Editing Developing country (section)

== Measure and concept of development ==
[[File:Least Developed Countries.png|thumb|upright=1.6|
{{legend|#007f00|Least developed economies according to [[United Nations Economic and Social Council|ECOSOC]]}}
{{legend|#00ff00|Least developed economies out of scope of the [[United Nations Economic and Social Council|ECOSOC]]}}
{{legend|#ff0000|Graduated to developing economy}}<br />
{{when|date=June 2016}}{{citation needed|date=June 2016}}
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[[File:Map of countries by GDP (PPP) per capita in 2024.svg|thumb|upright=1.6|GDP (PPP) [[per capita]] in 2024{{Legend-col
|{{Legend|#00008a|>$60,000}}
|{{Legend|#003c00|$50,000 – $60,000}}
|{{Legend|#008f00|$40,000 – $50,000}}
|{{Legend|#00f900|$30,000 – $40,000}}
|{{Legend|#b3ff00|$20,000 – $30,000}}
|{{Legend|#ffff00|$10,000 – $20,000}}
|{{Legend|#ffd215|$5,000 – $10,000}}
|{{Legend|#ff852f|$2,500 – $5,000}}
|{{Legend|#ff0000|$1,000 – $2,500}}
|{{Legend|#a30000|<$1,000}}
|{{Legend|#b9b9b9|No data}}
}}]]
Development can be measured by economic or human factors. Developing countries are, in general, countries that have not achieved a significant degree of [[industrialization]] relative to their populations, and have, in most cases, a medium to low [[standard of living]]. There is an association between low income and high population growth.<ref name="Population and poverty">{{cite news|title=Population and poverty|url=https://www.unfpa.org/resources/population-and-poverty|access-date=21 September 2018|newspaper=United Nations Population Fund|language=en|archive-date=21 May 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190521093951/https://www.unfpa.org/resources/population-and-poverty|url-status=live}}</ref> The development of a country is measured with statistical indices such as income [[per capita]] (per person), [[gross domestic product]] per capita, [[life expectancy]], the rate of literacy, freedom index and others. The UN has developed the [[Human Development Index]] (HDI), a compound indicator of some of the above statistics, to gauge the level of human development for countries where data is available. The UN had set [[Millennium Development Goals]] from a blueprint developed by all of the world's countries and leading development institutions, in order to evaluate growth.<ref>{{cite web|title=United Nations Millennium Development Goals|url=https://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/|access-date=28 March 2018|website=www.un.org|archive-date=4 May 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504153515/http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/|url-status=live}}</ref> These goals ended in 2015, to be superseded by the [[Sustainable Development Goals]].

The concept of the developing nation is found, under one term or another, in numerous theoretical systems having diverse orientations – for example, theories of [[decolonization]], [[liberation theology]], [[Marxism]], [[anti-imperialism]], [[Modernization theory|modernization]], [[social change]] and [[political economy]].

Another important indicator is the sectoral changes that have occurred since the stage of development of the country. On an average, countries with a 50% contribution from the [[secondary sector]] ([[manufacturing]]) have grown substantially. Similarly, countries with a [[tertiary sector]] stronghold also see a greater rate of [[economic development]].