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Originally Posted by Basilissa
Sweetie, this is not a list of developed countries but a list of countries in Europe
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Australia ... Canada ... Hong Kong ... Israel ... Japan ... New Zealand ... Singapore ... South Korea ... Taiwan ... United States
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Oh, honey. If you are from the USA, this is a sad proof of the declining standards in the education system. And yes, the criteria vary a bit, but if you look here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developing_country
and here
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Developed_country
I am afraid you will find Saudi Arabia among the developing and not the developed countries and all of the developed countries to be stable democracies, granting religious freedom, which means Mr. Taylor and you should check
a) a wikipedia on the definition of developed vs developing country
b) the CIA homepage for a comprehensive list of which countries belong into which category
c) a world map to find out which countries are on which continent