Countries defined as developing by the OECD
Published 26 April 2021
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These are the countries that the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) has defined as developing:
- Afghanistan
- Albania
- Algeria
- Angola
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Armenia
- Azerbaijan
- Bangladesh
- Belarus
- Belize
- Benin
- Bhutan
- Bolivia (Plurinational State of)
- Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Botswana
- Brazil
- Burkina Faso
- Burundi
- Cambodia
- Cameroon
- Cape Verde
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- China
- Colombia
- Comoros
- Congo (Republic of, Brazzaville)
- Congo, (The Democratic Republic of the)
- Costa Rica
- Côte d’ivoire (Ivory Coast)
- Cuba
- Djibouti
- Dominica
- Dominican Republic
- Ecuador
- Egypt
- El Salvador
- Eritrea
- Eswatini (Swaziland)
- Ethiopia
- Fiji
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Georgia
- Ghana
- Grenada
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guinea-Bissau
- Guyana
- Haiti
- Honduras
- India
- Indonesia
- Iran
- Iraq
- Jamaica
- Jordan
- Kazakhstan
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Korea (Democratic People’s Republic of)
- Kosovo
- Kyrgyzstan
- Lao People’s Democratic Republic (Laos)
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liberia
- Libya
- Madagascar
- Malawi
- Malaysia
- Maldives
- Mali
- Marshall Islands
- Mauritania
- Mauritius
- Mexico
- Micronesia
- Moldova (Republic of)
- Mongolia
- Montenegro
- Montserrat
- Morocco
- Mozambique
- Myanmar
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Nepal
- Nicaragua
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- North Macedonia
- Pakistan
- Palau
- Palestine
- Panama
- Papua New Guinea
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Philippines
- Rwanda
- Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha
- Saint Lucia
- Saint Vincent and The Grenadines
- Samoa
- Sao Tome and Principe
- Senegal
- Serbia
- Sierra Leone
- Solomon Islands
- Somalia
- South Africa
- South Sudan
- Sri Lanka
- Sudan
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Syrian Arab Republic (Syria)
- Tajikistan
- Tanzania (United Republic of)
- Thailand
- Timor-Leste (East Timor)
- Togo
- Tokelau
- Tonga
- Tunisia
- Turkey
- Turkmenistan
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- Ukraine
- Uzbekistan
- Vanuatu
- Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)
- Vietnam
- Wallis and Futuna Islands
- West Bank & Gaza
- Yemen
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe