developed country

developed country (plural developed countries)

1. (economics) A country with an advanced, high-income, industrialized economy.

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".[1][2]

• developing country

• “developed country” in the Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
• Who are the developing countries in the WTO?, wto.org
• OECD Glossary of Statistical Terms - Developed, developing countries Definition, oecd.org