South Korea has become the third developed country in Asia after Japan and Singapore. There are many definitions of developed countries, but the accepted standards are: higher per capita GDP (not total GDP) and social development level. According to the standards around 1995, a developed country can basically be defined as a per capita GDP of more than 8,000 US dollars (calculated at the nominal exchange rate) plus a certain level of social development.
With the development of 10, the standard of $8,000 has fallen behind, and it should be raised to about 10000 in 2005. According to this definition, in 10, eight countries joined the ranks of developed countries.
In addition, the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and other oil-producing countries have high per capita GDP, but the degree of social development is low, and the illiteracy rate is above 30%, so they cannot be included in the list of developed countries; Micro-countries such as Monaco and Liechtenstein are not included, nor are economies such as Hongkong, Taiwan Province Province and the Netherlands Antilles that have not achieved statehood.
New list of developed countries in the world in 2005 (per capita GDP calculated at nominal exchange rate in brackets)
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New developed countries:
The eight countries are: Cyprus, Bahamas, Slovenia, Israel, South Korea, Malta, Hungary and the Czech Republic. Judging from the eight newly-added developed countries, most of them are close neighbors of the original developed countries. For example, Slovenia, Malta, Hungary, Czech Republic and Cyprus are close neighbors of EU member states, South Korea is close neighbors of Japan and Bahamas is close neighbors of the United States. Only Israel is an exception.
Among the developed countries, Luxembourg still ranks first, and the gap with the second place continues to widen; Ireland's per capita GDP was only the middle and lower level among developed countries 20 years ago, and jumped to the fifth place in the world in 2005, becoming the most successful developed country in the past 20 years.
It is worth mentioning that, after experiencing the pains of transition in the early 1990s, the Eastern European countries came out of the trough in the past 10 and became the countries with the strongest economic growth.
Slovenia, Czech Republic and Hungary, which have the most smooth transition in Eastern Europe and are closest to the EU, have entered the ranks of developed countries, while Estonia, Slovakia, Croatia, Lithuania, Poland and Latvia have also developed well and joined the reserve echelon of developed countries.
Developed countries, also known as developed countries, refer to those countries with high economic development level, advanced technology and high living standards. In addition, it is also called industrialized country and highly developed country (MEDC). The common characteristics of developed countries are high human development index, high per capita gross national product, high industrialization level and high quality of life.
By exploiting natural resources, high per capita GNP and human development index can also be achieved, but they may not belong to developed countries (such as Brunei, Saudi Arabia, Qatar and other countries). Most developed countries are in the post-industrialization period, with service industry (that is, commerce) as the main industry, while most developing countries are in the industrialization period (manufacturing industry), and underdeveloped countries are still in the agricultural era.
According to the statistics of the International Monetary Fund in 20 15, the GDP of developed countries accounts for 60.8% of the world, which is 42.9% at purchasing power parity, and the population accounts for about 16% of the world.
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