Development economics

Development economics - economics of developing economies. Article “Development economics” in English Wikipedia has 72.3 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 78 references and 18 sections.

In this language version of Wikipedia the article has the best quality. Also, this article is the most popular in that (English) language version.

In June 2026 the article “Development economics” was edited by 2 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 6 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Development economics”, its content was written by 249 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 733 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 1378 times in English Wikipedia and cited 6297 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #20579 in April 2003
• Global: #2851 in April 2003

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #47208 in May 2010
• Global: #53932 in October 2019

There are 34 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2026 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

#	Language	Quality grade	Quality score
1	English (en) Development economics		72.3174
2	Romanian (ro) Economia dezvoltării		54.6106
3	Ukrainian (uk) Економіка розвитку		47.9074
4	Chinese (zh) 发展经济学		43.5979
5	Spanish (es) Economía del desarrollo		34.157
6	Malay (ms) Ekonomi pembangunan		29.1657
7	Korean (ko) 개발경제학		28.6131
8	Armenian (hy) Զարգացման տնտեսագիտություն		27.5594
9	French (fr) Économie du développement		27.366
10	Finnish (fi) Kehitystaloustiede		26.3244

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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

The most popular language versions of the article "Development economics" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Development economics		2 283 562
2	French (fr) Économie du développement		525 373
3	Spanish (es) Economía del desarrollo		470 937
4	Japanese (ja) 開発経済学		232 063
5	Indonesian (id) Ekonomi pembangunan		209 421
6	Italian (it) Economia dello sviluppo		150 038
7	Chinese (zh) 发展经济学		93 362
8	German (de) Entwicklungsökonomie		73 824
9	Arabic (ar) تنمية (علم الاقتصاد)		59 798
10	Portuguese (pt) Economia do desenvolvimento		47 792

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

The most popular language versions of the article "Development economics" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Development economics		2 244
2	Japanese (ja) 開発経済学		269
3	French (fr) Économie du développement		254
4	Chinese (zh) 发展经济学		198
5	Spanish (es) Economía del desarrollo		109
6	German (de) Entwicklungsökonomie		89
7	Indonesian (id) Ekonomi pembangunan		81
8	Italian (it) Economia dello sviluppo		70
9	Persian (fa) اقتصاد توسعه		65
10	Hindi (hi) वैकासिक अर्थशास्त्र		56

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

Language versions of the article "Development economics" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Development economics		249
2	French (fr) Économie du développement		85
3	Italian (it) Economia dello sviluppo		64
4	German (de) Entwicklungsökonomie		48
5	Japanese (ja) 開発経済学		39
6	Spanish (es) Economía del desarrollo		22
7	Chinese (zh) 发展经济学		22
8	Russian (ru) Экономика развития		21
9	Arabic (ar) تنمية (علم الاقتصاد)		15
10	Dutch (nl) Ontwikkelingseconomie		15

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

Language versions of the article "Development economics" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Development economics		2
2	Basque (eu) Garapenaren ekonomia		1
3	Romanian (ro) Economia dezvoltării		1
4	Ukrainian (uk) Економіка розвитку		1
5	Chinese (zh) 发展经济学		1
6	Arabic (ar) تنمية (علم الاقتصاد)		0
7	Azerbaijani (az) İnkişaf iqtisadiyyatı		0
8	Bulgarian (bg) Икономика на развитието		0
9	Catalan (ca) Economia del desenvolupament		0
10	Czech (cs) Rozvojová ekonomie		0

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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

Language versions of the article "Development economics" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Development economics		1 378
2	Japanese (ja) 開発経済学		741
3	Arabic (ar) تنمية (علم الاقتصاد)		549
4	Chinese (zh) 发展经济学		469
5	Persian (fa) اقتصاد توسعه		372
6	Azerbaijani (az) İnkişaf iqtisadiyyatı		237
7	Vietnamese (vi) Kinh tế học phát triển		237
8	Korean (ko) 개발경제학		215
9	Danish (da) Udviklingsøkonomi		209
10	Ukrainian (uk) Економіка розвитку		188

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تنمية (علم الاقتصاد)
az	Azerbaijani İnkişaf iqtisadiyyatı
bg	Bulgarian Икономика на развитието
ca	Catalan Economia del desenvolupament
cs	Czech Rozvojová ekonomie
da	Danish Udviklingsøkonomi
de	German Entwicklungsökonomie
en	English Development economics
es	Spanish Economía del desarrollo
eu	Basque Garapenaren ekonomia
fa	Persian اقتصاد توسعه
fi	Finnish Kehitystaloustiede
fr	French Économie du développement
he	Hebrew כלכלת פיתוח
hi	Hindi वैकासिक अर्थशास्त्र
hy	Armenian Զարգացման տնտեսագիտություն
id	Indonesian Ekonomi pembangunan
it	Italian Economia dello sviluppo
ja	Japanese 開発経済学
ka	Georgian განვითარების ეკონომიკა
ko	Korean 개발경제학
ms	Malay Ekonomi pembangunan
nl	Dutch Ontwikkelingseconomie
no	Norwegian Utviklingsøkonomi
pl	Polish Ekonomia rozwoju
pt	Portuguese Economia do desenvolvimento
ro	Romanian Economia dezvoltării
ru	Russian Экономика развития
simple	Simple English Development economics
sv	Swedish Utvecklingsekonomi
tr	Turkish Gelişme iktisadı
uk	Ukrainian Економіка розвитку
vi	Vietnamese Kinh tế học phát triển
zh	Chinese 发展经济学

Best Rank

English: #47208 05.2010

Global: #53932 10.2019

Best Rank

English: #20579 04.2003

Global: #2851 04.2003

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