It is critical to understand that the status of countries is far from static and the pattern is likely to become distorted with the fast development of certain southern countries, many of them NICs (Newly Industrialised Countries) including India, Thailand, Brazil, Malaysia, Mexico and others.
Treba se kritički sagledati kako je status zemalja daleko od statičnoga i da će se obrazac iskriviti zbog brzog razvoja južnih zemalja od kojih mnoge spadaju u NIZ-ove (nove industrijalizirane zemlje) uključujući Tajland, Brazil, Maleziju, Meksiko i druge.