Fourth World refers to a sub-population subjected to social exclusion in global society, or stateless and notably impoverished or marginalized nations.

Fourth World may also refer to:

Publications

  • Fourth World (comics), created by Jack Kirby at DC Comics in the early 1970s
  • Fourth World trilogy of novels by Kate Thompson
  • The Fourth World (novel) by Dennis Danvers

Music

  • Fourth World (band), Brazilian musical group

Albums

  • Fourth World (album), by the Brazilian group Fourth World, 1993
  • Fourth World, Vol. 1: Possible Musics, album by Jon Hassell and Brian Eno, 1980
  • The Fourth World (album), the debut studio album by Kara's Flowers, later known as Maroon 5, 1997

Other uses

  • The Fourth World of the Diné Bahaneʼ Navajo creation story

See also

  • Four Worlds
  • The fourth part of the world (disambiguation)
  • First World
  • Second World
  • Third World
  • Fifth World (disambiguation)
  • Sixth World
  • Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization
  • Developing countries