Country risk March 2010: Full results

March 2010	Sept 2009		Overall score	Political risk	Economic performance	Debt indicators	Debt in default	Credit rating	ATBF/ ATCM	Forfaiting
			100	30	30	7.5	5	7.5	10	10
1	1	Norway	94.05	28.01	26.25	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	9.79
2	2	Luxembourg	92.35	27.82	24.83	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	9.70
3	3	Switzerland	90.65	28.24	22.41	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	10.00
4	4	Denmark	88.55	27.55	21.75	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	9.25
5	6	Finland	87.81	27.82	20.29	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	9.70
6	5	Sweden	86.81	27.91	19.19	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	9.70
7	7	Austria	86.50	27.02	19.77	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	9.70
8	11	Canada	86.09	28.00	19.41	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	8.68
9	8	Netherlands	84.86	27.36	17.81	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	9.70
10	9	Australia	84.16	26.74	17.72	7.50	5.00	7.34	10.00	9.86
11	14	Germany	83.84	27.70	16.44	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	9.70
12	13	France	83.46	26.42	17.34	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	9.70
13	12	United States	82.29	26.84	16.76	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	8.68
14	16	Belgium	81.63	26.18	16.22	7.50	5.00	7.03	10.00	9.70
15	15	United Kingdom	81.48	26.05	15.73	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	9.70
16	22	Hong Kong	81.32	25.72	17.96	7.50	5.00	6.72	10.00	8.42
17	19	Singapore	80.58	26.18	16.22	7.50	5.00	7.50	10.00	8.18
18	21	New Zealand	80.56	27.32	14.07	7.50	5.00	7.19	10.00	9.47
19	18	Japan	77.83	26.26	15.09	7.50	5.00	6.56	9.00	8.42
20	29	Slovenia	77.17	24.77	16.58	7.50	5.00	6.56	8.67	8.09
21	17	Ireland	77.07	24.38	14.38	7.50	5.00	6.56	10.00	9.25
22	10	Qatar	76.77	22.92	19.41	7.50	5.00	6.33	8.67	6.95
23	28	Malta	76.65	24.76	15.94	7.50	5.00	5.47	10.00	7.97
24	26	Italy	76.57	23.27	15.00	7.50	5.00	6.09	10.00	9.70
25	23	Spain	76.48	24.65	12.12	7.50	5.00	7.34	10.00	9.87
26	27	Cyprus	74.89	24.27	17.83	7.50	5.00	5.94	7.33	7.03
27	34	Slovak Republic	73.21	23.05	16.45	7.50	5.00	5.63	7.75	7.83
28	24	United Arab Emirates	71.94	22.73	14.73	7.50	5.00	6.56	8.67	6.75
29	20	Kuwait	71.48	22.01	16.63	7.50	5.00	6.41	7.33	6.60
30	38	Czech Republic	71.30	22.88	15.00	7.50	5.00	5.47	7.50	7.96
31	31	Portugal	71.26	24.75	8.46	7.50	5.00	6.25	10.00	9.30
32	33	Taiwan	71.17	24.06	12.98	7.50	5.00	5.94	8.67	7.03
33	30	Greece	70.48	21.75	13.10	7.50	5.00	4.53	10.00	8.60
34	32	Bahrain	70.36	21.67	16.45	7.50	5.00	5.16	7.33	7.26
35	41	Korea South	69.01	23.17	13.43	7.50	5.00	5.31	8.00	6.59
36	37	Saudi Arabia	68.09	20.82	13.89	7.50	5.00	5.94	8.00	6.95
37	40	Chile	67.78	24.94	15.50	6.56	0.00	5.47	8.00	7.32
38	36	Oman	67.74	21.82	13.63	7.50	5.00	5.16	8.00	6.63
39	43	Iceland	65.98	20.26	12.20	7.50	5.00	3.13	10.00	7.89
40	35	Israel	65.70	20.64	13.60	7.50	5.00	5.31	7.33	6.32
41	39	Bahamas	64.93	23.36	13.88	7.50	5.00	4.45	6.00	4.74
42	46	Croatia	64.81	20.63	13.68	7.50	5.00	3.44	6.67	7.89
43	45	China	64.75	20.85	15.04	7.46	0.00	5.63	8.67	7.11
