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A developed country (or industrialized country, high-income country, more economically developed country (MEDC), advanced country^[3][4]) is a sovereign state that has a high quality of life, 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.^[5] Which criteria are to be used and which countries can be classified as being developed are subjects of debate. A point of reference of US$20,000 in 2021 USD nominal GDP per capita for the IMF is a good point of departure, it is a similar level of development to the United States in 1960.^[6]

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.^[7]

Definition and criteria[]

Countries by 2019 GDP (nominal) per capita^[8]

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.^[9][10]

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.^[11]

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.^[12]

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.^[13]

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."^[14]

Country lists by various criteria[]

Human Development Index (HDI)[]

Countries ranked in the "Very High" category of the Human Development Index (based on 2019 data, published in 2020).

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, 2009–2019), 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.^[15]

The 2020 Human Development Report by the United Nations Development Programme was released on 15 December 2020, and calculates HDI values based on estimates for 2019. Below is the list of the "very high human development" countries:^[16][17]

• = 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 2018.

Rank Economy HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings [17] Change in rank from previous year[17] 2019 data (2020 report) rankings [17] Change from previous year [17] 1  Norway 0.957 0.003 2   Switzerland 0.955 0.009 2 (1)  Ireland 0.955 0.013 4  Hong Kong 0.949 0.010 4 (2)  Iceland 0.949 0.011 6 (2)  Germany 0.947 0.008 7 (1)  Sweden 0.945 0.008 8 (1)  Australia 0.944 0.006 8 (2)  Netherlands 0.944 0.011 10 (1)  Denmark 0.940 0.010 11 (2)  Singapore 0.938 0.003 11 (1)  Finland 0.938 0.013 13 (2)  United Kingdom 0.932 0.012 14  New Zealand 0.931 0.010 14 (2)  Belgium 0.931 0.012 16 (3)  Canada 0.929 0.007 17 (1)  United States 0.926 0.006 18 (2)  Austria 0.922 0.008 19 (1)  Liechtenstein 0.919 0.002 19  Japan 0.919 0.004 19 (3)  Israel 0.919 0.013 22 (2)  Slovenia 0.917 0.015 23 (2)  Luxembourg 0.916 0.007 23  South Korea 0.916 0.010 25  Spain 0.904 0.011 26  France 0.901 0.010 27 (1)  Czechia 0.900 0.009 28  Malta 0.895 0.010 29  Italy 0.892 0.009 29 (1)  Estonia 0.892 0.010 31 (4)  United Arab Emirates 0.890 0.024 32  Greece 0.888 0.016 33 (2)  Cyprus 0.887 0.012 34  Lithuania 0.882 0.013 35 (3)  Poland 0.880 0.008

Rank Economy HDI 2019 data (2020 report) rankings [17] Change in rank from previous year[17] 2019 data (2020 report) rankings [17] Change from previous year [17] 36  Andorra 0.868 0.011 37 (2)  Latvia 0.866 0.012 38 (2)  Portugal 0.864 0.014 39 (3)  Slovakia 0.860 0.003 40 (4)  Saudi Arabia 0.854 0.003 40 (3)  Hungary 0.854 0.009 42 (3)  Bahrain 0.852 0.014 43 (1)  Chile 0.851 0.004 43 (3)  Croatia 0.851 0.014 45 (4)  Qatar 0.848 46 (2)  Argentina 0.845 0.015 47 (4)  Brunei 0.838 0.007 48 (4)  Montenegro 0.829 0.013 49 (3)  Romania 0.828 0.012 50 (5)  Palau 0.826 0.012 51 (1)  Kazakhstan 0.825 0.008 52 (3)  Russia 0.824 53 (3)  Belarus 0.823 0.006 54 (5)  Turkey 0.820 0.014 55 (2)  Uruguay 0.817 0.009 56 (4)  Bulgaria 0.816 57 (10)  Panama 0.815 0.020 58 (2)  Barbados 0.814 0.001 58 (2)  Bahamas 0.814 0.009 60 (13)  Oman 0.813 0.021 61 (9)  Georgia 0.812 0.026 62 (1)  Malaysia 0.810 0.006 62 (6)  Costa Rica 0.810 0.016 64 (7)  Kuwait 0.806 0.002 64 (1)  Serbia 0.806 0.007 66  Mauritius 0.804 0.008

