First World 160353 225355978 2008-07-13T07:08:17Z Eliko 2257267 Revert vandalism {{For|the independent science fiction short film|First World (film)}} {{three worlds}} [[Image:UN Human Development Report 2007 (2).svg|thumb|right|300px|Coloured world map indicating [[Human Development Index]] (2007) {| width=100% |- | valign=top | {{legend|#006000|0.950 and over}} {{legend|#00a000|0.900–0.949}} {{legend|#00d000|0.850–0.899}} {{legend|#00ff00|0.800–0.849}} {{legend|#e0ff00|0.750–0.799}} {{legend|#ffff00|0.700–0.749}} | valign=top | {{legend|#ffdf00|0.650–0.699}} {{legend|#ffc160|0.600–0.649}} {{legend|#ffa552|0.550–0.599}} {{legend|#ff8000|0.500–0.549}} {{legend|#ff0000|0.450–0.499}} {{legend|#c00000|0.400–0.449}} | valign=top | {{legend|#a00000|0.350–0.399}} {{legend|#800000|0.300–0.349}} {{legend|#400000|under 0.300}} {{legend|#c0c0c0|N/A}} |} <small>[[:Image:UN_Human_Development_Report_2007_(2)_CBC.svg|(colour-blind compliant map)]]</small>]] The term "'''first world'''" refers to countries that are [[capitalism|capitalist]]<!-- The US is a republic -->, which are technologically advanced<!-- define this -->, and whose citizens have a high [[standard of living]].{{Fact|date=February 2008}} <!-- This says nothing about economy or income which is how countries are categorized below--> The terms First World, [[Second World]], and [[Third World]] were used to divide the nations of [[Earth]] into three broad categories. The three terms did not arise simultaneously. After [[World War II]], people began to speak of the [[NATO]] and [[Warsaw Pact]] countries as two major blocs, often using such terms as the "[[NATO|Western Bloc]]" and the "[[Eastern Bloc]]". The two "worlds" were not numbered. It was eventually pointed out that there were a great many countries that fit into neither category, and in 1952 [[France|French]] [[demographer]] [[Alfred Sauvy]] coined the term "Third World" to describe this latter group; retroactively, the first two groups came to be known as the "First World" and "Second World". There were a number of countries that did not fit comfortably into this neat definition of partition, including [[Switzerland]], [[Sweden]], and the [[Republic of Ireland]], who chose to be neutral. [[Finland]] was under the Soviet Union's sphere of influence but was not [[communism|communist]], nor was it a member of the Warsaw Pact. [[Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia|Yugoslavia]] adopted a policy of neutrality, and was a founding member of the [[Non-Aligned Movement]]. [[Austria]] was under the [[United States]]' sphere of influence, but in 1955, when the country became a fully independent [[republic]], it did so under the condition that it remain neutral. [[Turkey]] and [[Greece]], both of which joined NATO in [[1952]], were not predominantly in [[Western Europe]]. [[Spain]] did not join NATO until [[1982]], towards the end of the [[Cold War]] and after the death of the authoritarian dictator [[Francisco Franco]]. In recent years, as many "developing" countries have industrialized, the term [[Least Developed Countries|Fourth World]] has been coined to refer to countries that remain predominantly agricultural or nomadic and lack industrial infrastructure. In contrast, countries that were previously considered developing countries and that now have a more developed economy, yet are not fully developed, are grouped under the term [[Newly-industrialized country|Newly-industrialized countries]] or NIC. <!-- Unsourced image removed: [[Image:First world blue second world green third world red.png|thumb|left|250px|'''Blue:''' First World, '''Green:''' Second World, '''Red:''' Third World.]] --> Some nations have developed their own classification scheme consisting of the "Third World" and the "Two-Thirds World". This system is similar to the former in that it also reflects economic status or behaviour. In terms of material resources, the "Third World" consumes one third, while the "Two-Thirds World" consumes two-thirds of the resources. ==High income countries== {| style="float:right; background:none;" |} {{main|High income country}} While there is no precise definition of the "first" world, the World Bank does categorize countries by income, as high, upper, and lower middle, as well as low income. High income countries are thereby defined as countries with a Gross National Income per capita of US$11,116 or more. According to the World Bank, the following 60 countries were categorized as high income economies as of 2007: <ref name="World Bank. (2007). Data & Statistics: Country Groups">{{cite web|url=http://web.worldbank.org/WBSITE/EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK:20421402~pagePK:64133150~piPK:64133175~theSitePK:239419,00.html#High_income|title=World Bank. (2007). Data & Statistics: Country Groups|accessdate=2007-06-20}}</ref> {| |- |• {{flag|Andorra}} || • {{flagicon|United Kingdom}} [[Channel Islands]] (U.K.) || • {{flag|Guam}} (U.S.) || • {{flag|Malta}}|| • {{flag|Saudi Arabia}} |- |• {{flag|Antigua and Barbuda}} || • {{flag|Cyprus}} || • {{flag|Hong Kong}} (PRC) || • {{flag|Monaco}} || • {{flag|Singapore}} |- |• {{flag|Aruba}} (Neth.)