Low- and middle-income countries in which most people have a lower standard of living with access to fewer goods and services than do most people in high-income countries. There are currently about 125 developing countries with populations over 1 million; in 1997, their total population was more than 4.89 billion.
A country whose per capita income is low by world standards. Same as LDC. As usually used, it does not necessarily connote that the country's income is rising.
a country with a relatively low per capita income, where most people have a lower standard of living with access to fewer goods and services than most people in developed countries. Also known as a third-world country.
Country that has low to moderate industrialization and low to moderate per capita GNP. Most are located in Africa, Asia, and Latin America. Compare developed country.
an area of the world that is changing from uneven growth to more constant economic conditions and that is generally characterized by low rates of urbanization, relatively high rates of infant mortality and illiteracy, and relatively low rates of life expectancy and energy use.
a country A country, a land, or a state, is a geographical area and an independent political entity with its own government, administration, laws, often a constitution, police, military, tax rules, and people
a country with a low income average, a relatively backwards infrastructure and a poor human development index when compared to the global norm
a country with low average income compared to the world average
a low income country, where a large percentage of the population lives under the poverty line
Characteristics: 1) more than 33% of the population is engaged in agriculture, less than 30% of population is urban; 2) at least 50% of population is literate; and 3) highly developed industrial sectors and consumer markets of significant per capita size.
A country that is relatively poor (defined by the World Bank as GDP per head below $9,200). “Developing” is a euphemism for “poor”. It conveys the idea that developing countries are not locked into a state of poverty but are accumulating capital and building up an industrial and commercial base. But, as chapter 2 shows, quite a number of so-called developing countries are in fact regressing; getting poorer rather than richer.
the low- and middle-income countries in which most people have a standard of living with access to fewer goods and service lower than most people in high-income countries. There are currently about 125 developing countries with populations over 1 million; in 1995, total population of 4.7 billion.
Country defined by DAC as eligible for ODA.
a country where average income is either less than US$5,000 (a low-income country) or between US$5,000 and $15,000 (a middle-income country)
A term used generally to refer to a country still aspiring to the advanced technology of the "western world". [D02660] RMW
A country that is in the process of becoming industrialized. Average national income must be below $9,265 for a country to be classified as a developing country. A developing country typically lacks industrialization, infrastructure, high literacy rate and advanced living standards.
This is a term used to refer to low- and middle-income countries in which most people have a lower standard of living with access to fewer goods and services than do most people in high-income countries. Today, there are about 125 developing countries. Source: World Bank and CIDA
A developing country has a relatively low standard of living, an undeveloped industrial base, and a moderate to low Human Development Index (HDI) score. In developing countries, there is low per capita income, widespread poverty, and low capital formation. The term has tended to edge out earlier ones, including the Cold War-defined "Third World", which has come to have unintentional negative connotations associated with it, but new terms such as Less developed country (LDC) or Less economically developed country (LEDC) have not caught on yet.
