Is voting compulsory in North Korea?
Compulsory (enforced)
North Korea requires everyone over 17 to vote, with dissent treated as treason.
North Korea is one of 12 countries classified “Compulsory (enforced)” for compulsory voting — 5% of the 236 with data. (Also searched as mandatory voting.)
Source
- Taken from
- Wikipedia: Compulsory voting
- Last checked
- 17 September 2026
- How it was classified
- Classified by a language model from the source text, then checked against hand-verified reference countries.
Nearby countries
- South Korea
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Japan
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Taiwan
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- China
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Mongolia
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
- Hong Kong
- Voluntary Voting is voluntary.
Other laws in North Korea
- Voting Age
- 16–17
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