44	42	Poland	64.17	23.64	12.93	6.42	0.00	4.84	8.38	7.96
45	53	Macao	62.96	22.96	9.50	7.50	5.00	6.09	4.00	7.90
46	64	Hungary	62.48	21.01	11.40	7.50	5.00	3.75	6.00	7.82
47	44	Brunei	61.55	23.19	15.13	7.50	5.00	0.00	6.00	4.74
48	49	Barbados	60.93	23.23	10.95	7.50	5.00	3.52	6.00	4.74
49	25	Bermuda	58.99	18.89	10.94	7.50	5.00	6.72	6.00	3.95
50	50	Mexico	58.34	20.26	11.42	6.98	0.00	3.91	8.67	7.11
51	48	Brazil	58.18	20.27	13.01	6.75	0.02	3.28	8.00	6.84
52	81	India	58.12	19.25	11.62	7.08	0.00	3.28	10.00	6.89
53	47	South Africa	56.89	19.70	10.83	7.29	0.00	4.38	8.67	6.03
54	56	Russia	55.06	18.37	12.08	6.97	0.00	3.91	7.25	6.47
55	72	Trinidad & Tobago	54.79	20.06	14.18	0.00	5.00	4.69	5.33	5.53
56	63	Lithuania	54.23	20.31	11.66	6.03	0.00	3.91	4.67	7.66
57	54	Morocco	53.54	19.10	11.49	7.01	0.00	2.97	6.67	6.32
58	58	Peru	53.48	18.65	12.35	6.93	0.00	3.28	6.67	5.60
59	67	Turkey	53.33	19.12	10.64	6.39	0.00	2.34	8.00	6.84
60	66	Columbia	52.88	19.10	11.16	6.88	0.00	2.81	7.33	5.60
61	61	Panama	52.71	20.03	11.19	6.81	0.00	2.81	6.67	5.21
62	57	Thailand	52.49	16.45	11.71	6.91	0.00	4.06	7.33	6.03
63	59	Mauritius	52.41	22.14	9.04	7.48	0.00	3.75	4.00	6.00
64	51	Malaysia	52.04	19.97	12.83	0.00	0.00	4.69	8.67	5.89
65	60	Bulgaria	51.81	19.39	11.34	6.47	0.00	3.44	4.00	7.17
66	114	Estonia	51.48	21.34	12.28	0.00	0.00	4.84	5.33	7.68
67	62	Costa Rica	51.04	21.77	10.42	6.98	0.00	2.50	5.33	4.04
68	65	Romania	50.82	18.58	10.37	6.35	0.00	2.97	5.25	7.30
69	70	Egypt	50.31	15.40	10.87	7.15	0.00	2.81	7.33	6.75
70	73	Indonesia	49.74	16.41	12.66	6.79	0.00	2.34	6.67	4.88
71	52	Tunisia	49.21	19.86	12.19	0.00	0.00	3.75	6.67	6.75
72	69	Jordan	48.50	19.53	8.84	6.85	0.00	2.34	5.33	5.60
73	77	Azerbaijan	48.26	15.75	13.25	7.15	0.00	2.81	5.00	4.29
74	74	Kazakhstan	47.90	16.38	10.15	5.35	0.00	3.44	6.67	5.92
75	71	Uruguay	47.69	20.43	9.90	6.75	0.00	1.88	4.67	4.06
76	109	Serbia	47.30	16.98	11.00	6.77	0.00	1.88	4.67	6.00
77	68	Latvia	46.95	18.83	9.49	5.14	0.00	2.81	3.33	7.34
78	78	Philippines	46.82	16.69	9.36	6.71	0.00	2.03	7.00	5.02
79	75	Vietnam	46.52	17.52	7.09	7.23	0.00	2.03	7.33	5.31
80	55	Botswana	44.95	21.27	8.96	0.00	0.00	5.16	6.67	2.89
81	87	Libya	44.79	15.57	15.67	0.00	0.00	4.22	6.00	3.33
82	80	Lebanon	44.53	16.06	10.12	6.17	0.00	0.78	6.67	4.74
83	82	Armenia	43.68	15.85	9.43	6.98	0.00	2.11	3.00	6.32
84	137	Macedonia (FYR)	43.50	16.07	8.00	6.83	0.00	2.58	4.67	5.37
85	79	El Salvador	43.11	16.89	7.99	6.77	0.00	2.50	4.00	4.96
86	76	Guatemala	42.42	16.40	10.09	6.74	0.00	2.50	3.00	3.68
87	111	Georgia	41.76	14.62	7.30	7.35	0.00	1.17	5.00	6.32
88	94	Sri Lanka	41.74	14.40	9.57	6.91	0.00	1.17	6.00	3.68
89	99	Angola	41.41	13.25	11.57	7.28	0.10	0.00	7.00	2.21
90	113	Belarus	41.16	13.55	11.31	7.27	0.00	1.41	4.00	3.61
91	102	Argentina	41.10	14.24	10.44	6.76	0.00	0.31	4.67	4.68
92	117	Algeria	40.94	16.35	13.07	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00	5.52
93	108	Albania	40.93	15.87	9.56	7.30	0.05	1.41	2.00	4.74
94	89	Ghana	39.94	16.83	6.69	7.31	0.00	1.41	5.33	2.37
95	126	Montenegro	39.48	17.07	8.18	0.00	0.00	2.34	4.00	7.89
96	100	Cape Verde	39.43	17.83	7.50	7.11	0.00	1.41	4.00	1.58
97	91	Mozambique	39.31	15.92	7.94	7.12	0.00	1.17	4.00	3.16
98	93	Ukraine	39.31	13.49	9.07	6.46	0.00	0.47	3.50	6.32
