Meanings
plural developed countries
- economicsA high-income country with an advanced, industrialized economy.
Near-synonym: HIC
1 more example
We can't imagine what life would be like without all of these critical pieces of the nation's infrastructure. Without them, both economic growth and personal mobility would have been grievously affected, and the UK would be condemned to slide down towards "less developed country" status.
2023 October 4, Sir Michael Holden, “Comment: High noon for Sunak”, in RAIL, number 993, page 3Synonyms: HIC · Antonyms: LMIC, developing country
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA high-income country with an advanced, industrialized economy.
Translations
Arabic دَوْلَة مُتَقَدِّمَة
- دَوْلَة مُتَقَدِّمَة (dawla mutaqaddima)country with an advanced economy
Bulgarian разви́та страна́
- разви́та страна́ (razvíta straná)country with an advanced economy
Chinese Cantonese 發達國家 /发达国家
- 發達國家 /发达国家 (faat³ daat⁶ gwok³ gaa¹)country with an advanced economy
Chinese Mandarin 發達國家 /发达国家, 發達國 /发达国
- 發達國家 /发达国家 (fādá guójiā)country with an advanced economy
- 發達國 /发达国 (fādáguó)country with an advanced economy
- 先進國 /先进国 (xiānjìnguó)country with an advanced economy
Czech vyspělá země
- vyspělá zeměcountry with an advanced economy
Dutch ontwikkeld land
- ontwikkeld landcountry with an advanced economy
Finnish kehittynyt maa, teollisuusmaa
- kehittynyt maacountry with an advanced economy
- teollisuusmaacountry with an advanced economy
French pays développé
- pays développécountry with an advanced economy
German Industriestaat, entwickeltes Land
- Industriestaatcountry with an advanced economy
- entwickeltes Landcountry with an advanced economy
Hungarian fejlett ország
- fejlett országcountry with an advanced economy
Indonesian negara maju
- negara majucountry with an advanced economy
Italian paese sviluppato
- paese sviluppatocountry with an advanced economy
Japanese 先進国
- 先進国 (senshinkoku)country with an advanced economy
Korean 선진국
- 선진국 (seonjin'guk)country with an advanced economy
Malay negara maju
- negara majucountry with an advanced economy
Polish kraj rozwinięty
- kraj rozwiniętycountry with an advanced economy
Portuguese país desenvolvido
- país desenvolvidocountry with an advanced economy
Romanian țară dezvoltată
- țară dezvoltatăcountry with an advanced economy
Russian ра́звитая страна́
- ра́звитая страна́ (rázvitaja straná)country with an advanced economy
Slovak vyspelá krajina
- vyspelá krajinacountry with an advanced economy
Spanish país desarrollado
- país desarrolladocountry with an advanced economy
Turkish gelişmiş ülke
- gelişmiş ülkecountry with an advanced economy
Ukrainian розви́нена краї́на
- розви́нена краї́на (rozvýnena krajína)country with an advanced economy
Cite this entry
developed country. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/developed%20country
“developed country.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/developed%20country. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “developed country,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/developed%20country.
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