As a non-UN member, the government of Taiwan calculates its own HDI based on UNDP's 2010 methodology,^[18][19] which had a value of 0.916 in 2019,^{[Note 2]} ranked 23 globally. Additionally, while the HDI for the Chinese special administrative region of Hong Kong is calculated by the UNDP, it is not applicable for Macau. According to the 2021 annual report published by Statistical Bureau of Macau, Macau's HDI was estimated as 0.922 in 2019.^[20] These values place both Taiwan and Macau well within the group of "Very high human development". 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.^[21] 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,^[22] 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.^{[why?][Note 3]}

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".^[15][23] The OECD's 37 members are known as the "developed countries club".^[24][25][26] The World Bank identifies 81 "high income countries".^[27] Other standards, such as the 30-50 Club (GDP per capita over $30,000 and population over 50 million) have been developed to categorize highly developed and influential countries.

World Bank high-income economies[]

World Bank high-income economies in 2019

According to the World Bank the following 80 countries (including territories) are classified as "high-income economies". As of the 2022 fiscal year, high-income economies are those that had a GNI per capita of $12,696 or more in 2020.^[27]

36 countries and territories in Europe:

20 countries and territories in the Americas:

15 countries and territories in Asia:

8 countries and territories in Oceania:

1 countries in Africa:

9 former high-income economies:^[28]

^* 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":^[29][30]

26 countries in Europe:

3 countries in the Americas:

•  Canada
•  Chile
•  United States

3 countries in Asia:

•  Israel
•  Japan
•  South Korea

2 countries in Oceania:

•  Australia
•  New Zealand

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),^[31] a group of the world's major donor countries that discuss issues surrounding development aid and poverty reduction in developing countries.^[32] 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, 39 countries and territories are officially listed as "advanced economies",^[1][33] with the addition of 8 microstates and dependencies modified by the CIA which were omitted from the IMF version :^[22]

27 countries and dependencies in Europe classified by the IMF, 7 others given by the CIA :

7 countries and territories in Asia:

3 countries and territories in the Americas classified by the IMF, one territory given by the CIA :

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.^[22]

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:

Comparative table (2021)[]

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.

hideDeveloped Countries
Countries	HDI[17]	OECD[34]	IMF[35]	WB[36]	Per capita PPP[37]
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 2010
2010
Israel	Yes since 1991	Yes since 2010	Yes since 1997[38]	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
Slovakia	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[39]	Yes since 1994	Yes since 2004
South Korea	Yes since 1999	Yes since 1996	Yes since 1997[40]	Yes since 2001	Yes since 2005
2003
Greece	Yes since 2001	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1989[39]	Yes since 1996	Yes since 2003
2000
New Zealand	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1973	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 2000
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
United Kingdom	Yes since 1992	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
1995
Italy	Yes since 1995	Yes since 1962	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1993
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
1992
Austria	Yes since 1992	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1992
Germany	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1961	Yes since 1945	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1992
Japan	Yes before 1990	Yes since 1964	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
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 1984
Countries to be considered developed (1 pending recognition)
Countries	HDI[17]	OECD[34]	IMF[35]	WB[36]	Per capita PPP[37]
Chile	Yes since 2007	Yes since 2010	No	Yes since 2012	Yes since 2013
Hungary	Yes since 2005	Yes since 1996	No	Yes since 2014	Yes since 2010
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 2005
Cyprus	Yes since 2001	No	Yes since 2001	Yes since 1988	Yes since 2000
Singapore[Note 5]	Yes since 1999	No	Yes since 1997[40]	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1990
In process (2 pending recognitions)
Countries	HDI[17]	OECD[34]	IMF[35]	WB[36]	per capita PPP[37]
Croatia	Yes since 2007	No	No	Yes since 2017	Yes since 2014
Uruguay	Yes since 2014	No	No	Yes since 2012	Yes since 2016
Bahamas	Yes since 2016	No	No	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1997
Turkey	Yes since 2015	Yes since 1961	No	No	Yes since 2013
Kuwait	Yes since 2014	No	No	Yes since 1987	Yes before 1980
Bahrain	Yes since 2012	No	No	Yes since 2001	Yes since 1981
Oman	Yes since 2012	No	No	Yes since 2007	Yes since 1990
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
Taiwan	No data	No	Yes since 1997[40]	Yes since 1987	Yes since 1990
Qatar	Yes since 1996	No	No	Yes since 1987	Yes before 1980
Other recognitions
Countries	HDI[17]	OECD[34]	IMF[35]	WB[36]	per capita PPP[37]
Mauritius	Yes since 2019	No	No	No	Yes since 2017
Panama	Yes since 2019	No	No	No	Yes since 2014
Bulgaria	Yes since 2015	No	No	No	Yes since 2018
Malaysia	Yes since 2016	No	No	No	Yes since 2012
Kazakhstan	Yes since 2015	No	No	No	Yes since 2013
Seychelles	No	No	No	Yes since 2014	Yes since 2013
Romania	Yes since 2013	No	No	No	Yes since 2016
Russia	Yes since 2013	No	No	No	Yes since 2011
Barbados	Yes since 2011	No	No	Yes since 2006	No
Trinidad and Tobago	No	No	No	Yes since 2006	Yes since 2005
Andorra	Yes since 2003	No	No	Yes since 1990	No data
Liechtenstein	Yes since 2000	No	No	Yes since 1994	No data
Colombia	No	Yes since 2020	No	No	No
Georgia	Yes since 2019	No	No	No	No
Costa Rica	Yes since 2019	Yes since 2021	No	No	No
Serbia	Yes since 2019	No	No	No	No
Nauru	No	No	No	Yes since 2019	No
Montenegro	Yes since 2013	No	No	No	No
Palau	Yes since 2013	No	No	No	No
Antigua and Barbuda	No	No	No	Yes since 2012	No
Saint Kitts and Nevis	No	No	No	Yes since 2012	No
Belarus	Yes since 2012	No	No	No	No
Argentina	Yes since 2006	No	No	No	No
Mexico	No	Yes since 1994	No	No	No
Monaco	No data	No	No	Yes since 1994	No data