99	98	Paraguay	39.20	14.40	10.24	7.09	0.00	0.70	4.00	2.76
100	84	New Caledonia	38.21	16.32	12.89	0.00	5.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
101	129	Bosnia and Herzegovina	38.06	14.77	8.02	7.03	0.00	1.17	2.00	5.08
102	110	Antigua & Barbuda	38.01	17.98	11.03	0.00	5.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
103	96	Yemen	37.48	13.44	7.63	7.19	0.07	0.00	6.00	3.16
104	103	Venezuela	37.40	11.38	9.75	7.31	0.00	1.41	4.00	3.55
105	86	Dominican Republic	37.12	16.17	10.59	0.00	0.00	0.94	6.00	3.42
106	101	Jamaica	37.03	16.68	5.99	6.54	0.00	0.00	4.67	3.16
107	95	Equatorial Guinea	36.51	12.17	15.34	0.00	5.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
108	106	Maldives	36.46	16.92	6.54	7.00	0.00	0.00	6.00	0.00
109	123	Namibia	36.45	18.75	7.49	0.00	0.00	3.28	4.00	2.93
110	132	Kenya	35.89	12.78	6.72	7.19	0.00	1.17	6.00	2.03
111	105	Tanzania	35.50	15.65	5.51	7.24	0.00	0.00	5.00	2.11
112	128	Bolivia	35.28	12.79	9.92	6.95	0.00	0.78	2.00	2.84
113	116	Bangladesh	35.04	12.40	8.86	7.07	0.00	0.00	4.00	2.71
114	136	Gabon	34.78	14.70	10.38	0.00	0.00	1.88	4.67	3.16
115	124	Pakistan	34.58	10.45	7.57	7.04	0.00	0.47	4.67	4.39
116	131	Guyana	34.57	16.65	5.14	6.77	0.00	0.00	6.00	0.00
117	134	Laos	34.51	13.80	4.21	7.50	5.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
118	140	Mongolia	34.38	15.70	8.12	0.00	0.00	1.41	6.00	3.16
119	118	Cambodia	33.74	13.74	7.78	7.05	0.00	1.17	4.00	0.00
120	83	St Vincent & Grenadines	33.60	16.66	11.54	0.00	0.00	1.41	4.00	0.00
121	107	Belize	33.53	17.79	6.57	6.32	0.15	0.70	2.00	0.00
122	146	Micronesia (Fed. States)	33.34	14.70	9.64	0.00	5.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
123	172	Uzbekistan	32.92	11.64	11.87	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00	3.42
124	104	Grenada	32.88	16.00	10.35	0.00	0.06	0.47	6.00	0.00
125	150	Senegal	32.75	15.18	8.99	0.00	0.02	1.41	4.00	3.16
126	88	St Lucia	32.58	16.11	10.70	0.00	1.78	0.00	4.00	0.00
127	141	Nicaragua	32.50	12.00	7.99	6.92	0.00	0.00	4.00	1.58
128	160	Marshall Islands	32.17	14.13	7.04	0.00	5.00	0.00	6.00	0.00
129	147	Dominica	32.04	15.66	10.38	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00	0.00
130	170	Benin	31.98	14.88	7.42	0.00	0.00	0.94	4.00	4.74
131	119	Uganda	31.97	12.56	7.33	7.33	0.00	1.17	2.00	1.58
132	115	Cameroon	31.93	14.79	10.63	0.00	0.00	0.94	4.00	1.58
133	144	Côte d’Ivoire	31.92	10.06	11.26	6.60	0.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
134	90	Nigeria	31.61	12.67	8.14	0.00	0.00	1.64	6.00	3.16
135	133	Kyrgyz Republic	31.52	13.13	7.49	6.77	0.14	0.00	4.00	0.00
136	135	Moldova	31.15	13.71	8.56	6.69	0.18	0.00	2.00	0.00
137	162	Iran	30.87	11.75	11.17	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	3.95
138	130	Seychelles	30.75	17.02	8.44	0.00	0.05	0.23	5.00	0.00
139	125	Zambia	30.55	14.17	5.56	7.23	0.00	0.00	2.00	1.58
140	149	Syria	30.53	14.47	9.22	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	2.84
141	92	Vanuatu	30.50	14.40	7.10	0.00	5.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
142	174	Djibouti	30.35	13.33	6.44	6.74	1.85	0.00	2.00	0.00
143	166	Cuba	30.28	10.57	9.13	0.00	5.00	0.00	4.00	1.58
144	97	Samoa	29.85	16.98	8.87	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
