Country Risk Rating 1996: results tables

Country risk 1996

	Country Risk Rating 1996
Rank		Change			Total	Economic	Political	Debt	Debt in	Credit	Access to	Access to	Access	Discount
Sept	Mar	Mar to				performance	risk	indicators	default or	ratings	bank	short-term	to capital	on
96	96	Sept							rescheduled		finance	finance	markets	forfaiting
				Weighting:	100	25	25	10	10	10	5	5	5	5
1	1	0	Luxembourg		99.51	25	24.51	10	10	10	5	5	5	5
2	2	0	Switzerland		98.84	23.84	25	10	10	10	5	5	5	5
3	5	2	United States		98.37	23.96	24.41	10	10	10	5	5	5	5
4	6	2	Netherlands		97.88	23.36	24.52	10	10	10	5	5	5	5
5	9	4	United Kingdom		96.14	22.17	23.97	10	10	10	5	5	5	5
6	10	4	France		95.74	21.42	24.33	10	10	10	5	5	5	5
7	3	-4	Singapore		95.66	24.48	21.5	10	10	9.69	5	5	5	5
8	7	-1	Germany		95.65	21.75	23.9	10	10	10	5	5	5	5
9	8	-1	Austria		95.18	21.69	23.48	10	10	10	5	5	5	5
10	11	1	Norway		94.97	24.14	21.53	10	10	9.79	5	5	4.5	5
11	12	1	Denmark		94.84	22.15	23.32	10	10	9.38	5	5	5	5
12	4	-8	Japan		94.01	20.8	23.21	10	10	10	5	5	5	5
13	13	0	Belgium		93.36	21.96	23.09	10	10	9.38	5	5	4.5	4.43
14	20	6	Ireland		92.26	22.01	21.55	10	10	8.96	5	5	5	4.75
15	17	2	New Zealand		91.97	21.68	21.27	10	10	9.38	5	5	5	4.65
16	15	-1	Canada		91.84	21.36	22.36	10	10	8.96	5	5	4.5	4.66
17	18	1	Finland		91.49	22.17	22.06	10	10	8.54	5	5	4.5	4.21
18	14	-4	Australia		91.4	22.34	20.99	10	10	8.75	5	5	5	4.32
19	16	-3	Taiwan		90.35	22.29	21.83	10	10	8.75	5	5	3.5	3.98
20	21	1	Sweden		89.96	20.37	22.32	10	10	8.54	5	5	4.5	4.23
21	22	1	Italy		87.76	19.23	21.16	10	10	8.33	5	5	5	4.04
22	24	2	Korea, Republic of		84.33	22.03	19.95	9.81	10	7.92	1.24	5	4.5	3.89
23	19	-4	Spain		83.73	19.45	21.92	10	10	8.75	5	0	4.5	4.12
24	28	4	Iceland		83.46	19	19.3	10	10	7.5	5	5	4.5	3.17
25	23	-2	Hong Kong		82.37	20.9	19.24	10	10	6.88	5	2.65	4	3.7
26	27	1	Portugal		80.19	18.82	20.42	9.29	10	7.92	0	5	4.5	4.25
27	25	-2	Malaysia		80.18	20.98	17.59	9.59	10	7.5	3.6	2.94	4	3.98
28	30	2	Brunei		77.58	19.84	18.85	10	10	0	5	5	4.5	4.39
29	29	0	Chile		77.43	19.44	17.2	9.31	9.92	6.04	4.28	3.53	3.5	4.2
30	26	-4	Thailand		77.22	19.94	15.91	9.4	10	6.88	4.77	2.94	3.5	3.9
31	32	1	United Arab Emirates		75.8	16.43	16.8	10	10	5.63	5	5	3.5	3.44
32	33	1	Israel		75.51	16.77	15.29	10	10	6.25	5	5	3.5	3.69
33	35	2	Kuwait		74.82	16.89	15.29	10	10	6.25	5	5	3	3.4
34	46	12	Slovenia		73.8	18.48	15.46	9.83	10	6.46	2.68	3.24	4	3.66
35	36	1	Czech Republic		73.65	19.81	17.27	9.57	10	6.25	0.46	2.35	4	3.93
36	31	-5	Malta		72.83	19.76	18.97	9.77	10	7.08	0	0	3.5	3.74
37	38	1	Greece		72.77	15.35	16.18	10	10	4.38	4	5	4	3.87
38	37	-1	Saudi Arabia		72.6	16.05	15.1	10	10	4.38	5	5	3.5	3.57
39	34	-5	Cyprus		71.87	18.7	16.56	9.3	10	7.5	0	3.75	2.5	3.55
40	40	0	China		71.27	18.93	16.87	9.73	10	5.63	0	2.35	4	3.76
41	39	-2	Indonesia		70.79	18.3	15.48	9.01	10	4.69	2.59	3.53	3.5	3.69
42	41	-1	Bahrain		69.04	16.66	13.38	10	10	3.75	5	3.75	3	3.5
43	42	-1	Qatar		68.39	18.33	14.19	10	10	4.38	5	0	3	3.5
44	44	0	Hungary		67.18	17.45	14.71	8.5	10	3.96	3.13	2.35	3.5	3.59
45	43	-2	Oman		64.43	15.37	14.6	9.6	10	4.69	0	3.75	3	3.42
