Developed country

A developed country, industrialized country (or post-industrial country), more developed country, or more economically developed country (MEDC), is a sovereign state that has a developed economy and advanced technological infrastructure relative to other less industrialized nations. Most commonly, the criteria for evaluating the degree of economic development are gross domestic product (GDP), gross national product (GNP), the per capita income, level of industrialization, amount of widespread infrastructure and general standard of living.[3] Which criteria are to be used and which countries can be classified as being developed are subjects of debate.

Developed countries

Developing countries

Least developed countries

Data unavailable

Classifications by the IMF[1] and the UN.[2]

World map representing Human Development Index categories (based on 2018 data, published in 2019).

0.800–1.000 (very high)

0.700–0.799 (high)

0.550–0.699 (medium)

0.350–0.549 (low)

Data unavailable

Developed countries have generally more advanced post-industrial economies, meaning the service sector provides more wealth than the industrial sector. They are contrasted with developing countries, which are in the process of industrialisation or are pre-industrial and almost entirely agrarian, some of which might fall into the category of Least Developed Countries. As of 2015, advanced economies comprise 60.8% of global GDP based on nominal values and 42.9% of global GDP based on purchasing-power parity (PPP) according to the International Monetary Fund.[4]

Similar terms

Terms linked to the concept developed country include "advanced country", "industrialized country", "'more developed country" (MDC), "more economically developed country" (MEDC), "Global North country", "first world country", and "post-industrial country". The term industrialized country may be somewhat ambiguous, as industrialisation is an ongoing process that is hard to define. The first industrialized country was the United Kingdom, followed by Belgium. Later it spread further to Germany, United States, France and other Western European countries. According to some economists such as Jeffrey Sachs, however, the current divide between the developed and developing world is largely a phenomenon of the 20th century.[5]

Mathis Wackernagel calls the binary labeling of countries as "neither descriptive nor explanatory. It is merely a thoughtless and destructive endorsement of GDP fetish. In reality, there are not two types of countries, but over 200 different countries, all faced with the same laws of nature, yet each with unique features."[6]

Definition and criteria

Countries by 2018 GDP (nominal) per capita[7]

Economic criteria have tended to dominate discussions. One such criterion is income per capita; countries with high gross domestic product (GDP) per capita would thus be described as developed countries. Another economic criterion is industrialisation; countries in which the tertiary and quaternary sectors of industry dominate would thus be described as developed. More recently another measure, the Human Development Index (HDI), which combines an economic measure, national income, with other measures, indices for life expectancy and education has become prominent. This criterion would define developed countries as those with a very high (HDI) rating. The index, however, does not take into account several factors, such as the net wealth per capita or the relative quality of goods in a country. This situation tends to lower the ranking for some of the most advanced countries, such as the G7 members and others.[8][9]

According to the United Nations Statistics Division:

There is no established convention for the designation of "developed" and "developing" countries or areas in the United Nations system.[10]

And it notes that:

The designations "developed" and "developing" are intended for statistical convenience and do not necessarily express a judgement about the stage reached by a particular country or area in the development process.[11]

Human Development Index (HDI)

The UN HDI is a statistical measure that gauges a country's level of human development. While there is a strong correlation between having a high HDI score and being a prosperous economy, the UN points out that the HDI accounts for more than income or productivity. Unlike GDP per capita or per capita income, the HDI takes into account how income is turned "into education and health opportunities and therefore into higher levels of human development."

Since 1990, Norway (2001–2006, 2009–2018), Japan (1990–1991 and 1993), Canada (1992 and 1994–2000) and Iceland (2007–2008) have had the highest HDI score.

Many countries listed by IMF as "advanced", possess an HDI over 0.800, the threshold for "very high" human development. Many countries[Note 1] possessing an HDI of 0.800 and over are conversely listed by IMF as "advanced". Thus, many "advanced economies" are characterized by an HDI score of 0.800 or higher.[12]

The 2019 Human Development Report by the United Nations Development Programme was released on 9 December 2019, and calculates HDI values based on estimates for 2018. Below is the list of the "very high human development" countries:[13]

= increase.
= steady.
= decrease.
The number in parentheses represents the number of ranks the country has climbed (up or down) relative to the ranking in the year of 2017.

