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Developed nations are countries that have achieved (currently or historically) a high degree of industrialization, and which enjoy the higher standards of living which wealth and technology make possible. There is a strong correlation between countries having this type of status and their possessing robust democratic institutions.
Countries not belonging in this category are sometimes euphemistically called developing nations, underdeveloped nations, or, in extreme cases least developed countries. Other terms sometimes used to describe the dichotomy are first world/third world (the second world was once reserved for Communist countries), North/South, or industrialized countries/non-industrialized countries. The term Western countries has similar, though not identical, connotations.
According to the CIA World Factbook, the following countries are considered developed nations:
According to the International Monetary Fund (IMF)'s list of advanced economies, Hong Kong, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan are also considered developed nations, but not Malta, South Africa or Turkey.
Under a broader definition, the more advanced countries of former-Communist Europe (The Visegrad Group, Slovenia, the Baltic States, Romania and Bulgaria) can be considered to be developed nations, due to their level of industrialisation and infrastructure, development of technology, free market economies and democratic governments
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