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== Country lists == === Emerging and developing economies according to the International Monetary Fund === The following are considered emerging and developing economies according to the [[International Monetary Fund]]'s World Economic Outlook Database, {{as of|April 2023|alt=April 2023}}.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2023/April/groups-and-aggregates |title=World Economic Outlook, Database—WEO Groups and Aggregates Information, April 2023 |access-date=17 April 2023 |archive-date=16 April 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416224423/https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2023/April/groups-and-aggregates |url-status=live }}</ref> {{div col|colwidth=18em}} *{{flag|Afghanistan}} *{{flag|Albania}} *{{flag|Algeria}} *{{flag|Angola}} *{{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} *{{flag|Argentina}} *{{flag|Armenia}} *{{flag|Azerbaijan}} *{{flag|Bahamas}} *{{flag|Bahrain}} *{{flag|Bangladesh}} *{{flag|Barbados}} *{{flag|Belarus}} *{{flag|Belize}} *{{flag|Benin}} *{{flag|Bhutan}} *{{flag|Bolivia}} *{{flag|Bosnia and Herzegovina}} *{{flag|Botswana}} *{{flag|Brazil}} *{{flag|Brunei}} *{{flag|Bulgaria}} *{{flag|Burkina Faso}} *{{flag|Burundi}} *{{flag|Cambodia}} *{{flag|Cameroon}} *{{flag|Cape Verde}} *{{flag|Central African Republic}} *{{flag|Chad}} *{{flag|China}} *{{flag|Chile}} *{{flag|Colombia}} *{{flag|Comoros}} *{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}} *{{flag|Republic of the Congo}} *{{flag|Costa Rica}} *{{flag|Djibouti}} *{{flag|Dominica}} *{{flag|Dominican Republic}} *{{flag|East Timor}} *{{flag|Ecuador}} *{{flag|Egypt}} *{{flag|El Salvador}} *{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} *{{flag|Eritrea}} *{{flag|Eswatini|name=Eswatini (Swaziland)}} *{{flag|Ethiopia}} *{{flag|Fiji}} *{{flag|Gabon}} *{{flag|The Gambia}} *{{flag|Georgia (country)|name=Georgia}} *{{flag|Ghana}} *{{flag|Grenada}} *{{flag|Guatemala}} *{{flag|Guinea}} *{{flag|Guinea-Bissau}} *{{flag|Guyana}} *{{flag|Haiti}} *{{flag|Honduras}} *{{flag|Hungary}} *{{flag|India}} *{{flag|Indonesia}} *{{flag|Iran}} *{{flag|Iraq}} *{{flag|Ivory Coast}} *{{flag|Jamaica}} *{{flag|Jordan}} *{{flag|Kazakhstan}} *{{flag|Kenya}} *{{flag|Kiribati}} *{{flag|Kosovo}} *{{flag|Kuwait}} *{{flag|Kyrgyzstan}} *{{flag|Laos}} *{{flag|Lebanon}} *{{flag|Lesotho}} *{{flag|Liberia}} *{{flag|Libya}} *{{flag|Madagascar}} *{{flag|Malawi}} *{{flag|Malaysia}} *{{flag|Maldives}} *{{flag|Mali}} *{{flag|Marshall Islands}} *{{flag|Mauritania}} *{{flag|Mauritius}} *{{flag|Mexico}} *{{flag|Federated States of Micronesia}} *{{flag|Moldova}} *{{flag|Mongolia}} *{{flag|Montenegro}} *{{flag|Morocco}} *{{flag|Mozambique}} *{{flag|Myanmar}} *{{flag|Namibia}} *{{flag|Nauru}} *{{flag|Nepal}} *{{flag|Nicaragua}} *{{flag|Niger}} *{{flag|Nigeria}} *{{flag|North Macedonia}} *{{flag|Oman}} *{{flag|Pakistan}} *{{flag|Palau}} *{{flag|Palestine}} *{{flag|Panama}} *{{flag|Papua New Guinea}} *{{flag|Paraguay}} *{{flag|Peru}} *{{flag|Philippines}} *{{flag|Poland}} *{{flag|Qatar}} *{{flag|Romania}} *{{flag|Russia}} *{{flag|Rwanda}} *{{flag|Saint Kitts and Nevis}} *{{flag|Saint Lucia}} *{{flag|Saint Vincent and the Grenadines}} *{{flag|Samoa}} *{{flag|São Tomé and Príncipe}} *{{flag|Saudi Arabia}} *{{flag|Senegal}} *{{flag|Serbia}} *{{flag|Seychelles}} *{{flag|Sierra Leone}} *{{flag|Solomon Islands}} *{{flag|Somalia}} *{{flag|South Africa}} *{{flag|South Sudan}} *{{flag|Sri Lanka}} *{{flag|Sudan}} *{{flag|Suriname}} *{{flag|Syria}} *{{flag|Tajikistan}} *{{flag|Tanzania}} *{{flag|Thailand}} *{{flag|Togo}} *{{flag|Tonga}} *{{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} *{{flag|Tunisia}} *{{flag|Turkey}} *{{flag|Turkmenistan}} *{{flag|Tuvalu}} *{{flag|Uganda}} *{{flag|Ukraine}} *{{flag|United Arab Emirates}} *{{flag|Uruguay}} *{{flag|Uzbekistan}} *{{flag|Vanuatu}} *{{flag|Venezuela}} *{{flag|Vietnam}} *{{flag|Yemen}} *{{flag|Zambia}} *{{flag|Zimbabwe}} {{div col end}} '''Countries not listed by IMF''' *{{flag|Abkhazia}} *{{flag|Cuba}} *{{flag|North Korea}} *{{flag|Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic}} *{{flag|South Ossetia}} === Upper middle income countries by World Bank === {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Albania<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data.worldbank.org/country/XT |title=World Bank Open Data |access-date=25 May 2023 |archive-date=25 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525041102/https://data.worldbank.org/country/XT |url-status=live }}</ref> * Algeria * American Samoa * Argentina * Armenia * Azerbaijan * Belarus * Belize * Bosnia and Herzegovina * Botswana * Brazil * Brunei * China * Colombia * Costa Rica * Cuba * Dominica * Dominican Republic * Ecuador * Equatorial Guinea * Fiji * Gabon * Georgia * Grenada * Guatemala * Guyana * Indonesia * Jamaica * Jordan * Kazakhstan * Kosovo * Libya * Malaysia * Maldives * Marshall Islands * Mauritius * Mexico * Moldova * Montenegro * Mongolia * Namibia * North Macedonia * Palau * Paraguay * Peru * Philippines * Serbia * South Africa * St. Lucia * St. Vincent and the Grenadines * Suriname * Thailand * Tonga * Türkiye * Turkmenistan * Tuvalu * Vietnam {{div col end}} === Lower middle income countries by World Bank === {{div col|colwidth=18em}} * Angola<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://data.worldbank.org/country/XN |title=World Bank Open Data |access-date=25 May 2023 |archive-date=25 May 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230525041113/https://data.worldbank.org/country/XN |url-status=live }}</ref> * Bangladesh * Benin * Bhutan * Bolivia * Cabo Verde * Cambodia * Cameroon * Comoros * Congo, Rep. * Côte d'Ivoire * Djibouti * Egypt, Arab Rep. * El Salvador * Eswatini * Ghana * Haiti * Honduras * India * Iraq * Iran, Islamic Rep. * Kenya * Kiribati * Kyrgyz Republic * Lao PDR * Lebanon * Lesotho * Mauritania * Micronesia, Fed. Sts. * Morocco * Myanmar * Nepal * Nicaragua * Nigeria * Pakistan * Papua New Guinea * Samoa * São Tomé and Príncipe * Senegal * Solomon Islands * Sri Lanka * Tajikistan * Tanzania * Timor-Leste * Tunisia * Ukraine * Uzbekistan * Vanuatu * West Bank and Gaza * Zimbabwe {{div col end}} ===Countries and regions that are graduated developed economies === The following list, including the [[Four Asian Tigers]] and new [[Eurozone]] European Union countries (except for Czech Republic), were historically considered developing countries and regions until the 1990s, and are now listed as [[advanced economy|advanced economies]] (developed countries and regions) by the [[IMF]]. Time in brackets is the time to be listed as advanced economies. *{{flag|Hong Kong}} (since 1997)<ref name="IMF 1997">{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/weo0598/pdf/0598sta.pdf |title=IMF Advanced Economies List. World Economic Outlook, May 1998, p. 134 |access-date=15 January 2014 |archive-date=18 August 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000818233010/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/weo0598/pdf/0598sta.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{flag|Israel}} (since 1997)<ref name="IMF 1997"/> *{{flag|Singapore}} (since 1997)<ref name="IMF 1997"/> *{{flag|South Korea}} (since 1997)<ref name="IMF 1997"/> *{{flag|Taiwan}} (since 1997)<ref name="IMF 1997"/><ref>The recognition of Taiwan is disputed; most UN-member states officially recognise the sovereignty of the [[People's Republic of China]] over Taiwan, however, some others maintain non-diplomatic relations with the [[Republic of China]]. See [[Foreign relations of Taiwan]].</ref> *{{flag|Cyprus}} (since 2001)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2001/01/pdf/append.pdf |title=World Economic Outlook, April 2001, p.157 |access-date=15 January 2014 |archive-date=13 September 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010913073731/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2001/01/pdf/append.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{flag|Slovenia}} (since 2007)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/01/pdf/statappx.pdf |title=World Economic Outlook, April 2007, p.204 |access-date=15 January 2014 |archive-date=5 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105062023/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2007/01/pdf/statappx.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{flag|Malta}} (since 2008)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2008/01/pdf/statapp.pdf |title=World Economic Outlook, April 2008, p.236 |access-date=15 January 2014 |archive-date=16 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110516113641/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2008/01/pdf/statapp.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{flag|Czech Republic}} (since 2009,<ref name="IMF 2009">{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/pdf/statapp.pdf |title=World Economic Outlook, April 2009, p.184 |access-date=15 January 2014 |archive-date=14 November 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114113955/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2009/01/pdf/statapp.