Emerging Markets- Interesting facts, trends and Why you should focus on Emerging Markets?

Before we dive further into the statistics and facts, lets understand what an emerging market and frontier market is. Many a time it happens that people mistakenly use/interchange these words. Also, there are different research firms that classifies a country differently. For example: Cambodia- some people call it Frontier markets while others call it an emerging markets. Also, some firms calls South Korea as an Emerging markets while other call it a developed market. Emerging markets are also known as Emerging economies or developing markets

So what are these terms exactly, lets look at their definition.

An emerging market economy describes a nation's economy that is progressing toward becoming more advanced, usually by means of rapid growth and industrialization. These countries experience an expanding role both in the world economy and on the political frontier.

A frontier market is a type of developing country which is more developed than the least developing countries, but too small to be generally considered an emerging market.

So how do we classify emerging markets based on the countries/continents/regions

Top facts and statistics about emerging Markets