The Confusing (And Outdated) Term ‘Third-World Countries’ Explained 

Why do some people consider Japan and South Korea as "Western" countries? They're the Eastern most countries of the world.

@@user-pakshibhithi10 no one confused japan and korea "western" maybe they're developed but never western

Haiti is also in western hemisphere but one of the poorest countries in the world, this regional classification is so silly.

@@Agent-ie3uv Some people DO say that they're Western "Geopolitically", because they're allied to USA

It's true. South America is far away from becoming a wealthy area

Well that’s one way of looking at it but both Australia and New Zealand are both western countries only. I think in this video our old mate the presenter might have been making shit up as he went along. Mind saying that with our current socialist governments here in Australia and our PM Elbow who is pushing for “the voice” which is for a race based political system we could very soon be an eastern bloc country.

they are first world people occupying third world country. prove me wrong.

@@davegoldspink5354 Scott Morrison was a lot worse

@@waluigibinladen7859 that’s actually debatable but as both are shithouse and lower than snail shit I’ll pass on the debate. Think we could add in Malcolm Turdbull and a number of former PMs into the mix as well. The level of politician and bureaucrat in this country as a whole is absolutely fu

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 Third world only means that it's not aligned to US or the USSR. So yes you are wrong.

I agree. I live in Australia. Not only are Australia and NZ developed, most of the poorest countries are in Northern Hemisphere.

​@@brontewcatmore than 80% of human population live in northern hemisphere.

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 Yes, including the poorest countries in the world. Hence my dislike of using the global south to refer to countries at the bottom of the HDI. It is pretty inaccurate.Of the bottom 10 countries on the HDI, 1 is in the Southern Hemisphere and you still have only 2 in the bottom 20.

No matter what term you pick, it will eventually be labeled by virtue-signallers as "offensive". Great way for them to change the subject when they hate working on the economy.

@@brontewcat True, Australia has been always part of Indonesia until western came and stole it. For me Australian whites were dumped British prisoners. And Aboriginal Australians will always be Indonesians. Real Rich will never colonize other as simple as that. The real third world will always be western world and surrounding. As I always state: Thus not a complete multiracial not multilingual never been living around the world all alone since childhood are just the same never evolved dumb apes stuck inside your tiny boxes your entire life and not learning from the past to evolve better. Animals = animation, animated, programmed by others unconsciously = majority of people worldwide. Monkey See, Monkey Do. Born complete multiracial multilingual Indonesian Royal Mix, living around the world all alone since childhood. I am a sigma male, undefeatable. INDONESIA is World's no. 1 most beautiful country by FORBES. 1st place winner of world's best sustainable transportation (STA 2021), world's longest dedicated bus lane, to Southeast Asia's First Bullet Train Faster Than Shinkansen Japan, and now World's First Modern High-tech Suite Class Train with Royalty Like Treatment. The corruption is rooted in just few thousand years Judaism - Christianity - Islam not native to Southeast Asia. Indonesia is the true Ancient Modern center of all civilization long before mega eruption of Toba Sumatra 75,000 years ago resulted today world's largest volcanic lake Toba Sumatra with diameter around 100 kilometers. Including 25,000 years old Gunung Padang pyramid. Indo Nesos = Indus Islands = Indonesia = World's Largest Archipelago with over 17,000 islands. World's richest natural resources exactly on the center of the equator line been pictured too small since Mercator projection 1569 while in reality Indonesia is huge as Russia and even much richer than the rest of the world. It's Ancient Hindu Temple beneath Al-Aqsa Jerusalem. Hajar Aswad/Black Rock and Mecca are just Lingam Shiva (Hindu). Judaism/Christianity/Islam are just results of corrupted Hindu in India (BHARAT means West in Indonesian which is India) The Real Original Hindu is from Indonesia not from India. Judaism/Christianity/Islam are just the same dumb of very poor in everything Middle East and should stay there, no wonder jews/christians/muslims are equally so dumb. Indonesia was not, is not and will never be Islamic country. World map is inaccurate since Mercator projection 1569. In reality Indonesia is huge as Russia including our ocean and even much richer. Even much bigger before West and Middle East came took our former Australia, Singapore, Malaysia+Brunei, South Thailand, The Philippines, Vietnam even Madagascar Africa. Actually countries in Europe are just regencies and provinces in Indonesia. Why there are too many housings for sale in Europe? Because everything is so fcuking fake there, even the food and beverages are fake even Oud/Agarwood are so fake there as they know nothing about real ones. Even their fancy standards are based on their very poor nature, notice their fancy brands are only for mediocre people. Even fastfood like KFC, McDonald's and such taste like plastic there. Bring those fast food in Indonesia to Europe they will crown them as better than Michelin Star as really even fastfood here in Indonesia are much better than in very poor nature Europe, etc. Seriously New York is one of the ugliest and poorest cities in the world just as Paris, Amsterdam, London, etc so poor and so boring.