Rankings[]

The list below features some outstanding countries selected from the comparative table above with average data of quality (best place in rankings) and quantity (considered in how many of the 36 rankings) with an evaluation greater than 60%.

Outstanding countries

Rank	Country	INDEX	QUALITY	QUANTITY	Quality of living[41]	Quality of digital living[42]	Cost of living[43]	HDI[44]	per capita PPP[45]	Democracy	Peace[46]	Prosperity[47]	Corruption[48]	Economic Freedom Heritage[49]	Human Freedom Fraser[50]	Politic/Social Freedom House[51]	Competitiveness	Doing Business[52]	Gay friendly[53]	Energy transition [54]	Environmental Performance[55]	Green Future[56]	Happiness[57]	Social Progress[58]	Global Talent[59]	PISA science [9]	PISA read	PISA maths	Mobile internet speed[60]	Fixed internet speed	Resilience [61]	Fragile state[62]	Growth promise[63]	E-gov[64]	English skills[65]	Cities in motion[66]	Press freedom[67]	Rule of law[68]	Good Government[69]	Labor rights[70]
					2019	2020	2021	2020	2020	2020	2020	2020	2020	2021	2020	2021	2019	2019	2020	2021	2020	2021	2021	2020	2020	2018	2018	2018	2021	2021	2021!2021	2019	2020	2020	2020	2021	2018	2021	2021	2021
		AVG (quality; quantity) >60%	1- ((AVG ranks-1)/ (100-1))	#ranks/ Totalranks	top 100	> score 0.6	low top 100	> very high	>22000	full	< 1.8	2nd green on map	> score 70	> mostly free	> score 7.5	> score 90	> score 60	> score 60	> score 7	> score 70	> score 60	> green	> score 6.4	< tier 2	< 2nd quartile	> score 400	> score 400	> score 400	> 30mb	> 50mb	> score 90	> green	> score 6	> very high	> high	> relative high	< score 20	> score 70	> score 0.6	< rating 2
1	Denmark	95.9%	0.95	0.97	8	1	-	10	10	7	3	1	1	10	4	11	10	4	10	3	1	2	2	2	5	25	19	13	15	5	1	5	4	1	2	6	4	1	5	11
2	Sweden	94.6%	0.92	0.97	23	2	-	7	18	3	15	4	3	21	9	3	8	10	1	1	8	12	7	5	4	20	11	17	14	17	7	8	8	6	4	14	3	4	7	11
3	Netherlands	93.6%	0.90	0.97	11	6	-	8	13	9	21	6	8	16	14	5	4	42	5	11	11	10	5	10	6	16	27	9	8	26	16	12	2	10	1	8	6	5	4	11
4	New Zealand	93.4%	0.90	0.97	3	17	-	14	31	4	2	7	1	2	1	4	19	1	10	8	19	8	9	4	16	13	11	28	18	22	18	4	9	8	1	23	8	7	9	38
5	Norway	93.0%	0.92	0.94	25	5	-	1	6	1	14	2	7	28	15	2	17	9	-	2	9	3	6	1	9	28	20	19	6	20	2	2	7	13	5	12	1	2	6	11
