Other lists of Developed Countries
Only three institutions have produced lists of "developed countries". The three institutionsand their lists are the UN list (shown above), the CIA[15] list and the FTSE Group"s list, whose list is not included because its association of developed countries with countries with both high incomes and developed markets is not deemed as directly relevant here.[16] However many institutions have created lists which are sometimes referred to when people are discussing developed countries. The IMF identifies 34 "advanced economies",[7] The OECD, also widely known as the "developed countries club" [17][18][19] has 30 members. The World Bank identifies 66 "high income countries". The EIU"s Quality-of-life survey and a list of countries with welfare states are also included here. The criteria for using all these list and for countries inclusion on these lists is often not properly spelt out and several of these lists are based on old data.
IMF advanced economy list
According to the International Monetary Fund the following 34 countries are classified as "advanced economies":[7]
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