Title: Countries of the Third World - Nations Online Project
Headings: Countries of the Third World
Countries of the Third World
Third World Countries in terms of political rights and civil liberties.
Third World Countries in Terms of their Gross National Income (GNI) per capita.
Third World Countries in Terms of their Human Development.
Third World Countries in Terms of Poverty
Third World Countries in Terms of Press Freedom

Content: Burma (Myanmar), Cuba, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. Also included are two territories, Chechnya ( Russian Federation) and Tibet, whose inhabitants suffer intense repression. These states and regions received the Freedom House survey’s lowest rating: 7 for political rights and 7 for civil liberties. The report also includes nine other countries that are at the bottom of Freedom House's list of most repressively governed countries: Belarus, China, Cote d’Ivoire, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Laos, Saudi Arabia, Syria, and Zimbabwe. The territory of Western Sahara (most of the region is controlled by Morocco) is also included in this group. While these states scored slightly better than the “worst of the worst,” they offer minimal scope for private discussion while severely suppressing opposition political activity, impeding independent organizing, and censoring or punishing criticism of the state. (Source: Freedom House Freedom in the World 2007)
Not much has changed since 2007, except that the flow of refugees from poorer countries toward first-world countries has increased significantly.