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Eastern Europe ain’t developing countries…

• betaby 4y ago
  As the the opposite to? And by what metric? Maternal mortality? Human development index? Access to clean water?
• mccorrinall 4y ago
  Depends on who you ask. The following graphic is on the article about developing countries and includes emerging markets in the „lesser developed“ category: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMF_advanced_economies_and_UN_least_developed_countries.svg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IMF_advanced_economi...
• fruit2020 4y ago
  Indeed. They may not be at the top when you sort countries by their metrics, but still great to live in.
• mardifoufs 4y ago
  Depends where. For example Ukraine (before the war) had a similar gdp per capita to my home country, Morocco, which is definitely a developing country. Belarus is richer, but not by much. I guess those two countries are more of an exception now though.