Who were all the "Sick men" of the world?

So the title of Sick man is used to describe a nation who declined or is declining slowly. The title has been used to describe the Ottoman empire in the 1850s. So since we have the Ottoman empire as a Sick man, how many of these Sick men where there? Mainly Sick men from each continent. I only know 3 of them.

Ottoman empire (Sick man of Europe)

Qing empire (Sick man of Asia)

Austria-Hungary (?????)

A few others might be

Bolivia/Paraguay (Sick man of South America)

Mexico (Sick man of North America)

Africa
Somalia


Oceania?????
Nauru

The Middle East???
 
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Europe
Russian Empire
Soviet Union during and after Brezhnev's premiership

Americas
Mexico?
Probably someone Central American nation
Argentina wasn't very health on '90 and '00's.

Asia
Afghanistan

Africa
Somalia
Ethiopia since 1970's if wasn't already earlier.

Oceania
????
 

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All of the colonial powers, like the UK, France, Belgium, Netherlands, Germany (though she's made quite a bit of a resurgence since reunification, becoming the largest European economy and all. Though it would take quite a bit of work to turn her back into the military juggernaut she used to be).

Iran for a while after the embargos, though they're surprisingly self-sufficient.

Plenty of others I'm forgetting.
 
Venezuela was once the world's largest Oil exporter. And has long been over-dependant on this, but was regarded as having a strong and prosperous economy.

Today it is regarded as one of the most corrupt and lawless countries in the world. Even by the standards of a Petro-State.
 
They were never really "powerful" to be sick to begin with.

For South America I did say Argentina during the late years of the last dictatorship.

Well they lost the war for the Confederation, and the Pacific war, so that's what I was thinking.
 
What kind of Oceanic countries could we classify as Sick men? I was thinking Nauru, but there could be bigger ones, like Fiji, or Tonga.
 
It's been used to describe literally every country in Europe, which means you may as well apply it to every country, period.
 
It's been used to describe literally every country in Europe, which means you may as well apply it to every country, period.

I'm talking about notable exceptions, about nations who gradually fell off prestige in the 1800s and 1900s.
 
I remember reading that Britain was called sick due to it's lower living standards in the 70s in comparison To France and West Germany.
 
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