 90 days
Civilians
—
last 90 days
Incidents 30 d
0
Population
26.6 M
World Bank
Plants near violence
0 / 1
near violence / total; 0 nuclear
Why this level1
- +1UK FCDO advises against all but essential travelUK FCDO travel advice
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Every monitored signal
The last 60 days, each on its own scale.
Travel advice level (FCDO)
2
Refugees who fled
308
Source: ARMSMA situation watch
Deaths in organised violence, per week
North Korea, UCDP best estimates. The red bar is the latest week.
The latest week may be incomplete.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Who the violence is between
Deaths by kind of violence, last 90 days of data.
- State-based conflict · 0%
- Non-state conflict · 0%
- Against civilians · 0%
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Food, displacement, sanctions
- People in food crisis (IPC 3+)
- —
- 2026-08
- Share in food crisis
- —
- 2026-08
- Undernourishment
- 47.0%
- 2023
- Refugees who fled
- 308
- 2025
- Refugees hosted
- —
- 2025
- Internally displaced
- —
- 2025
- Sanctions designations
- 849
- 2026-09-29
- GDP per person
- —
- 2025
FEWS NET · World Bank / FAO · UNHCR · OpenSanctions
People in crisis-level food insecurity
FEWS NET does not cover this country.
Latest incidents of organised violence0
No organised violence recorded in the current data.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate, Uppsala University (CC BY 4.0), data up to 2026-08-31
Conflicts, 90 days0
No organised violence recorded in the current data.
Source: UCDP GED Candidate (CC BY 4.0)
Natural hazards, 30 days0
None in the last 30 days.
GDACS · USGS · NASA EONET
Warnings and notices
UK FCDO · WMO · WHO · Copernicus EMS
Next 7 days in Pyongyang
| Day | °C | Rain | Gusts | Watch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tue, Sep 29 | 11…23 | 0.0 mm | 14 km/h | |
| Wed, Sep 30 | 14…21 | 6.0 mm | 52 km/h | |
| Thu, Oct 1 | 10…18 | 0.0 mm | 43 km/h | |
| Fri, Oct 2 | 9…18 | 0.0 mm | 34 km/h | |
| Sat, Oct 3 | 9…20 | 0.0 mm | 18 km/h | |
| Sun, Oct 4 | 13…19 | 13.2 mm | 30 km/h | thunderstorm |
| Mon, Oct 5 | 11…18 | 1.5 mm | 48 km/h |
Forecast for the capital only; marks: heat ≥38 °C, frost ≤−20 °C, rain ≥50 mm, gusts ≥75 km/h, thunderstorms. Official warnings are above.
Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0)
Disasters since 20004
Tropical cyclones
- Tropical Cyclone HAISHEN-20 · Aug 31, 2020 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 250 km/h)
- Tropical Cyclone MAYSAK-20 · Aug 28, 2020 · Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 231 km/h)
- Tropical Cyclone BAVI-20 · Aug 21, 2020 · Tropical Storm (maximum wind speed of 185 km/h)
- Tropical Cyclone LINGLING-19 · Sep 2, 2019 · Hurricane/Typhoon > 74 mph (maximum wind speed of 222 km/h)
GDACS (orange and red alerts since 2000)