Western Countries Map
Last updated on August 23rd, 2025 at 08:53 am
Western Countries, marked in blue, are: American, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Western Europe and much of Central Europe.
(These are also the countries with the largest financial debt.)
Important side note when considering moving abroad.
The BRICS group consists of major emerging economies that have come together to enhance cooperation and influence on global issues.
BRICS Countries
The countries marked in Red are already part of or in the process of joining BRICS.
The 5 original Members:
| Brazil | Russia | India | China | South Africa |
Additional Nations in the process of becoming BRICS Members;
| Egypt | Cuba | Pakistan | Belarus | Uruguay |
| Indonesia | Uzbekistan | Kazakhstan | Venezuela | Zimbabwe |
| Thailand | Malaysia | Saudi Arabia | Ethiopia | Afghanistan |
| Vietnam | Nicaragua | Nigeria | Bolivia | Sudan |
| Iran | Uganda | Algeria | Syria | Mexico |
| UAE | Bangladesh | Tunisia |
(Nations above in Bold text are already members of BRICS)
In recent years, several countries per year are joining BRICS. Today, the vast majority of the worlds’ Population, Natural resources, land, industrial production capabilities and GDP now exceeded that of western countries. In additional, many of the BRICS countries are emerging markets Nations, in which their futures seem more optimistic than western countries.
To many Expats, this provides an additional incentive to consider South-East Asia for long term living abroad.