Economic development

Economic development - process and policies to improve economic well-being. Article “Economic development” in English Wikipedia has 61.5 points for quality (as of July 1, 2026). The article contains 48 references and 16 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 “Economic development” was edited by 1 authors in English Wikipedia and written by 2 authors in all languages.

Since the creation of article “Economic development”, its content was written by 467 registered users of English Wikipedia and edited by 1220 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 2715 times in English Wikipedia and cited 8900 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

• Local (English): #8969 in September 2016
• Global: #11940 in September 2013

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

• Local (English): #16930 in September 2014
• Global: #4314 in September 2019

There are 31 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) Economic development		61.4883
2	Turkish (tr) Ekonomik kalkınma		54.5721
3	Spanish (es) Desarrollo económico		46.6317
4	French (fr) Développement économique et social		45.6043
5	Korean (ko) 경제발전		37.2233
6	Arabic (ar) تنمية اقتصادية		33.1916
7	Czech (cs) Hospodářský rozvoj		29.3634
8	Malay (ms) Pembangunan ekonomi		28.5643
9	German (de) Wirtschaftsförderung		28.3216
10	Indonesian (id) Pembangunan ekonomi		28.0276

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

The most popular language versions of the article "Economic development" in all the time

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Economic development		6 302 703
2	Spanish (es) Desarrollo económico		5 787 362
3	Indonesian (id) Pembangunan ekonomi		2 776 394
4	French (fr) Développement économique et social		1 333 228
5	Portuguese (pt) Desenvolvimento econômico		1 301 548
6	Russian (ru) Экономическое развитие		1 114 487
7	Hindi (hi) आर्थिक विकास		998 788
8	Arabic (ar) تنمية اقتصادية		557 425
9	Polish (pl) Rozwój gospodarczy		393 673
10	Vietnamese (vi) Phát triển kinh tế		367 674

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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 "Economic development" in June 2026

#	Language	Popularity award	Relative popularity
1	English (en) Economic development		4 487
2	Spanish (es) Desarrollo económico		597
3	Persian (fa) توسعه اقتصادی		568
4	Russian (ru) Экономическое развитие		472
5	French (fr) Développement économique et social		455
6	Portuguese (pt) Desenvolvimento econômico		293
7	German (de) Wirtschaftsförderung		264
8	Chinese (zh) 經濟發展		182
9	Indonesian (id) Pembangunan ekonomi		140
10	Polish (pl) Rozwój gospodarczy		127

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

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

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Economic development		467
2	French (fr) Développement économique et social		125
3	Spanish (es) Desarrollo económico		115
4	Portuguese (pt) Desenvolvimento econômico		69
5	German (de) Wirtschaftsförderung		65
6	Persian (fa) توسعه اقتصادی		50
7	Italian (it) Sviluppo economico		36
8	Indonesian (id) Pembangunan ekonomi		34
9	Russian (ru) Экономическое развитие		32
10	Vietnamese (vi) Phát triển kinh tế		28

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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 "Economic development" with the highest AI in June 2026

#	Language	AI award	Relative AI
1	English (en) Economic development		1
2	Spanish (es) Desarrollo económico		1
3	Arabic (ar) تنمية اقتصادية		0
4	Azerbaijani (az) İqtisadi inkişaf		0
5	Bulgarian (bg) Икономическо развитие		0
6	Catalan (ca) Desenvolupament econòmic		0
7	Czech (cs) Hospodářský rozvoj		0
8	German (de) Wirtschaftsförderung		0
9	Greek (el) Ανάπτυξη (οικονομία)		0
10	Basque (eu) Garapen ekonomiko		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 "Economic development" with the highest Citation Index (CI)

#	Language	CI award	Relative CI
1	English (en) Economic development		2 715
2	Persian (fa) توسعه اقتصادی		819
3	French (fr) Développement économique et social		798
4	Portuguese (pt) Desenvolvimento econômico		747
5	Arabic (ar) تنمية اقتصادية		592
6	Spanish (es) Desarrollo económico		587
7	Vietnamese (vi) Phát triển kinh tế		277
8	Italian (it) Sviluppo economico		271
9	Chinese (zh) 經濟發展		270
10	German (de) Wirtschaftsförderung		257

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#	Language	Value
ar	Arabic تنمية اقتصادية
az	Azerbaijani İqtisadi inkişaf
bg	Bulgarian Икономическо развитие
ca	Catalan Desenvolupament econòmic
cs	Czech Hospodářský rozvoj
de	German Wirtschaftsförderung
el	Greek Ανάπτυξη (οικονομία)
en	English Economic development
es	Spanish Desarrollo económico
eu	Basque Garapen ekonomiko
fa	Persian توسعه اقتصادی
fr	French Développement économique et social
hi	Hindi आर्थिक विकास
id	Indonesian Pembangunan ekonomi
it	Italian Sviluppo economico
ja	Japanese 経済開発
ka	Georgian ეკონომიკური განვითარება
ko	Korean 경제발전
ms	Malay Pembangunan ekonomi
pl	Polish Rozwój gospodarczy
pt	Portuguese Desenvolvimento econômico
ro	Romanian Dezvoltare economică
ru	Russian Экономическое развитие
simple	Simple English Economic development
sl	Slovenian Gospodarski razvoj
sr	Serbian Привредни развој
th	Thai การพัฒนาเศรษฐกิจ
tr	Turkish Ekonomik kalkınma
uk	Ukrainian Економічний розвиток
vi	Vietnamese Phát triển kinh tế
zh	Chinese 經濟發展

Best Rank

English: #16930 09.2014

Global: #4314 09.2019

Best Rank

English: #8969 09.2016

Global: #11940 09.2013

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