List of Graduated Developing Economies
The following, including four Asian Tigers and new euro countries, were considered developing countries until recently, and are now listed as advanced economies by the International Monetary Fund:
- Hong Kong (before 1997)
- Israel (before 1997)
- Singapore (before 1997)
- South Korea (before 1997)
- Taiwan (before 1997)
- Cyprus (before 2001)
- Slovenia (before 2007)
- Ireland (before 2007)
- Malta (before 2008)
- Czech Republic (before 2009)
- Slovakia (before 2009)
- Estonia (before 2011)
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