North–South divide

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North–South divide

Quality:

Global North and Global South - socio-economic and political divide. Article “North–South divide” in Simple English Wikipedia has 2.2 points for quality (as of July 1, 2025).

This article has the best quality in English Wikipedia. Also, this article is the most popular in that (Simple English) language version.

Since the creation of article “North–South divide”, its content was written by 6 registered users of Simple English Wikipedia and edited by 1173 registered Wikipedia users in all languages.

The article is cited 6 times in Simple English Wikipedia and cited 3031 times in all languages.

The highest Authors Interest rank from 2001:

  • Local (Simple English): #1563 in August 2013
  • Global: #9005 in February 2023

The highest popularity rank from 2008:

  • Local (Simple English): #7181 in March 2024
  • Global: #17834 in September 2023

There are 28 language versions for this article in the WikiRank database (of the considered 55 Wikipedia language editions).

The quality and popularity assessment was based on Wikipédia dumps from July 1, 2025 (including revision history and pageviews for previous years).

The table below shows the language versions of the article with the highest quality.

Languages with the highest quality

#LanguageQuality gradeQuality score
1English (en)
Global North and Global South
98.4137
2Korean (ko)
글로벌 노스와 글로벌 사우스
60.0192
3Chinese (zh)
南北分歧
54.5071
4Italian (it)
Divisione Nord-Sud
45.9543
5Catalan (ca)
Nord global i sud global
39.503
6Thai (th)
กลุ่มประเทศโลกเหนือและกลุ่มประเทศโลกใต้
37.8896
7Finnish (fi)
Globaali pohjoinen ja globaali etelä
33.6635
8Spanish (es)
División Norte-Sur
33.6602
9German (de)
Nord-Süd-Konflikt
33.0868
10Vietnamese (vi)
Phân chia Bắc-Nam
32.8155
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The following table shows the most popular language versions of the article.

Most popular in all the time

The most popular language versions of the article "North–South divide" in all the time
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Global North and Global South
3 219 423
2Japanese (ja)
南北問題
746 115
3Portuguese (pt)
Divisão norte-sul
678 432
4Russian (ru)
Глобальный Север и Глобальный Юг
574 544
5Italian (it)
Divisione Nord-Sud
437 886
6Spanish (es)
División Norte-Sur
417 088
7French (fr)
Limite Nord/Sud
388 929
8German (de)
Nord-Süd-Konflikt
223 101
9Chinese (zh)
南北分歧
126 055
10Arabic (ar)
حد شمال-جنوب
76 855
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest popularity in the last month.

Most popular in June 2025

The most popular language versions of the article "North–South divide" in June 2025
#LanguagePopularity awardRelative popularity
1English (en)
Global North and Global South
30 412
2Russian (ru)
Глобальный Север и Глобальный Юг
2 232
3Japanese (ja)
南北問題
1 480
4Chinese (zh)
南北分歧
1 389
5Spanish (es)
División Norte-Sur
817
6Korean (ko)
글로벌 노스와 글로벌 사우스
545
7Portuguese (pt)
Divisão norte-sul
533
8French (fr)
Limite Nord/Sud
492
9Polish (pl)
Globalna Północ i Globalne Południe
460
10Finnish (fi)
Globaali pohjoinen ja globaali etelä
425
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest.

The highest AI

Language versions of the article "North–South divide" with the highest Authors Interest (number of authors). Only registered Wikipedia users were taken into account.
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Global North and Global South
547
2Italian (it)
Divisione Nord-Sud
103
3German (de)
Nord-Süd-Konflikt
80
4Japanese (ja)
南北問題
80
5Russian (ru)
Глобальный Север и Глобальный Юг
65
6Chinese (zh)
南北分歧
45
7Portuguese (pt)
Divisão norte-sul
44
8French (fr)
Limite Nord/Sud
37
9Spanish (es)
División Norte-Sur
34
10Ukrainian (uk)
Північ і Південь (поділ світу)
20
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest Authors’ Interest in the last month.

