Socio-economic backwardness of developing countries (map interpretation of the problem)
The article presents an analysis of the developing countries of the world (according to the UNCTAD methodology) from the point of view of the global problem of socio-economic backwardness. This global economic problem continues to be very acute in the modern world and has been updated in connection with the COVID-19 pandemic. Using the cartographic method, the author shows the contradictions of production in the macro-regions of the world of GDP and per capita income, the potential of the countries of the world and the geography of absolute and multidimensional poverty, the relationship of poverty with the level of education and the state of health of the population. In conclusion, the author comes to the conclusion that the poverty of developing countries is interrelated with the problem of the dependent position of this group of states in the world economy. Taken together, the global problem of poverty in seemingly separate states has a negative impact on the world economy as a whole. The article is based on the author's analysis of modern statistics from the international databases of UNCTAD, UNIDO, IMF, OECD, and the World Bank.