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> since 2006 by [[World Bank]])<ref name="worldbank06">{{cite web| last = Velinger| first = Jan| title = World Bank Marks Czech Republic's Graduation to 'Developed' Status| publisher = Radio Prague|url=http://www.radio.cz/en/article/76314| date = 28 February 2006| access-date = 22 January 2007| archive-date = 12 January 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080112081601/http://www.radio.cz/en/article/76314| url-status = live}}</ref> *{{flag|Slovakia}} (since 2009)<ref name="IMF 2009"/> *{{flag|Estonia}} (since 2011)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/pdf/statapp.pdf |title=World Economic Outlook, April 2011, p.172 |access-date=15 January 2014 |archive-date=6 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506073614/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2011/01/pdf/statapp.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{flag|Latvia}} (since 2014)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2014/01/pdf/text.pdf |title=World Economic Outlook, April 2014, p.160 |access-date=21 May 2014 |archive-date=8 April 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140408225045/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2014/01/pdf/text.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{flag|Lithuania}} (since 2015)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2015/01/pdf/text.pdf |title=World Economic Outlook, April 2015, p.48 |access-date=11 April 2015 |archive-date=13 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150413200149/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2015/01/pdf/text.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{flag|Andorra}} (since 2021)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/data/changes.htm|title=World Economic Outlook Database – Changes to the Database|website=www.imf.org|access-date=21 September 2022|archive-date=29 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229080726/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/data/changes.htm|url-status=live}}</ref> *{{flag|Croatia}} (since 2023)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2023/April/select-countries?grp=110&sg=All-countries/Advanced-economies|title=World Economic Outlook Database – Changes to the Database|website=www.imf.org|access-date=17 April 2023|archive-date=16 April 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416190103/https://www.imf.org/en/Publications/WEO/weo-database/2023/April/select-countries?grp=110&sg=All-countries/Advanced-economies|url-status=live}}</ref> Three economies lack data before being listed as advanced economies. However, because of the lack of data, it is difficult to judge whether they were advanced economies or developing economies before being listed as advanced economies. *{{flag|San Marino}} (since 2012)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/02/pdf/statapp.pdf |title=World Economic Outlook, October 2012, p.180 |access-date=4 August 2016 |archive-date=20 October 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020230354/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2012/02/pdf/statapp.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{flag|Macau}} (since 2016)<ref name="IMF 2016">{{cite web |url=http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/01/pdf/statapp.pdf |title=World Economic Outlook, April 2016, p.148 |access-date=25 June 2016 |archive-date=17 April 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160417162308/http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2016/01/pdf/statapp.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref> *{{flag|Puerto Rico}} (since 2016)<ref name="IMF 2016"/> ===Newly industrialized countries=== Ten countries belong to the "[[newly industrialized country]]" classification. They are countries whose economies have not yet reached a developed country's status but have, in a macroeconomic sense, outpaced their developing counterparts: {{div col|colwidth=15em}} *{{flag|Brazil}} *{{flag|China}} *{{flag|India}} *{{flag|Indonesia}} *{{flag|Malaysia}} *{{flag|Mexico}} *{{flag|Philippines}} *{{flag|South Africa}} *{{flag|Thailand}} *{{flag|Turkey}} {{div col end}} ===BRICS countries=== Ten countries belong to the "[[emerging markets]]" groups and together form the [[BRICS]] organisation: *{{flag|Brazil}} (since 2006) *{{flag|Russia}} (since 2006) *{{flag|India}} (since 2006) *{{flag|China}} (since 2006) *{{flag|South Africa}} (since 2010) *{{flag|Egypt}} (since 2024) *{{flag|Ethiopia}} (since 2024) *{{flag|Iran}} (since 2024) *{{flag|United Arab Emirates}} (since 2024) *{{flag|Indonesia}} (since 2025)
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