More Developed Regions Two of the nine major cultural regions- North America and Europe- are considered more developed. The other seven regions are considered less developed The distribution of more and less developed countries reflects a clear global pattern of all the MDCs(which are place up north mostly) and LDCs (which are place South mostly) North American: HDI 0.95 The US ranked only thirteenth in the HDI in 2009.Tje U.S was near the top in two of the four indicators GDP per capita and literacy state. North America was once the world?s major manufacture , automobiles, and other goods Europe: HDI 0.93 Europe was regarded as two regions in 1940s-1990s Democratic West closely linked economically and militarily with the U.S The Other was the Communist East . Russia: HDI 0.73