As an American woman, that is crazy to me, because I have never met a Nigerian, who was not incredibly educated and classy… But I have heard the same reference to Nigerians being from a Third World country… Sadly us Americans are taught that Africa is basically a Third World continent

your country being full of scam artists doesn't help. I'm still waiting for my million dollar check from your prince

​@@kingding-a-ling9794its an instance of "survivorship bias". nigerians who can go to america are the rich nigerian. poor nigerian stays in their slums.

Third world is a derogatory term that delegitimizes the very existence of billions of people as if they don't matter. And whether intentionally or unintentionally, it has spread racism. As far as India is concerned, it is the fastest growing economy in the world and "developing" means that a country is in a more initial stage of its development. Every year, millions of Indians are lifted out of poverty. Any term is fine, but third world is just a misnomer that is used often to demean some people based on race/ethnicity. I always found it to be a cringeworthy term that reeks of entitlement and privelege. All the white-majority countries are clubbed together as first world while all the non-white majority countries are clubbed as third world. For instance, there is nothing poor or undeveloped about countries like the UAE, Oman, Singapore, South Korea, South Africa, yet nobody thinks of these when they think of the first world. On the contrary, countries like Ukraine, Belarus, and Bulgaria can very much be considered "third world", but still they are seen as "first world". Ukraine used to be developed, but now it is not. It seems like "first world" is just a way of saying that race is more important than collective humanity, which I disagree with. All humans are part of one big family given that we all share common descent and this will only lead to a new cold war, which is the last thing our wrld needs.

Timestamp? Where is it showing in this video?

@@ingi2785 i think he means 7:46 looks like a church from iglesia ni cristo ( maybe in Philippines)

@@travelaroundtheworldtravel2194 Oh I see now. For me the building was kind of white tho 😃But you must be right. The city would be Manila then I suppose.

I guess it’s the fact that Poland isn’t as wealthy as Germany that get it the developing label and how Nigeria has a $300 to $500 billion gdp and regional influence that puts it on the same label.

Lower class

The middle class does in fact exist as does the third world . The only places middle class doesn’t exist is in communist/socialist nations where you have elites and everyone else . America has a shrinking middle class just as , surprise surprise, the country gets more and more socialist! You know where the middle class has disappeared ? San Francisco- the only US city I know of with actual Communist party members on the city council ! Don’t try to gaslight people by telling them the middle class doesn’t exist, because people my age and older remember when it not only existed, but contained the majority of Americans .

@@jry3270 No gaslighting here, if you think that the middle class exist, please define it. Also, consider the fact that you might have been gaslighted into believing that it exists by the people that run things for the reasons I explained before. You also say that it is shrinking, while metrics show that most people enjoy standards of living never before paralleled in history, so please explain how this is possible...