|| • {{flag|Czech Republic}} || • {{flag|Hungary}} || • {{flag|Netherlands}} || • {{flag|Slovakia}} |- |• {{flag|Australia}} || • {{flag|Denmark}} || • {{flag|Iceland}} || • {{flag|Netherlands Antilles}} (Neth.) || • {{flag|Slovenia}} |- |• {{flag|Austria}} || • {{flag|Estonia}} || • {{flag|Ireland}} || • {{flag|New Caledonia}} || • {{flag|South Korea}} |- |• {{flag|The Bahamas}} || • {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}} || • {{flag|Isle of Man}} || • {{flag|New Zealand}} || • {{flag|Spain}} |- |• {{flag|Bahrain}} || • {{flag|Faroe Islands}} (Denmark) || • {{flag|Israel}} || • {{flag|Northern Mariana Islands}} || • {{flag|Sweden}} |- |• {{flag|Barbados}} || • {{flag|Finland}} || • {{flag|Italy}} || • {{flag|Norway}} || • {{flag|Switzerland}} |- |• {{flag|Belgium}} || • {{flag|France}} || • {{flag|Japan}} || • {{flag|Oman}} || • {{flag|Trinidad and Tobago}} |- |• {{flag|Bermuda}} (U.K.) || • {{flag|French Polynesia}} (France) || • {{flag|Kuwait}} || • {{flag|Portugal}} || • {{flag|United Arab Emirates}} |- |• {{flag|Brunei Darussalam}} || • {{flag|Germany}} || • {{flag|Liechtenstein}} || • {{flag|Puerto Rico}} (U.S.) || • {{flag|United Kingdom}} |- |• {{flag|Canada}} || • {{flag|Greece}} || • {{flag|Luxembourg}} || • {{flag|Qatar}} || • {{flag|United States}} |- |• {{flag|Cayman Islands}} (U.K.) || • {{flag|Greenland}} (Denmark) || • {{flag|Macao}} (PRC) || • {{flag|San Marino}} || • {{flag|U.S. Virgin Islands|name=Virgin Islands}} (U.S.) |} ===IMF advanced economy list=== {| style="background:none;" [[Image:IMF advanced economies 2008.svg|thumb|right|350px|{{legend|#0000FF|Countries described as advanced economies by the IMF}}]] According to the International Monetary Fund the following 32 countries are classified as "'''advanced economies''':"<ref name=qq>[http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2008/01/weodata/groups.htm#ae IMF Advanced Economies List. World Economic Outlook, Database—WEO Groups and Aggregates Information, April 2008.]</ref> {| |- |• {{flagcountry|Australia}} || • {{flagcountry|Iceland}} || • {{flagcountry|San Marino}}<ref>[http://www.imf.org/external/pubs/ft/weo/2008/01/pdf/text.pdf World Economic Outlook], [[International Monetary Fund]], April 2008, p. 236, first complete paragraph, line 14.</ref> |- |• {{flagcountry|Austria}} || • {{flagcountry|Ireland}} || • {{flagcountry|Singapore}} |- |• {{flagcountry|Belgium}} || • {{flagcountry|Israel}} || • {{flagcountry|Slovenia}} |- |• {{flagcountry|Canada}} || • {{flagcountry|Italy}} || • {{flagcountry|South Korea}} |- |• {{flagcountry|Cyprus}} || • {{flagcountry|Japan}} || • {{flagcountry|Spain}} |- |• {{flagcountry|Denmark}} || • {{flagcountry|Luxembourg}} || • {{flagcountry|Sweden}} |- |• {{flagcountry|Finland}} || • {{flagcountry|Malta}} || • {{flagcountry|Switzerland}} |- |• {{flagcountry|France}} || • {{flagcountry|Netherlands}} || • {{flagicon|Taiwan}} [[Republic of China|Taiwan]] |- |• {{flagcountry|Germany}} || • {{flagcountry|New Zealand}} || • {{flagcountry|United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland}} |- |• {{flagcountry|Greece}} || • {{flagcountry|Norway}} || • {{flagcountry|United States}} |- |• {{flagcountry|Hong Kong}} || • {{flagcountry|Portugal}} |} ==First World problem== An [[internet meme]] developed around the term "first world problem" in contrast to "third world problem". The term [[Parody|parodies]] comparatively trivial problems of first world residents, such as "my [[iPod]] is broken", to that of those of the third world, such as "my child is starving".<ref> {{cite news | last= Gross | first= Terry | url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4867332 | title= 'First World Problems' with [[David Rakoff]] | publisher= [[NPR]] | date= September 28, 2005 }} </ref> ==References== {{reflist}} == See also == *[[Second World]] *[[Third World]] *[[Least Developed Countries|Fourth World]] *[[Human Development Index]] *[[Golden billion]] {{Global economic classifications}} [[kr:제1세계]] [[Category:Country classifications]] [[Category:Politics by region]] [[da:Den første verden]] [[de:Erste Welt]] [[es:Primer Mundo]] [[eo:Unua mondo]] [[fr:Premier monde]] [[ko:제1세계]] [[it:Primo Mondo]] [[nl:Eerste wereld]] [[ja:第一世界]] [[pl:Pierwszy Świat]] [[pt:Primeiro Mundo]] [[simple:First World]] [[sk:Prvý svet]] [[sv:Första världen]] [[vi:Thế giới thứ nhất]] [[zh:第一世界]]