developing country
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English
[edit]Noun
[edit]developing country (plural developing countries)
- (economics) A country with an emerging and low- and middle-income but still industrializing its economy.
- (sometimes derogatory) A country with less industrial base, and thus often consequently widespread poverty and low Human Development Index (HDI).
Usage notes
[edit]The terms developed country and developing country are in wide use as of 2022. Some style guides discourage their use in favor of terms with less implicit bias such as "high-income countries" and "low- and middle-income countries".[1][2]
Coordinate terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]country with an emerging economy
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References
[edit]- “developing country”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.