Rank		Country/territory	HDI
2018 data (2019 report) rankings [13]	Change in rank from previous year[13]	Country/territory	2018 data (2019 report) rankings [13]	Change from previous year [13]
1		Norway	0.954	0.001
2		Switzerland	0.946	0.003
3		Ireland	0.942	0.003
4		Germany	0.939	0.001
4	(2)	Hong Kong	0.939	0.003
6	(1)	Australia	0.938	0.001
6	(1)	Iceland	0.938	0.003
8	(1)	Sweden	0.937	0.001
9		Singapore	0.935	0.001
10		Netherlands	0.933	0.001
11		Denmark	0.930	0.001
12		Finland	0.925	0.001
13		Canada	0.922	0.001
14		New Zealand	0.921	0.001
15		United Kingdom	0.920	0.001
15		United States	0.920	0.001
17		Belgium	0.919	0.002
18		Liechtenstein	0.917	0.001
19		Japan	0.915	0.002
20		Austria	0.914	0.002
21		Luxembourg	0.909	0.001
22		Israel	0.906	0.002
22		South Korea	0.906	0.002
24		Slovenia	0.902	0.003
25		Spain	0.893	0.002
26		Czech Republic	0.891	0.003
26		France	0.891	0.001
28		Malta	0.885	0.002
29		Italy	0.883	0.002
30		Estonia	0.882	0.003
31		Cyprus	0.873	0.002

Rank		Country	HDI
2018 data (2019 report) rankings [13]	Change in rank from previous year[13]	Country	2018 data (2019 report) rankings [13]	Change from previous year [13]
32		Greece	0.872	0.001
32	(1)	Poland	0.872	0.004
34		Lithuania	0.869	0.003
35		United Arab Emirates	0.866	0.002
36	(2)	Andorra	0.857	0.005
36		Saudi Arabia	0.857	0.001
36	(1)	Slovakia	0.857	0.003
39		Latvia	0.854	0.004
40		Portugal	0.850	0.002
41		Qatar	0.848
42		Chile	0.847	0.002
43		Brunei	0.845	0.002
43		Hungary	0.845	0.004
45		Bahrain	0.838	0.001
46		Croatia	0.837	0.002
47		Oman	0.834	0.001
48		Argentina	0.830	0.002
49		Russia	0.824	0.002
50		Belarus	0.817	0.002
50	(1)	Kazakhstan	0.817	0.004
52	(1)	Bulgaria	0.816	0.003
52	(1)	Montenegro	0.816	0.003
52	(1)	Romania	0.816	0.003
55	(1)	Palau	0.814	0.003
56	(5)	Barbados	0.813
57		Kuwait	0.808	0.001
57	(1)	Uruguay	0.808	0.001
59		Turkey	0.806	0.001
60		Bahamas	0.805	0.001
61		Malaysia	0.804	0.002
62		Seychelles	0.801	0.001

As a non-UN member, the government of Taiwan calculates its own HDI, which had a value of 0.911 in 2018,[14] ranked 21 globally. Additionally, while the HDI for the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong is calculated by the UN, it is not for Macau. The Macanese government calculated the territory's HDI to be 0.868 in 2011. These values place both Taiwan and Macau well within the list of countries with "Very high human development".[15] Furthermore, in 2009 a United Nations project calculated the HDI for all of its members, as well as Taiwan, Macau, and many dependent territories. The HDI values for the countries of San Marino and Monaco, which have not been included in official annual HDI reports, were found to be at 0.961 and 0.956 respectively. This places both countries firmly within the category of countries with "Very high human development" as well. The dependent territories with HDI values equivalent to "Very high human development" were: Jersey, Cayman Islands, Bermuda, Guernsey, Gibraltar, Norfolk Island, Faroe Islands, Isle of Man, British Virgin Islands, Falkland Islands, Aruba, Puerto Rico, Martinique, Greenland, and Guam.[16] Of note, the HDI values in the 2009 report were calculated using the old HDI formula, while HDI values after the year 2010 are calculated with a different formula.

