developing country

English

Noun

developing country (plural developing countries)

1. (economics) A country with an emerging and low- and middle-income but still industrializing its economy.
2. (sometimes derogatory) A poor country with less industrial base, widespread poverty, and low Human Development Index (HDI).

Usage notes

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".

Coordinate terms

• developed country

Translations

country with an emerging economy

• Arabic: دَوْلَة نَامِيَّة f (dawla nāmiyya)
• Azerbaijani: inkişaf etməkdə olan ölkə
• Belarusian: краі́на, яка́я развіва́ецца f (kraína, jakája razvivájecca)
• Bulgarian: развива́ща се страна́ f (razvivášta se straná)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 發展中國家／发展中国家 (zh) (fāzhǎnzhōng guójiā)

• Czech: rozvojová země f
• Danish: udviklingsland n
• Dutch: ontwikkelingsland (nl) n, groeiland (nl) n
• Finnish: kehitysmaa (fi)
• French: pays en voie de développement (fr) m
• Georgian: განვითარებადი ქვეყანა (ganvitarebadi kveq̇ana)
• German: Entwicklungsland (de) n
• Hindi: विकासशील देश m (vikāsśīl deś)
• Hungarian: fejlődő ország
• Indonesian: negara berkembang (id)
• Japanese: 途上国 (ja) (とじょうこく, tojō koku), 発展途上国 (ja) (はってんとじょうこく, hatten tojō koku)
• Korean: 개발도상국(開發途上國) (gaebaldosangguk)
• Malay: negara membangun
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: utviklingsland n

  Nynorsk: utviklingsland n

• Polish: kraj rozwijający się m
• Portuguese: país em desenvolvimento m
• Romanian: țară în curs de dezvoltare f
• Russian: развива́ющаяся страна́ f (razvivájuščajasja straná)
• Spanish: país en vías de desarrollo
• Swahili: nchi inayoendelea
• Swedish: utvecklingsland (sv) n
• Turkish: gelişmekte olan ülke
• Ukrainian: краї́на, що розвива́ється f (krajína, ščo rozvyvájetʹsja)
• Vietnamese: nước đang phát triển

References

• “developing country”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.