6	Finland	92.7%	0.91	0.94	31	11	-	11	22	6	13	5	3	17	11	1	11	20	-	6	7	6	1	3	7	7	6	16	23	34	6	1	6	4	3	22	2	3	1	11
7	Switzerland	92.5%	0.90	0.94	2	15	-	2	5	12	7	3	3	4	2	15	5	36	15	4	3	19	3	6	1	24	28	11	12	11	5	6	1	16	18	11	10	-	2	38
8	Austria	91.0%	0.85	0.97	1	14	-	18	17	18	6	10	15	25	15	25	21	27	4	5	6	15	10	15	17	28	28	22	28	44	8	14	19	15	6	18	17	8	13	11
9	Germany	90.8%	0.87	0.94	3	16	-	6	19	14	17	8	9	29	9	19	7	22	10	-	10	11	13	11	11	16	21	20	26	35	4	13	11	25	8	7	13	6	8	11
10	Canada	90.4%	0.86	0.94	3	3	97	16	24	5	10	14	11	9	6	7	14	23	1	-	20	14	14	7	13	9	6	12	11	19	13	9	10	28	1	30	14	9	10	-
11	United Kingdom	86.8%	0.85	0.89	41	7	-	13	28	16	33	13	11	7	17	27	9	8	5	7	4	17	17	20	12	15	15	17	31	49	10	30	13	-	1	1	-	13	12	-
12	Ireland	86.6%	0.84	0.89	33	28	-	2	3	8	8	12	20	5	7	9	24	24	-	-	16	5	15	12	15	23	8	20	58	43	11	11	12	27	1	33	12	-	11	11
13	Australia	86.4%	0.87	0.86	11	19	-	8	20	9	16	16	11	3	5	8	16	14	-	-	13	-	11	8	10	16	17	30	7	57	14	10	15	5	1	17	25	11	17	-
14	Belgium	84.1%	0.79	0.89	28	24	-	14	21	-	20	23	15	37	25	12	22	46	15	-	15	9	20	16	18	20	23	15	25	41	15	18	16	41	9	41	11	14	20	-
15	Singapore	83.9%	0.90	0.78	25	12	-	11	2	-	11	15	3	1	28	-	1	2	-	-	-	16	-	29	3	2	2	2	24	1	12	15	3	11	10	9	-	12	3	38
16	Iceland	83.5%	0.86	0.81	-	-	-	4	15	2	1	11	17	11	20	21	26	26	10	10	17	1	4	9	14	35	36	26	-	-	22	3	14	12	-	5	16	-	19	11
17	Japan	81.2%	0.82	0.81	49	9	-	19	30	21	12	19	19	23	11	13	6	29	-	-	12	-	-	13	19	6	15	6	52	24	25	19	17	14	-	4	-	15	14	38
18	Estonia	80.3%	0.74	0.86	86	13	81	29	40	-	30	21	17	8	8	18	31	18	-	-	34	-	-	24	24	5	5	8	32	47	28	28	18	3	26	55	15	10	15	38
19	France	80.2%	0.80	0.81	39	4	-	26	26	-	-	22	-	-	33	40	15	32	-	9	5	4	21	18	21	25	23	26	27	10	19	20	21	19	28	3	-	20	16	38
20	Spain	79.4%	0.73	0.86	43	18	72	25	39	22	31	24	-	-	29	46	23	30	5	-	14	18	27	19	32	30	-	35	38	6	21	38	31	17	-	25	29	19	27	38
21	Luxembourg	79.3%	0.84	0.75	18	-	-	23	1	13	-	9	9	18	11	10	18	72	-	-	2	13	8	14	8	34	38	34	13	21	3	7	5	33	11	-	20	-	-	-
22	Portugal	77.4%	0.72	0.83	37	29	83	38	42	-	4	27	-	-	26	14	34	39	10	-	27	-	-	21	28	27	25	29	49	27	27	16	27	35	7	52	9	23	25	38
23	United States	76.6%	0.81	0.72	34	22	91	17	7	-	-	18	-	20	17	-	2	6	-	-	24	-	19	28	2	19	13	38	20	12	-	37	20	9	1	2	-	21	18	-