High-income economies

Some institutions have produced lists of developed countries: the UN (list shown above), the CIA,[17] and some providers of stock market indices (the FTSE Group, MSCI, S&P, Dow Jones, STOXX, etc.). The latter is not included here because its association of developed countries with countries with both high incomes and developed markets is not deemed as directly relevant.[Note 2]

However many other institutions have created more general lists referred to when discussing developed countries. For example, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) identifies 39 "advanced economies".[12][18] The OECD's 37 members are known as the "developed countries club".[19][20][21] The World Bank identifies 81 "high income countries".[22]

World Bank high-income economies

World Bank high-income economies in 2019

According to the World Bank the following 84 countries (including territories) are classified as "high-income economies". As of the 2021 fiscal year, high-income economies are those that had a GNI per capita of $12,536 or more in 2019.[22]

37 countries and territories in Europe:

21 countries and territories in the Americas:

15 countries and territories in Asia:

7 countries and territories in Oceania:

2 countries in Africa:

7 former high-income economies:

American Samoa (1987–89)
Argentina (2013, 2015, 2017)
Equatorial Guinea (2007–14)
Netherlands Antilles (1994–2009)^#
Russia (2012–14)
Venezuela (2014)

^* Between 1994 and 2009, as a part of the Netherlands Antilles.

^# Dissolved on 10 October 2010, succeeded by Curaçao and Sint Maarten.

High-income OECD members

According to the World Bank, the following 34 members are classified as "OECD High-Income":[23][24]

26 countries in Europe:

3 countries in the Americas:

3 countries in Asia:

2 countries in Oceania:

Development Assistance Committee members

Member nations of the Development Assistance Committee

There are 29 OECD member countries and the European Union—in the Development Assistance Committee (DAC),[25] a group of the world's major donor countries that discuss issues surrounding development aid and poverty reduction in developing countries.[26] The following OECD member countries are DAC members:

23 countries in Europe:

2 countries in the Americas:

2 countries in Asia:

2 countries in Oceania:

IMF advanced economies

Countries described as Advanced Economies by the IMF

According to the International Monetary Fund, the following 39 (+8) economies are classified as "advanced economies":[12]

26 (+7) countries and territories in Europe:

8 countries and territories in Asia:

3 (+1) countries and territories in the Americas:

2 countries in Oceania:

^d The CIA has modified an older version of the IMF's list of 38 Advanced Economies, noting that the IMF's Advanced Economies list "would presumably also cover the following nine smaller countries of Andorra, Bermuda, Faroe Islands, Guernsey, Holy See, Jersey, Liechtenstein, Monaco, and San Marino[...]". San Marino was later included in the IMF's list.[17]

Paris Club members

Permanent members of the Paris Club

There are 22 permanent members in the Paris Club (French: Club de Paris), a group of officials from major creditor countries whose role is to find coordinated and sustainable solutions to the payment difficulties experienced by debtor countries.

15 countries in Europe:

3 countries in the Americas:

3 countries in Asia:

1 country in Oceania:

Australia

Comparative table (2020)

Comparative table of countries with a "very high" human development (0.800 or higher), according to UNDP; OECD members; "advanced" economies, according to the IMF; "high income" economies, according to the World Bank; and income per capita (purchasing power parity) higher than $22,000, according to the IMF.

Developed Countries
Countries	HDI [13]	OECD [27]	IMF [28]	WB [29]	per capita PPP[30]
2018
Lithuania	Yes since 2005	Yes since 2018	Yes since 2015	Yes since 2012	Yes since 2011
2016
Latvia	Yes since 2005	Yes since 2016	Yes since 2014	Yes since 2012	Yes since 2013
2011
Estonia	Yes since 2003	Yes since 2010	Yes since 2011	Yes since 2006	Yes since 2011
2010
Israel	Yes since 1991	Yes since 2010	Yes since 1997[31]	Yes since 1987	Yes since 2004
Slovenia	Yes since 1998	Yes since 2010	Yes since 2007	Yes since 1997	Yes since 2004
2009
Czech Republic	Yes since 2001	Yes since 1995	Yes since 2009	Yes since 2006	Yes since 2005
Slovak Republic	Yes since 2006	Yes since 2000	Yes since 2009	Yes since 2007	Yes since 2007
2005
Portugal	Yes since 2005	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1989[32]	Yes since 1994	Yes since 2004
South Korea	Yes since 1999	Yes since 1996	Yes since 1997[31]	Yes since 2001	Yes since 2005
2002
Greece	Yes since 2001	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1989[32]	Yes since 1996	Yes since 2002
2001
New Zealand	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1973	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 2001
1999
Spain	Yes since 1995	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1999
1997
Finland	Yes since 1994	Yes since 1969	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1997
Ireland	Yes since 1996	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1997
1996
Iceland	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1996
United Kingdom	Yes since 1992	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1996
1995
Italy	Yes since 1995	Yes since 1962	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1994
Sweden	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1995
1994
Australia	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1971	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1994
Belgium	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1994
Canada	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1994
France	Yes since 1993	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1994
1993
Japan	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1964	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1993
1992
Austria	Yes since 1992	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1992
Luxembourg	Yes since 1992	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1985
1991
Denmark	Yes since 1991	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1991
Germany	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1991
Netherlands	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1991
1989
United States	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1989
1987
Norway	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1985
Switzerland	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1985

