Why are African countries describe as Third World Countries?
2006-11-02 20:01:26 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
No To teh guy who answered above me .... The ranking you just gave out id outdated ... Usa, Europe, Russia, Australia, Japan, Canada .. are first world ....
Second world ..... UAE(dubai), Brazil, CHina, New Zealand, Argentina, South africa,Meico, Egypt, Israel, and few other middleeastern countries) are considered 2nd world countried...
Third are mostly african .... and few others would be .. Vietrnam,.. etc and teh others.... It is a term to describe who is more economically advanced... and who is more independed..... African countries lack funds... live in poverty and they do not have any soft of technology to help them through... They are less industralised.. and fall far far behind teh rest of teh world ( 1rst and 2nd world countries) .. I hope i helped you.... ANd there is an argument wheather to say put mieastern countries as 2nd or below second and just call them "Oil Wealthy Countries" but that has changed after they became more developed... I.E dubai.(UAE) ..>> is becoming the hottest market on this planet...so advanced.. ..Maybe The New Born hongKong... Anyhow .. thast why they call aftrcan countried 3rd world >>> electricity is scarcely available there...
2006-11-02 20:16:59 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
The expression was used at a conference of African and Asian countries in Bandung, Indonesia, in 1955
2006-11-02 20:04:21 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
1st World = Europe, Australia & USA
2nd World = Russia
3rd World = the rest
It's a bit of an outdated phrase ranking them economically. Better to say 'developing countries'
2006-11-02 20:04:43 · answer #3 · answered by Me 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it is a stupid title - who has the rights to give "the third world" to African countries?
nonsense
2006-11-02 21:36:28 · answer #4 · answered by chloe 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Mainly due to the economy and political state of those nations, its the old term for undeveloped countries.
2006-11-02 21:56:00 · answer #5 · answered by Mike J 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it's whitey's way of keeping them down
2006-11-02 20:16:10 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