24	Lithuania	72.8%	0.68	0.78	81	21	65	34	37	-	37	34	-	15	21	41	39	11	-	-	29	-	-	32	35	31	33	35	34	29	30	25	30	20	24	-	28	-	29	38
25	South Korea	71.6%	0.79	0.64	77	-	-	23	27	23	-	28	-	24	26	-	13	5	-	-	28	-	-	17	27	8	9	7	3	13	36	21	23	-	-	19	-	17	21	-
26	Czech Republic	71.3%	0.70	0.72	69	32	66	27	34	-	9	29	-	27	24	38	32	41	-	-	20	-	18	25	25	22	26	22	-	-	-	-	28	39	19	39	-	18	22	38
27	Latvia	70.7%	0.64	0.78	90	27	77	37	47	-	35	32	-	30	22	-	41	19	-	12	40	-	-	35	33	29	30	24	66	32	39	34	34	49	29	-	22	-	31	38
28	Uruguay	70.0%	0.62	0.78	78	-	73	55	62	15	-	39	21	-	38	6	54	-	5	13	-	20	31	38	51	53	49	59	63	64	47	22	42	26	-	-	18	22	-	11
29	Slovenia	69.8%	0.70	0.69	74	23	88	22	38	-	5	26	-	-	33	17	35	37	-	-	18	-	29	22	31	14	22	13	45	39	41	17	29	23	-	-	-	-	23	-
30	Poland	68.4%	0.67	0.69	82	10	45	35	41	-	24	36	-	-	45	-	37	40	-	-	41	-	-	31	44	12	10	10	46	31	24	33	35	24	16	54	-	-	28	-
31	Italy	68.2%	0.64	0.72	41	20	92	29	33	-	32	31	-	-	31	43	30	58	-	-	20	-	28	23	36	39	33	32	47	48	33	39	39	37	-	42	-	-	-	11
32	Israel	65.5%	0.70	0.61	-	8	-	19	35	-	-	30	-	26	-	-	20	35	-	-	33	-	12	33	20	42	38	42	67	28	37	32	25	30	-	-	-	-	26	38
33	Malta	64.6%	0.68	0.61	-	-	-	28	29	-	-	25	-	36	23	44	38	88	1	-	23	-	23	30	23	43	45	39	41	23	46	23	24	22	-	-	-	-	-	-
34	United Arab Emirates	63.5%	0.71	0.56	74	31	-	31	11	-	-	42	21	14	-	-	25	16	-	-	-	-	25	-	22	49	47	51	1	30	-	29	22	21	-	-	-	-	24	-
35	Slovakia	62.5%	0.61	0.64	80	30	-	39	-	-	26	35	-	-	36	42	42	45	-	-	26	-	-	36	39	41	42	33	42	46	31	26	-	48	22	62	-	-	-	38
36	Cyprus	62.2%	0.60	0.64	86	35	95	33	36	-	-	33	-	33	33	20	44	54	-	-	35	-	-	26	30	47	51	45	16	-	43	59	26	18	-	-	26	-	-	-
37	Hungary	60.8%	0.60	0.61	76	25	59	40	45	-	19	46	-	-	49	-	47	52	-	-	37	-	-	-	52	32	33	35	44	7	35	46	38	52	14	-	-	-	-	-

See also[]

Notes[]

References[]

External links[]

• Quotations related to Developed country at Wikiquote
• IMF (advanced economies)
• The World Factbook (developed countries)
• United Nations Statistics Division (definition)
• List of countries, United Nations Statistics Division (developed regions)
• World Bank (high-income economies)
• List of Developed Countries in 2021