Countries to be considered developed (1 pending recognition)
Countries	HDI [13]	OECD [27]	IMF [28]	WB [29]	per capita PPP [30]
Hungary	Yes since 2005	Yes since 1996	No	Yes since 2014	Yes since 2010
Chile	Yes since 2007	Yes since 2010	No	Yes since 2012	Yes since 2013
Poland	Yes since 2003	Yes since 1996	No	Yes since 2009	Yes since 2011
Malta	Yes since 2003	No	Yes since 2008	Yes since 2002	Yes since 2003
Cyprus	Yes since 2001	No	Yes since 2001	Yes since 1988	Yes since 1999
Singapore	Yes since 1999	No	Yes since 1997[31]	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1990

In process (2 pending recognitions)
Countries	HDI [13]	OECD [27]	IMF [28]	WB [29]	per capita PPP [30]
Romania	Yes since 2013	No	No	Yes since 2019	Yes since 2016
Croatia	Yes since 2007	No	No	Yes since 2017	Yes since 2015
Uruguay	Yes since 2014	No	No	Yes since 2012	Yes since 2017
Bahamas	Yes since 2016	No	No	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1997
Seychelles	Yes since 2015	No	No	Yes since 2014	Yes since 2012
Turkey	Yes since 2015	Yes since 1961	No	No	Yes since 2014
Kuwait	Yes since 2014	No	No	Yes since 1987	Yes before 1980
Bahrain	Yes since 2012	No	No	Yes since 2001	Yes since 1983
Oman	Yes since 2012	No	No	Yes since 2007	Yes since 1991
San Marino	No data	No	Yes since 2012	Yes since 2000	Yes before 1980
Saudi Arabia	Yes since 2010	No	No	Yes since 2004	Yes before 1980
United Arab Emirates	Yes since 2004	No	No	Yes since 1987	Yes before 1980
Brunei	Yes since 1999	No	No	Yes since 1990	Yes before 1980
Qatar	Yes since 1996	No	No	Yes since 1987	Yes before 1980

Other recognitions
Countries	HDI [13]	OECD [27]	IMF [28]	WB [29]	per capita PPP [30]
Andorra	Yes	No	No	Yes	No data
Antigua and Barbuda	No	No	No	Yes	Yes since 2014
Argentina	Yes since 2006	No	No	No	No
Aruba	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Barbados	Yes since 2017	No	No	Yes	No
Bermuda	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Belarus	Yes	No	No	No	No
British Virgin Islands	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Bulgaria	Yes	No	No	No	Yes since 2018
Cayman Islands	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
/ Channel Islands	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Colombia	No	Yes since 2020	No	No	No
Curacao	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Equatorial Guinea	No	No	No	Yes	Yes since 2002
Faroe Islands	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
French Polynesia	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Gibraltar	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Greenland	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Guam	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Isle of Man	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Kazakhstan	Yes	No	No	No	Yes since 2012
Liechtenstein	Yes	No	No	Yes	No data
Malaysia	Yes	No	No	No	Yes since 2012
Mauritius	No	No	No	Yes	Yes since 2017
Mexico	No	Yes since 1994	No	No	No
Monaco	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Montenegro	Yes	No	No	No	No
New Caledonia	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Northern Mariana Islands	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Palau	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Panama	No	No	No	Yes	Yes since 2015
Russia	Yes	No	No	No	Yes since 2010
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No	No	No	Yes	Yes since 2013
Sint Maarten	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
Trinidad and Tobago	No	No	No	Yes	Yes since 2005
Turks and Caicos Islands	No data	No	No	Yes	No data
United States Virgin Islands	No data	No	No	Yes	No data

Rankings

The list below features some outstanding countries selected from the comparative table above under the "Developed Countries" and "Countries to be considered developed with 1 or 2 pending recognitions" categories with an average greater than 49,4% from a position evaluation in 32 updated rankings:

