Characteristics of Developed Countries

Developed countries are those countries that have achieved high degrees of industrialization, high economic and technological levels, as well as financial systems. strong and where its population has access to different services such as running water, electricity, medical, educational, telecommunications and other services. services in addition to the basic ones, as well as economic income that allows them a good diet and the satisfaction of other needs, their population having a state of wellness.

A part of the current developed countries are those that had an early industrialization, as well as belonging to the group of countries that were colonialists; Therefore, to a large extent, part of the material and human resources that contributed to its development belonged to other nations.

However, not all current developed countries fall within that classification, and neither do they fall within that group, since some of the countries to which that are counted as developed, like Norway and Luxembourg for example, do not belong to the ex-colonialist countries, and their industrialization was not so early like that of countries like England that industrialized before most nations, and yet their respective populations count on economic and educational levels, and in general a standard of living similar to that of countries such as England, France or Germany, countries that are counted within the developed.

At present, some countries such as Qatar are also counted as developed, which thanks to its oil resources, has a high industrialization and income per inhabitant quite elevated. In the same way, countries like Israel are counted among the developed countries, which owes a large part of its development to the large economic amounts ceded by other nations for reparations, as well as for the labor effort of their population.

Some of the characteristics of developed countries:

High Industrialization.- Most of the developed countries are highly industrialized; Its industry is technologically advanced, thanks, among other things, to large investments in technology development, which are implemented by both the private and government sectors.

Within this industrialization, the industrialization of agriculture, livestock and fishing, as well as a systematic exploitation of all mineral and oil resources available; In this group of countries there is a high degree of mechanization of agriculture, as well as agricultural and fishing exploitation, that are carried out on a large scale, through industries specialized in fishing and processing of marine products and ranchers. In the field, mechanization is observed both for the sowing and harvesting of agricultural products and in various intermediate processes in the transformation of food products.

The mining and oil industries, (the latter in countries that have deposits within their territory), are supported by governments for the exploitation of resources. With regard to this branch of the industry, several companies belonging to developed countries invest in other countries and exploit their resources, this production being an important part of the income of several of the countries developed.

Finance.- They have stable financial systems, with a prosperous bank that has ample economic resources; This bank invests in different branches, inside and outside the country itself. Public and private finances are sought to be "healthy." In public finances, it seeks to save in all branches, contributing to the economic stability of the country, and instituting tax laws to prevent tax evasion. tax and punish those who embezzle the state or companies, contributing to the confidence to invest, of national investors and foreign.

High economic development.- Developed countries have high economic growth; This is closely related to the volume of both domestic and foreign trade, which is quite high in these countries, which is reflected in per capita income, that is, that is, in per capita income that is high compared to the income of developing or underdeveloped countries, with incomes greater than 10,000 dollars yearly.

Education.- The population of these nations has a high degree of education; In addition to the fact that a good part of its population has attended the basic levels, Preschool, Primary, Secondary, they have also attended the middle levels as high school, baccalaureate or vocational, and a good part of the working-age population has university studies, be it a career or a career plus a master's degree and postgraduate. In these countries, a large part of their workers also have their studies, with continuous training and updates, in the knowledge necessary for the performance of their work.

Services.- They have various services available to most of the population, both basic and other; In developed countries, in addition to basic services such as drainage, electricity, medical services and running water, It has telephony, mobile telephony, internet services, specialized medical services, police services, legal and social.

High standard of living of the population.- As a consequence of economic and financial development, as well as of commerce and industry, and of having basic services and others, the income per person is quite high, which allows the population to have money to make certain expenses buying products or acquiring services, in addition to those that are essential for life. Expenses such as recreational trips, (vacations), expenses in entertainment, (cinema, theater, amusement parks, etc.), and the acquisition of services of telecommunications and entertainment, (telephone, internet, mobile telephony, cable,) and allows them to purchase products such as technological devices, clothing, footwear, and luxury products, such as jewelry, which in underdeveloped or developing countries are not so easily acquired by the General population. Also as a consequence of the economic level the inhabitants can pay expenses in education, such as the payment of the studies of the university careers, as well as postgraduate and specializations.

15 examples from developed countries:

1. United States of America
2. Canada
3. UK
4. Australia
5. Germany
6. Swiss
7. Japan
8. Norway
9. Sweden
10. Netherlands
11. Finland
12. Austria
13. Ireland
14. Iceland
15. Finland