People in these countries usually have a better quality of life, access to technology, and longer life expectancy. Developed countries have stable governments, advanced infrastructure like roads and ...

The Fifth United Nations Conference on the Least Developed Countries (LDC5) concluded its first part today, 17 March 2022, as Member States at the United Nations headquarters in New York adopted the ...

In this article, we will be taking a look at the 25 least developed countries in the world. To skip our detailed analysis, you can go directly to see the 10 Least Developed Countries in the World. The ...

In this article, we take a look at the 30 least developed countries and their characteristics. If you would like to skip our detailed analysis of the world’s least-developed countries, you can ...

Out of approximately 195 countries, there are 152 developing countries in the world. An estimated 6.74 billion people in total live in these developing countries; an outstanding number when comparing ...

At the frontlines of COVID-19, climate change, and a growing debt crisis, the world’s 46 least developed countries--home to 1 billion people--are falling further behind the rest of the world. To ...

A number of developed nations are successfully rolling out the COVID-19 vaccine, with the US finally entering a rapid vaccination push and countries like Israel, the UAE and the UK reaching ambitious ...

No country can claim to be prepared for the most likely warming scenarios outlined in the latest blockbuster international scientific assessment of the impacts of climate change. But it is the ...

Earlier this week, on the 75th anniversary of India’s Independence, Prime Minister Narendra Modi proclaimed a remarkable goal for the demographic giant: “developed country” status by India’s centenary ...

India has put vaccine distribution to other countries on hold as the country battles the world’s fastest-growing Covid-19 surge. The delay in distribution is hampering the global vaccination effort.

This article was published in June 2022 and describes the change from using the legacy developed and developing regions categorization to the World Bank's income groups. For more recent updates please ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is much more than just a buzzword nowadays. It powers facial recognition in smartphones and computers, translation between foreign languages, systems which filter spam ...