Developing country

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A country with low to medium income although substantial industrialization; (sometimes derogatory) a country with less industrial base, and thus often consequently widespread poverty and low Human Development Index (HDI).

    "Near-synonym: LMIC"

  2. 2
    a country that is poor and whose citizens are mostly agricultural workers but that wants to become more advanced socially and economically wordnet