The highest AI in June 2025

Language versions of the article "North–South divide" with the highest AI in June 2025
#LanguageAI awardRelative AI
1English (en)
Global North and Global South
3
2Azerbaijani (az)
Şimal və Cənub (geosiyasət)
1
3Czech (cs)
Globální Sever a globální Jih
1
4Persian (fa)
تقسیم شمال-جنوب
1
5Italian (it)
Divisione Nord-Sud
1
6Arabic (ar)
حد شمال-جنوب
0
7Catalan (ca)
Nord global i sud global
0
8German (de)
Nord-Süd-Konflikt
0
9Spanish (es)
División Norte-Sur
0
10Finnish (fi)
Globaali pohjoinen ja globaali etelä
0
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The following table shows the language versions of the article with the highest number of citations.

The highest CI

Language versions of the article "North–South divide" with the highest Citation Index (CI)
#LanguageCI awardRelative CI
1English (en)
Global North and Global South
1 307
2Arabic (ar)
حد شمال-جنوب
280
3Japanese (ja)
南北問題
173
4Portuguese (pt)
Divisão norte-sul
167
5Persian (fa)
تقسیم شمال-جنوب
149
6Chinese (zh)
南北分歧
135
7Korean (ko)
글로벌 노스와 글로벌 사우스
120
8Italian (it)
Divisione Nord-Sud
106
9Indonesian (id)
Kesenjangan Utara–Selatan
96
10Ukrainian (uk)
Північ і Південь (поділ світу)
83
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Scores

Estimated value for Wikipedia:
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Global:
Popularity in June 2025:
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Popularity in all years:
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Authors in June 2025:
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Registered authors in all years:
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Citations:
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Global:

Quality measures

Interwikis

#LanguageValue
arArabic
حد شمال-جنوب
azAzerbaijani
Şimal və Cənub (geosiyasət)
caCatalan
Nord global i sud global
csCzech
Globální Sever a globální Jih
deGerman
Nord-Süd-Konflikt
enEnglish
Global North and Global South
esSpanish
División Norte-Sur
faPersian
تقسیم شمال-جنوب
fiFinnish
Globaali pohjoinen ja globaali etelä
frFrench
Limite Nord/Sud
hiHindi
उत्तर-दक्षिण विभाजन
huHungarian
Globális Észak és Globális Dél
idIndonesian
Kesenjangan Utara–Selatan
itItalian
Divisione Nord-Sud
jaJapanese
南北問題
koKorean
글로벌 노스와 글로벌 사우스
plPolish
Globalna Północ i Globalne Południe
ptPortuguese
Divisão norte-sul
ruRussian
Глобальный Север и Глобальный Юг
simpleSimple English
North–South divide
srSerbian
Глобални север и глобални југ
svSwedish
Nord-sydkonflikten
thThai
กลุ่มประเทศโลกเหนือและกลุ่มประเทศโลกใต้
trTurkish
Kuzey ve Güney (jeopolitik)
ukUkrainian
Північ і Південь (поділ світу)
uzUzbek
Shimol va Janub (Geosiyosat)
viVietnamese
Phân chia Bắc-Nam
zhChinese
南北分歧

Popularity rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#7181
03.2024
Global:
#17834
09.2023

AI rank trends

Best Rank Simple English:
#1563
08.2013
Global:
#9005
02.2023

Local popularity rank history

Local AI rank history

Global AI rank history

Languages comparison

Important global interconnections (July 2024 – June 2025)

Wikipedia readers most often find their way to information on Global North and Global South from Wikipedia articles about Third World, Developing country, Non-Aligned Movement, Wikipedia and BRICS. Whereas reading the article about Global North and Global South people most often go to Wikipedia articles on Developing country, UN Trade and Development, Developed country, Third World and Least developed countries.

Cumulative results of quality and popularity of the Wikipedia article

List of Wikipedia articles in different languages (starting with the most popular):

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