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"Developed economies" according to this classification scheme are shown in blue. The map does not include classifications by the World Bank. A developed country, or advanced country, [3] [4] is a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, developed economy, and
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 26 January 2025. World map of countries or territories by Human Development Index scores in increments of 0.050 (based on 2022 data, published in 2024) ≥ 0.950 0.900–0.950 0.850–0.899 0.800–0.849 0.750–0.799 0.700–0.749 0.650–0.699 0.600–0.649 0.550–0.599 0.500–0.549 0.450–0.499 0. ...
The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) [1] for countries in Europe as included in a United Nations Development Programme's Human Development Report (released in 2020). [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Previous HDI values and rankings are retroactively recalculated using the same updated data sets and current methodologies, as presented in ...
The index was developed in 1990 by Pakistani economist Mahbub ul Haq [1] and Indian economist Amartya Sen. [ 2 ] The table below presents the latest Human Development Index (HDI) [ 3 ] for countries in Asia and the Pacific as included in a Development report of united nations development programme released on 13 March 2024 and based on data ...
It is a standard means of measuring well-being. It is used to distinguish whether the country is a developed, developing, or underdeveloped country, and also to measure the impact of economic policies on quality of life. Countries fall into four broad categories based on their HDI: very high, high, medium, and low human development.
Since many of the countries that are considered to be a part of the Global South were once colonized by Global North countries, they are at a disadvantage to become as quickly developed. Dependency theorists suggest that information has a top-down approach and first goes to the Global North before countries in the Global South receive it.
Map of countries and territories by fertility rate as of 2020. Over the last few decades, global population growth has largely been driven by developing countries, which often have higher birth rates (higher fecundity rate) than developed countries.
The GCC countries, for example, are classified as developing high-income countries. Thus, a high-income country may be classified as either developed or developing. [2] Although Vatican City is a sovereign state, it is not classified by the World Bank under this definition. A map of World Bank high-income economies, as of 2023