Outstanding countries
Country	Quality of living [33]	Cost of living [34]	HDI [35]	per capita PPP [36]	Democracy	Peace [37]	Prosperity [38]	Corruption [39]	Economic Freedom Heritage [40]	Economic Freedom Fraser [41]	Politic/Social Freedom House [42]	Competitiveness	Doing Business [43]	Gay friendly [44]	Environmental Performance [45]	Happiness [46]	Social Progress [47]	Global Talent [48]	PISA science	PISA read	PISA maths	Mobile internet speed [49]	Fixed internet speed	Fragile state [50]	Growth promise [51]	E-gov [52]	English skills [53]	Cities in motion [54]	Press freedom [55]	Health [56]	Rule of law [57]	Labor rights [58]
_{∑(101-rank)/} _{(#rankings*100)} _>49,4%	2019	2020	2019	2018	2020	2020	2019	2020	2020	2019	2020	2019	2019	2020	2020	2020	2019	2020	2018	2018	2018	2020	2020	2020	2019	2020	2019	2020	2020	2018	2020	2020
_{∑(101-rank)/} _{(#rankings*100)} _>49,4%	_{top 100}	_{low top 100}	_{> very high}	_>22000	_full	_{< 1.8}	_{> score 60}	_{> score 70}	_{> mostly free}	_{< 2nd quartile}	_free	_{> score 60}	_{> score 60}	_{> score 7}	_{> score 60}	_{> score 6.4}	_{> score 60}	_{< 2nd quartile}	_{> score 400}	_{> score 400}	_{> score 400}	_{> 30mb}	_{> 40mb}	_{> very stable}	_{> score 6}	_{> very high}	_{> high}	_{> relative high}	_{< score 20}	_{> score 60}	_{> score 70}	_{< rating 2}
Denmark	8	-	11	21	6	5	1	1	8	13	8	10	4	10	1	2	2	5	25	19	13	16	10	4	4	1	4	6	3	17	1	9
Sweden	23	-	8	17	3	15	4	4	22	35	3	8	10	1	8	7	5	4	20	11	17	17	9	7	8	6	2	14	4	8	4	9
Netherlands	11	-	10	14	11	21	6	8	14	25	4	4	42	5	11	6	11	6	16	27	9	5	21	12	2	10	1	8	5	3	5	9
New Zealand	15	-	14	34	4	2	7	1	3	3	11	19	1	10	19	8	7	16	13	11	28	19	23	6	9	8	1	23	9	16	7	34
Norway	25	-	1	7	1	17	2	7	28	32	2	17	9	-	9	5	1	9	28	20	19	8	15	2	7	13	3	12	1	2	2	9
Canada	19	-	13	24	8	6	14	12	9	8	7	14	23	1	20	11	9	13	9	6	12	6	19	8	10	28	1	43	16	14	9	34
Switzerland	14	-	2	10	10	10	3	4	5	4	12	5	36	15	3	3	3	1	24	28	11	12	4	3	1	16	19	31	8	7	-	34
Finland	31	-	12	27	5	14	5	3	20	21	1	11	20	-	7	1	4	7	7	6	16	28	34	1	6	4	7	22	2	6	3	9
Germany	13	-	4	19	13	16	8	9	27	20	19	7	22	10	10	17	8	11	16	21	20	38	33	13	11	25	10	7	11	18	6	9
Austria	1	-	20	22	16	4	13	12	29	26	27	21	27	4	6	9	20	17	28	28	22	21	54	15	19	15	8	18	18	13	8	9
Australia	30	-	6	20	9	13	17	12	4	9	9	16	14	-	13	12	12	10	16	17	30	9	64	10	15	5	1	-	26	5	11	-
Ireland	33	-	3	5	6	12	12	18	6	6	10	24	24	-	16	16	14	15	23	8	20	-	39	11	12	27	1	33	13	11	-	9
United Kingdom	41	-	15	29	14	42	11	12	7	7	22	9	8	5	4	13	13	12	15	15	17	47	45	29	13	-	1	1	-	23	13	-
Singapore	25	-	9	4	-	7	16	4	1	2	-	1	2	-	-	-	27	3	2	2	2	13	1	17	3	11	5	9	-	22	12	34
Belgium	28	-	17	25	-	17	22	17	-	40	14	22	46	15	15	20	19	18	20	23	15	20	37	18	16	41	13	41	12	15	14	34
Iceland	-	-	6	15	2	1	10	11	13	23	21	26	26	10	17	4	6	14	35	36	26	-	-	5	14	12	-	-	15	1	-	9
Luxembourg	18	-	21	3	12	-	9	9	19	17	5	18	72	-	2	10	16	8	34	38	34	22	22	9	5	33	9	-	17	4	-	-
Japan	49	-	19	31	-	9	19	20	30	17	13	6	29	-	12	-	10	19	6	15	6	39	32	21	17	14	-	4	-	12	15	34
Estonia	86	91	30	44	-	30	21	18	10	13	24	31	18	-	34	-	25	24	5	5	8	31	46	31	18	3	28	55	14	31	10	34
Portugal	37	-	40	46	22	3	26	-	-	39	15	34	39	10	27	-	18	28	27	25	29	48	28	14	27	35	12	52	10	32	23	34
Czech Republic	69	78	26	40	-	8	28	-	23	22	38	32	41	-	20	19	24	25	22	26	22	32	49	24	28	39	23	39	-	28	18	34
United States	53	-	15	12	-	-	18	-	17	5	52	2	6	-	24	18	26	2	19	13	38	33	11	30	20	-	1	15	-	29	21	-
France	39	-	26	28	20	-	23	-	-	50	41	15	32	-	5	23	15	21	25	23	26	30	14	19	21	19	-	3	-	20	20	34
Spain	46	-	25	33	17	38	25	-	-	36	34	23	30	5	14	28	17	32	30	-	35	54	16	-	31	17	-	25	-	19	19	34
South Korea	77	-	22	32	-	-	29	-	25	33	61	13	5	-	28	-	23	27	8	9	7	1	18	20	23	-	-	19	-	25	17	-
Lithuania	81	80	34	43	-	36	33	-	16	16	40	39	11	-	29	-	32	35	31	33	35	23	25	25	30	20	21	-	-	45	-	34
Uruguay	78	82	57	65	15	35	39	21	-	70	6	54	-	5	-	26	41	51	53	49	59	62	61	22	42	26	-	-	19	68	22	9

