DEVELOPED COUNTRY

developed country: translation

developed country deˌveloped ˈcountry noun developed countries _PLURALFORM [countable] ECONOMICS

a rich industrial country with a lot of business activity

developed country UK US noun [C] ECONOMICS

► a country with a lot of industrial activity and where people generally have high incomes: »

Our sample came from a broad cross-section of the populations of developed countries.

→ Compare DEVELOPING COUNTRY(Cf. ↑developing country), LESS-DEVELOPED COUNTRY(Cf. ↑less-developed country), UNDERDEVELOPED COUNTRY(Cf. ↑underdeveloped country)