Global North

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The Global North refers to the world’s economically developed, industrialized, and often politically influential countries, primarily in Europe, North America, and parts of East Asia and Oceania.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Global North canonical 6
global North 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf geopolitical concept ⓘ
macroeconomic region ⓘ
socioeconomic category ⓘ
associatedWith Central Europe ⓘ
Nordic countries ⓘ
Northern Europe ⓘ
OECD countries ⓘ
Southern Europe ⓘ
Western Europe ⓘ
high-income countries ⓘ
post-industrial economies ⓘ
characterizedBy advanced technological infrastructure ⓘ
diversified economies ⓘ
high Human Development Index ⓘ
high average income ⓘ
high levels of industrialization ⓘ
high levels of urbanization ⓘ
relatively strong welfare systems ⓘ
strong political influence in global governance ⓘ
contrastedWith Global South ⓘ
linked to: global South
hasDemographicCharacteristic aging populations in many member states ⓘ
hasEconomicRole dominant share of global GDP ⓘ
major share of global trade ⓘ
hasEnvironmentalCharacteristic high per capita greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ
hasHistoricalContext Cold War era development discourse ⓘ
postcolonial studies ⓘ
hasPoliticalRole disproportionate influence in international institutions ⓘ
permanent representation in UN Security Council through several member states ⓘ
hasRegion East Asia ⓘ
Europe ⓘ
North America ⓘ
Oceania ⓘ
includesCountry Australia ⓘ
Canada ⓘ
France ⓘ
Germany ⓘ
Japan ⓘ
New Zealand ⓘ
South Korea ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
United States ⓘ
isDefinedBy economic development level ⓘ
political power ⓘ
technological advancement ⓘ
isNotStrictlyDefinedBy geographic latitude ⓘ
usedInField development studies ⓘ
geography ⓘ
global health ⓘ
international relations ⓘ
political science ⓘ
sociology ⓘ

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Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

ACT Alliance → operatesIn → Global North ⓘ
third-wave feminism → emergedInRegion → Global North ⓘ
North–South relations → involves → Global North ⓘ
Global Exchange → operatesIn → global North ⓘ
linked to: Global North