Prostitution in North Korea

Prostitution in North Korea - overview of the legality and practice of prostitution in D.P.R.K. Article “Prostitution in North Korea” in English Wikipedia has 28.7 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 9 references and 8 sections.

This article has the best quality in Georgian Wikipedia. However, this article is the most popular in English version.

Since the creation of article “Prostitution in North Korea”, its content was written by 62 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 145 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 176 times in English Wikipedia and cited 662 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #56952 in March 2018
• Global: #102883 in July 2021

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #108130 in September 2017
• Global: #73829 in April 2013

There are 12 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	Georgian (ka) პროსტიტუცია ჩრდილოეთ კორეაში		35.8676
2	English (en) Prostitution in North Korea		28.689
3	Vietnamese (vi) Mại dâm tại Bắc Triều Tiên		25.5819
4	Portuguese (pt) Prostituição na Coreia do Norte		25.5345
5	French (fr) Prostitution en Corée du Nord		24.9826
6	Polish (pl) Prostytucja w Korei Północnej		22.934
7	Chinese (zh) 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國性交易產業		22.6227
8	Swedish (sv) Prostitution i Nordkorea		20.5569
9	Persian (fa) تن‌فروشی در کره شمالی		20.4533
10	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮における売春		19.505

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Prostitution in North Korea" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Prostitution in North Korea		646 631
2	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮における売春		641 921
3	Vietnamese (vi) Mại dâm tại Bắc Triều Tiên		82 271
4	Polish (pl) Prostytucja w Korei Północnej		54 906
5	Chinese (zh) 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國性交易產業		46 226
6	Persian (fa) تن‌فروشی در کره شمالی		32 316
7	Spanish (es) Prostitución en Corea del Norte		25 688
8	French (fr) Prostitution en Corée du Nord		15 923
9	Arabic (ar) الدعارة في كوريا الشمالية		8 317
10	Portuguese (pt) Prostituição na Coreia do Norte		344

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Prostitution in North Korea" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Prostitution in North Korea		1 659
2	Persian (fa) تن‌فروشی در کره شمالی		1 213
3	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮における売春		444
4	Chinese (zh) 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國性交易產業		371
5	Spanish (es) Prostitución en Corea del Norte		103
6	Vietnamese (vi) Mại dâm tại Bắc Triều Tiên		85
7	Polish (pl) Prostytucja w Korei Północnej		78
8	French (fr) Prostitution en Corée du Nord		75
9	Portuguese (pt) Prostituição na Coreia do Norte		50
10	Swedish (sv) Prostitution i Nordkorea		4

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Prostitution in North Korea" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Prostitution in North Korea		62
2	Chinese (zh) 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國性交易產業		20
3	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮における売春		17
4	Vietnamese (vi) Mại dâm tại Bắc Triều Tiên		12
5	Polish (pl) Prostytucja w Korei Północnej		10
6	Spanish (es) Prostitución en Corea del Norte		9
7	French (fr) Prostitution en Corée du Nord		8
8	Persian (fa) تن‌فروشی در کره شمالی		3
9	Arabic (ar) الدعارة في كوريا الشمالية		1
10	Georgian (ka) პროსტიტუცია ჩრდილოეთ კორეაში		1

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Prostitution in North Korea" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	Arabic (ar) الدعارة في كوريا الشمالية		0
2	English (en) Prostitution in North Korea		0
3	Spanish (es) Prostitución en Corea del Norte		0
4	Persian (fa) تن‌فروشی در کره شمالی		0
5	French (fr) Prostitution en Corée du Nord		0
6	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮における売春		0
7	Georgian (ka) პროსტიტუცია ჩრდილოეთ კორეაში		0
8	Polish (pl) Prostytucja w Korei Północnej		0
9	Portuguese (pt) Prostituição na Coreia do Norte		0
10	Swedish (sv) Prostitution i Nordkorea		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Prostitution in North Korea" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	French (fr) Prostitution en Corée du Nord		217
2	English (en) Prostitution in North Korea		176
3	Swedish (sv) Prostitution i Nordkorea		106
4	Chinese (zh) 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國性交易產業		61
5	Japanese (ja) 北朝鮮における売春		58
6	Arabic (ar) الدعارة في كوريا الشمالية		20
7	Vietnamese (vi) Mại dâm tại Bắc Triều Tiên		15
8	Portuguese (pt) Prostituição na Coreia do Norte		4
9	Polish (pl) Prostytucja w Korei Północnej		3
10	Spanish (es) Prostitución en Corea del Norte		1

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic الدعارة في كوريا الشمالية
en	English Prostitution in North Korea
es	Spanish Prostitución en Corea del Norte
fa	Persian تن‌فروشی در کره شمالی
fr	French Prostitution en Corée du Nord
ja	Japanese 北朝鮮における売春
ka	Georgian პროსტიტუცია ჩრდილოეთ კორეაში
pl	Polish Prostytucja w Korei Północnej
pt	Portuguese Prostituição na Coreia do Norte
sv	Swedish Prostitution i Nordkorea
vi	Vietnamese Mại dâm tại Bắc Triều Tiên
zh	Chinese 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國性交易產業

Best Rank

English: #108130 09.2017

Global: #73829 04.2013

Best Rank

English: #56952 03.2018

Global: #102883 07.2021

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