developing country

noun

1. a country having a standard of living or level of industrial production well below that possible with financial or technical aid; a country that is not yet highly industrialized.

developing country

noun

1. a nonindustrialized poor country that is seeking to develop its resources by industrialization

Word History and Origins

Origin of developing country¹

First recorded in 1950–55

Example Sentences

While in 1950 a smallpox outbreak in a developing country might attract little international interest, by 1970 it attracted the world’s best disease surveillance and response resources.

From Vox

That’s not to mention the countless developing countries who have struggled to secure a vaccine supply in the first place.

From Popular-Science

Both the AstraZeneca and J&J vaccines can be stored in a refrigerator, making them easier to ship and to use in developing countries than the frozen kind made by Pfizer and Moderna.

From Fortune

I particularly loved living in emerging economies, in developing countries.

From Ozy

Of course, many in the city were working on sustainability, social issues or ways to make life better in developing countries before the city embraced the doughnut.

From Time

Horrifying TV images looked more like a developing country in the midst of racial/tribal/ethnic strife than the United States.

From The Daily Beast

As customers of the brand know, for each pair of glasses purchased, Warby Parker donates a pair to a developing country.

From The Daily Beast

To many Americans, pouring aid dollars into a developing country may seem like siphoning cash into a black hole.

From The Daily Beast

For hundreds of thousands of child farm workers, the U.S. might as well be a developing country.

From The Daily Beast

Enterprise, backed by gold, is a life–current in the veins of a developing country whose value cannot be denied.

From Project Gutenberg

Situated in the midst of a rapidly developing country the enterprises of these free Negroes increased in importance every year.

From Project Gutenberg