There are first world countries and there are third world countries. Where are the second world countries?

Answer 1

"danieldouglas01" is quite right, although initially the First and the Second world were not numbered, they were simply referred to as Western and Eastern Block. The Third World was coined in 1952 by a French Alfred Sauvy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Third_World)

Later the Third World even created its own form of organization, when India (lead by Nerhu) and later Yugoslavia (and its leader Tito) started a non-aligned movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movement_of_Nonaligned_Nations)

Answer 2

Second world countries are right between the first and third world countries, like 1, 2, 3...

The better question is not where, but who...because first, second and third world countries are all over the place, some here, some there...or, what is a second world country (and first and third).

Answer 3

The americas were indeed the "original" second countries. However, as of date many are not.
The most prosperous South american nations are #2's. Such as; Chile, Ecuador. Brazil and Argentina have $$ and size but due to political unrest thay cannot be a "2".
Europe has a few.....Turkey, Ukraine, Belarussia and any other aspiring EU member or aspiring WTO member.
Africa is a hard call, Perhaps South Africa and Egypt are the big ones. Then you can add a few of the islands that stay away from war and are in the tourist industry ie. Mauritius, Madagascar
Asia: almost all of asia is a "2" because they have the $$ and technology.They have humanitarian issues but still, they bring in the $. So we have Taiwan, South Korea, South Vietnam. Basically the 4 little tigers.
Rule of thumb..if they have $$, but arent in NATO or are a P5 nation then they are a #2

Answer 4

According to the website below, this idea of "first", "second-" and "third-world" countries is a bit of an outdated idea, going back to the Cold War.
The first-world countries are democratic capitalist countries. Examples: North America, Western Europe, Japan, and Australia.
Second-world countries are communist socialist countries. Examples: Former USSR (Russia now) & Eastern Europe, China.
Third-world countries are developing countries in Asia, Africa, Central & South America. Venezuela, North Korea, and Saudi Arabia, for example.
The website I have sourced also acknowledges a fourth-world "country": those indigenous peoples who have no country of their own. For example, Native Americans, Aborigines of Australia, and Kurds of Iraq.

First and foremost, this is an economic way of dividing up the world. It sucks, but if you look at it, where the wealth is the power, and we all know who makes the rules. So that's my two cents. I hope I answered your question.

Answer 5

Traditionally speaking, the First World is Europe, the Second World is the Americas, and the Third World is Asia (can you guess who set the tradition?) It's become more of an economic standard now, with the First World now called "developed" and the Third World "developing." The Second World label has kind of disappeared.

Answer 6

France!