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developing nation
- A nation where the average income is much lower than in industrial nations, where the economy relies on a few export crops, and where farming is conducted by primitive methods. In many developing nations, rapid population growth threatens the supply of food. Developing nations have also been called underdeveloped nations. Most of them are in Africa , Asia , and Latin America . ( See also Third World .)
Example Sentences
"Our whole country will end up being like Detroit if she's your president. We're a developing nation too. Just take a look at Detroit. Detroit's a developing area, in a hell of a lot more places than China."
The Bitcoin-loving leader has spent more than $100m of his developing nation's public money on buying almost 3000 bitcoins over the last few years.
America now ranks as a “developing nation” on a number of international indexes.
Having been disgraced by the loss of Vietnam, he turned his attention to another developing nation in turmoil.
"A five-day week culture is not what a rapidly developing nation of our size needs," said Sajjan Jindal, chairman of the JSW Group of companies.
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