Phrase guide

developed country

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A high-income country with an advanced, industrialized economy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: economics, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonym: HIC

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: HIC

Antonyms: LMIC, developing country

Broader terms: country

History

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Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: دَوْلَة مُتَقَدِّمَة (dawla mutaqaddima) — country with an advanced economy
  • Belarusian: развіта́я краі́на (razvitája kraína) — country with an advanced economy
  • Bulgarian: разви́та страна́ (razvíta straná) — country with an advanced economy
  • Chinese Cantonese: 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 (fādá guójiā) — country with an advanced economy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發達國 /发达国 (fādáguó) — country with an advanced economy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 先進國 /先进国 (xiānjìnguó) — country with an advanced economy
  • Czech: vyspělá země — country with an advanced economy
  • Dutch: ontwikkeld land — country with an advanced economy
  • Finnish: kehittynyt maa — country with an advanced economy
  • Finnish: teollisuusmaa — country with an advanced economy
  • French: pays développé — country with an advanced economy
  • Georgian: განვითარებული ქვეყანა (ganvitarebuli kveq̇ana) — country with an advanced economy
  • Georgian: განვითარებული ეკონომიკის მქონე ქვეყანა (ganvitarebuli eḳonomiḳis mkone kveq̇ana) — country with an advanced economy
  • Georgian: ინდუსტრიული ქვეყანა (indusṭriuli kveq̇ana) — country with an advanced economy
  • German: Industriestaat — country with an advanced economy
  • German: entwickeltes Land — country with an advanced economy
  • Hungarian: fejlett ország — country with an advanced economy
  • Indonesian: negara maju — country with an advanced economy
  • Italian: paese sviluppato — country with an advanced economy
  • Japanese: 先進国 (senshinkoku) — country with an advanced economy
  • Korean: 선진국 (seonjin'guk) — country with an advanced economy
  • Macedonian: развиена земја (razviena zemja) — country with an advanced economy
  • Malay: negara maju — country with an advanced economy
  • Pannonian Rusyn: розвита жем (rozvita žem) — country with an advanced economy
  • Polish: kraj rozwinięty — country with an advanced economy
  • Portuguese: país desenvolvido — country with an advanced economy
  • Romanian: țară dezvoltată — country with an advanced economy
  • Russian: ра́звитая страна́ (rázvitaja straná) — country with an advanced economy
  • Serbo-Croatian: развијена земља — country with an advanced economy
  • Serbo-Croatian: razvijena zemlja — country with an advanced economy
  • Slovak: vyspelá krajina — country with an advanced economy
  • Slovene: razvita država — country with an advanced economy
  • Spanish: país desarrollado — country with an advanced economy
  • Turkish: gelişmiş ülke — country with an advanced economy
  • Ukrainian: розви́нена краї́на (rozvýnena krajína) — country with an advanced economy