Emerging market

Market classification.

(EM).

A market which is intermediate between a developed market and a frontier market.

Markets (in order of economic development) are often classified as:

Developed;

Emerging;

Frontier;

Least Developing.

Different organisations produce slightly different lists of countries within each of these categories.

Examples of emerging markets in MSCI's classification include - in alphabetical order - Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia and the Czech Republic.

See also

• Brazil
• China
• Developed market
• Developing country
• Emerging currency
• EMTA
• Frontier market
• International Bank for Reconstruction and Development
• Least developed countries (LDCs)
• LICs
• LMICs
• Market
• MSCI
• United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

External link

• Market classifications - MSCI