ðɪ ɪkˈɑːnəmˌɪst ɪntˈɛlɪdʒəns jˈuːnɪt lˈɪstᵻd nˈɔːɹθ kɚɹˈiːə ɪn lˈæst plˈeɪs æz ɐn ˌɔːθoːɹɪtˈɛɹiən ɹeɪʒˈiːm ɪn ɪts tˈuː θˈaʊzənd twˈɛlv dᵻmˈɑːkɹəsi ˈɪndɛks ɐsˈɛsɪŋ wˈʌnhˈʌndɹɪd sˈɪksti ˈeɪt kˈʌntɹiz.
The Economist Intelligence Unit listed North Korea in last place as an authoritarian regime in its 2012 Democracy Index assessing 168 countries.