145	127	Ethiopia	29.61	12.31	4.75	7.38	0.00	0.00	2.00	3.16
146	155	Turkmenistan	29.40	14.41	6.47	0.00	0.00	0.94	6.00	1.58
147	122	Lesotho	29.03	15.32	2.66	7.17	0.00	1.88	2.00	0.00
148	152	Tajikistan	28.90	10.80	5.45	7.07	0.00	0.00	4.00	1.58
149	151	Papua New Guinea	28.88	12.81	9.09	0.00	0.00	1.41	4.00	1.58
150	85	Tonga	28.60	14.34	5.26	0.00	5.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
151	112	Honduras	28.33	13.00	8.03	0.00	0.00	0.94	4.00	2.37
152	145	Nepal	28.23	12.02	3.51	7.12	0.00	0.00	4.00	1.58
153	157	Sudan	28.05	7.71	8.17	7.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	3.16
154	142	Ecuador	27.98	11.47	7.88	0.00	0.00	0.00	6.00	2.63
155	138	Congo	27.61	12.57	10.61	0.00	0.43	0.00	4.00	0.00
156	167	Iraq	27.56	9.74	7.32	7.50	0.00	0.00	3.00	0.00
157	154	Fiji	26.76	11.90	7.93	0.00	0.00	0.94	6.00	0.00
158	176	Mali	26.42	13.81	9.03	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	1.58
159	143	Suriname	26.40	15.23	7.92	0.00	0.00	1.25	2.00	0.00
160	178	Togo	26.17	12.26	8.79	0.00	3.12	0.00	2.00	0.00
161	159	Bhutan	26.06	16.51	5.55	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
162	120	Swaziland	26.01	13.77	7.09	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	3.16
163	161	Burundi	26.00	11.45	5.08	5.47	0.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
164	175	Burkina Faso	25.38	13.10	7.33	0.00	0.02	0.94	4.00	0.00
165	139	Gambia	25.28	13.65	7.47	0.00	0.17	0.00	4.00	0.00
166	148	Sao Tome & Principe	24.65	14.46	8.19	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00
167	121	Rwanda	23.88	13.37	8.04	0.00	0.00	0.47	2.00	0.00
168	158	Guinea	23.86	8.75	6.01	6.48	0.62	0.00	2.00	0.00
169	163	Malawi	23.55	14.40	7.15	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00
170	183	Chad	22.53	10.35	8.60	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	1.58
171	177	Mauritania	21.95	12.28	7.67	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00
172	153	Solomon Islands	21.71	14.86	2.85	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
173	165	Madagascar	21.17	11.84	5.22	0.00	0.12	0.00	4.00	0.00
174	156	Sierra Leone	21.13	11.97	4.70	0.00	0.47	0.00	4.00	0.00
175	182	Myanmar	20.14	10.13	6.01	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
176	181	Liberia	19.81	11.42	6.39	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00
177	179	Niger	19.55	11.29	6.26	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00
178	180	Guinea-Bissau	19.16	11.00	6.16	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00
179	169	Dem. Republic Congo	19.00	8.10	6.90	0.00	0.00	0.00	4.00	0.00
180	164	Haiti	18.38	6.85	2.23	7.16	0.14	0.00	2.00	0.00
181	173	Central African Republic	17.80	10.40	5.32	0.00	0.08	0.00	2.00	0.00
182	171	Korea North	17.28	6.04	3.74	7.50	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
183	184	Afghanistan	16.29	6.56	7.21	0.00	0.53	0.00	2.00	0.00
184	168	Eritrea	14.63	10.58	2.00	0.00	0.48	0.00	0.00	1.58
185	185	Somalia	9.20	3.20	4.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	2.00	0.00
186	186	Zimbabwe	6.00	5.03	0.98	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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