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High-income country (HIC)

GCSE Geography · key term

High-income country (HIC)

Definition

A country with relatively high average income, generally associated with a high material standard of living.

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AQA GCSE Geography · 8035

Paper 2

High-income countries (HICs) have relatively high average incomes, generally associated with a high material standard of living and well-developed services.
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