@@kostasjezuz4846I believe I did mention middle class in AMERICA but if not that’s who I’m talking about because that’s the country I’m familiar with and if you live here I don’t think it’s hard to define - it’s the people without generational wealth, but who also won’t starve immediately come some devastating disaster the same way the very poor will. It’s working professionals . College or trade school educated individuals who support themselves through work, not investments and property (like the upper class) or government handouts (like the lower class). They are the.backbone of any capitalist nation . In other countries the middle class may be a little harder to distinguish but like I said that is largely in COMMUNIST countries where the middle class is the considered the enemy because their existence and prosperity basically disproves Marx , which is why commies deny that it even exists despite being able to SEE IT for themselves ! If you are American with this idea of the middle class not existing , I’m guessing you’re either a devout Marxist or you live in large left wing city where you don’t get a good feel for middle America . If either are true I feel sorry for you and will pray for you .

Often-used communist trope. The middle class obviously exists and to say otherwise is typical Leftist politics of division. Just like Lennin Stalin and Castro, trying to get the population to hate each other.

YIPPEE

Sellout.

Same. I lived in the States for a year on a work visa and just ran back to Russia. I was shocked by the crime rate in America. Also healthcare sistem and especially food 😖

is Chile 3rd world country

​@Nabila-dx8xf it's a "developing country" 😂

I mean your right

It's so small no one cares their economy is survived on tourism industry

​@@user-uk3jh7vy1vat least they have toilets, unlike your country.

There are "3rd world countries" with better services than the US...like healthcare, insurances,public transport...even Internet. 😂 I've been to the US in NJ and the internet sucked...that really surprised me. Also the subway/metro from my hometown is waaayyy better than the NY/NJ metro..

Because the one who write the list are American themself

All those countries are rich because of oil money which they use to buy skilled labour, technology from outside which keeps their infrastructure, healthcare and educational institutions alive while citizens themselves are poorly skilled, poorly educated and are just parasites living off governments benefits coming from oil money. How can you call a country with poorly educated, backward over religious citizens with no self sufficiency in skilled labour, science or technology as advanced or developed? Japan and South Korea are developed countries even though their cultures are totally different from western countries, Saudi Arabia no matter how rich it gets is a third world country.

guatemala is an obviously poor country. the confusing ones are those like malaysia, singapore, dubai, qatar, etc.

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 indonesia is also 3rd world lol

@@Agent-ie3uv i dont deny that. but we dont have druggy homeless poluting the street. whats your point?

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 indonesia is poor country stop acting like it is rich or something 🙄🙄

@@rizkyadiyanto7922 Indonesia is same economically as nigeria, don't throw shade indonesian 🤡

Most 3rd world countries are in the state they are in because of 1st world countries France and britian being major factors

inferiority complex

out of this world because soon they will also claim moon and stars

2nd World Country

As a Chinese,I can tell you China is a third world country

malaysia is second world

singapore is also a third world country

When those places have faster internet, are said to have hateful statistics and factually untrue ones: Africa is said that only 15% can read when it's more like 55% but missions by the church will lie.

That :: is so old-school

​@@haydenfung8825he is one of those boomers. (fact)

The ghost of Galileu says hi.

The problem is not that it is derogatory towards the governments, the problem is that it promotes racism against people. Third world makes it seem like the people are from different planets and hence when the people immigrate to so-called first-world countries, they are seen somewhat like aliens. Even if people are born in a so-called first world countries, their "third-world" heritage is used to suggest that only people of European descent deserve more rights. If motivation is the key, then the term developing is far better as it suggests that it is possible to change whereas a world is usually a static entity.

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well i know one thing...America dont have logic anymore....the way we r acting & behaving now....its soooo ridc...

How is first world helping thrid world?? We are paying for the medicines right.. How is this helping...it's just business

@prasanna8990 Doesn't business imply you value the money LESS than you value the product? And besides, there are many first world innovations that don't involve charges, like the internet. Your communism has been repudiated time after time.