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Notes

Namely sovereign states, i.e., excluding Macau: In 2003, the government of Macau calculated its HDI as being 0.909 (the UN does not calculate Macau's HDI); In January 2007, the People's Daily Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine reported (from China Modernization Report 2007): "In 2004... Macau... had reached the level of developed countries". The UNCTAD Archived 10 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine organisation (of the UN), as well as the CIA Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, classify Macau as a "developing" territory. The World Bank classifies Macau as a high income economy (along with developed economies as well as with few developing economies).
The Developed Countries Glossary Archived 20 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine entry reads: "The following countries are classified by FTSE as developed countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium/Luxembourg, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong (China), Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States."
Geographically a part of Asia, geopolitically a part of Europe.

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"Press".
"the lancet".
"Rule of law".
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External links

IMF (advanced economies)
The Economist (quality of life survey)
The World Factbook (developed countries)
United Nations Statistics Division (definition)
List of countries, United Nations Statistics Division (developed regions)
World Bank (high-income economies)

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[12] Namely sovereign states, i.e., excluding Macau: In 2003, the government of Macau calculated its HDI as being 0.909 (the UN does not calculate Macau's HDI); In January 2007, the People's Daily Archived 7 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine reported (from China Modernization Report 2007): "In 2004... Macau... had reached the level of developed countries". The UNCTAD Archived 10 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine organisation (of the UN), as well as the CIA Archived 9 April 2008 at the Wayback Machine, classify Macau as a "developing" territory. The World Bank classifies Macau as a high income economy (along with developed economies as well as with few developing economies).

[19] The Developed Countries Glossary Archived 20 December 2014 at the Wayback Machine entry reads: "The following countries are classified by FTSE as developed countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium/Luxembourg, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong (China), Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States."

[25] Geographically a part of Asia, geopolitically a part of Europe.

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[2] Least Developed Countries Archived 17 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine (2018 list)

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[4] "Report for Selected Country Groups and Subjects". www.imf.org. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016.

[The_End_of_Poverty-5] Sachs, Jeffrey (2005). The End of Poverty. New York, New York: The Penguin Press. ISBN 1-59420-045-9.

[Ecological_Footprint:_Managing_Our_Biocapacity_Budget-6] Wackernagel, Mathis; Beyers, Bert (2019). Ecological Footprint: Managing Our Biocapacity Budget. Gabriola Island, BC, Canada: New Society Publishers. p. 132. ISBN 978-0865719118.

[7] Based on the IMF data. If no data was available for a country from IMF, data from the World Bank is used.

[8] The Courier. Commission of the European Communities. 1994.

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[16] "Macau in Figures, 2013". Archived from the original on 24 October 2013.

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