emerging market

American  

noun

1. a market in a less developed country whose economy is just beginning to grow.

   emerging markets open to foreign investors.

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emerging market British  

noun

1. a financial or consumer market in a newly developing country or former communist country

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Example Sentences

China’s market is down 11% this year, a far cry from the emerging market superstars: South Korea is up 122%, and Taiwan is ahead 73%, both surging on the AI chip boom.

From Barron's • Jun. 23, 2026

Nicolas Jaquier, emerging market fixed income portfolio manager at Ninety One.

From Barron's • Jun. 22, 2026

“People looked and said ‘hey, this is, in a business sense, an emerging market.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

After a disappointing 4Q, emerging market earnings growth has accelerated, with companies beating earnings expectations alongside revenue and margin expansion, say strategists Corinne Maillet de Boursetty and Patrick Kellenberger.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 6, 2026

The banking system, while growing at a high rate and increasing consumer lending, is still small relative to the banking sectors of Russia's emerging market peers.

From The 2007 CIA World Factbook by United States. Central Intelligence Agency