46	45	-1	India		63.67	15.6	14.11	9.29	9.95	4.06	0.12	3.53	3	4.01
47	51	4	Colombia		62.37	15.33	13.41	9.25	9.85	4.38	0.18	2.94	3	4.04
48	49	1	South Africa		62.3	15.6	13.81	9.8	10	3.75	0	2.35	3	3.99
49	48	-1	Slovak Republic		62.23	16.47	13.66	9.61	10	4.38	0.09	1.47	3	3.55
50	47	-3	Tunisia		61.62	14.51	13.71	9.19	10	4.38	0.17	3.53	2.5	3.63
51	50	-1	Philippines		61.49	17.05	13.78	9.2	8.36	3.13	1.31	1.76	3.5	3.4
52	53	1	Mexico		60.28	15.74	11.64	9.14	9.86	3.13	1.34	2.65	3	3.79
53	54	1	Turkey		57.51	13.72	12.45	9.05	10	2.29	0.93	2.35	3.5	3.22
54	57	3	Argentina		57.27	15.4	11.86	9.25	6.39	2.19	1.38	4.12	3	3.7
55	58	3	Poland		57.12	18.56	13.97	9.36	0	4.58	0.49	2.94	3.5	3.71
56	59	3	Uruguay		56.9	15.6	11.5	9.5	8.92	3.75	0	2.35	2	3.28
57	60	3	Brazil		56.81	14.49	10.66	9.25	9	1.88	1.36	3.53	3	3.65
58	52	-6	Bermuda		56.8	18.33	14.81	0	10	8.96	0	0	2.5	2.2
59	85	26	Lithuania		55.18	12.75	11.01	9.94	10	3.13	0	5	2	1.36
60	56	-4	Bahamas		54.3	16	14.45	0	10	0	5	5	2.5	1.34
61	67	6	Romania		53.11	12.57	11.15	9.76	10	2.5	0.1	1.47	2.5	3.05
62	63	1	Barbados		52.96	11.81	12.83	9.53	10	3.13	0	2.94	1.5	1.22
63	66	3	Vietnam		52.04	14.8	11.91	8.51	10	0	0	0.88	2.5	3.44
64	61	-3	Mauritius		51.28	10.72	12.92	9.58	10	5	1.07	0	2	0
65	55	-10	Botswana		51.05	12.76	11.44	9.85	10	0	0	3.53	1	2.47
66	62	-4	Morocco		50.68	13.45	11.37	8.81	9.32	0	0.24	1.47	2.5	3.52
67	65	-2	Trinidad & Tobago		50.64	11.01	12.21	9.01	9.13	3.75	0	3.53	2	0
68	69	1	Pakistan		49.79	11.84	9.53	8.94	10	1.88	0.16	1.76	2.5	3.19
69	83	14	Panama		49	14.74	9.21	9.03	9.62	0	0	1.18	2.5	2.72
70	74	4	Paraguay		48.95	10.68	9.32	9.65	10	2.5	0	1.47	1	4.32
71	73	2	Estonia		48.04	13.94	10.9	10	10	0	0	0	1.5	1.7
72	64	-8	Jordan		47.75	11.41	10.11	8.75	7.57	2.19	0	2.35	2	3.36
73	79	6	Peru		47.63	13.63	9.6	9.29	6.84	1.25	0.11	0.88	2.5	3.53
74	78	4	Croatia		47.23	12.64	7.67	9.84	10	0	1.12	0	3	2.97
75	89	14	Latvia		47.12	12.64	9.99	9.97	10	0	0	2	1.5	1.02
76	71	-5	Zimbabwe		46.14	10.45	9.44	8.82	10	0	0.57	2.65	1.5	2.71
77	75	-2	Egypt		45.65	11.7	10.51	9.1	7.27	0	0.13	1.47	2	3.47
78	87	9	Venezuela		45.37	11.98	9.47	9.14	10	2.19	0	0.59	2	0
79	76	-3	Papua New Guinea		45.25	8.33	9.59	9.04	10	0	4.52	1.76	2	0
80	88	8	Ecuador		44.96	11.89	8.57	8.83	9.72	0	0	1.47	1.5	2.99
81	72	-9	Ghana		44.61	10.25	8.89	8.71	9.91	0	0	1.47	2.5	2.88
82	68	-14	Lebanon		44.34	11.55	7.91	9.63	9.33	0	0	0.88	2	3.05
83	82	-1	Myanmar		43.75	10.03	8.36	9.66	10	0	0	1.76	1.5	2.43
84	70	-14	Sri Lanka		43.03	9.43	8.34	9.28	10	0	0	1.47	1.5	3.01
85	80	-5	Fiji		42.64	6.36	11.86	9.78	10	0	1.29	2.35	1	0
86	100	14	Russia		42.62	11.47	8.33	9.73	8.26	0	0	0.88	2	1.95
87	91	4	Kenya		42.28	9.27	8.64	8.47	10	0	0	2.65	1	2.26
88	81	-7	Costa Rica		41.21	10.45	9.37	9.37	9.25	0	0	1.76	1	0
89	94	5	El Salvador		40.7	8.56	7.87	9.57	8.98	3.13	0.04	2.06	0.5	0
90	105	15	Tonga		40.68	9.09	11.95	9.65	10	0	0	0	0	0
91	93	2	Bolivia		40.65	11.62	8.66	8.75	9.15	0	0	1.47	1	0
92	99	7	Bulgaria		40.42	10.89	8.32	8.87	9.4	0	0	0.59	1	1.36
93	90	-3	Nepal		40.34	7.65	8.6	9.34	10	0	0	1.76	0.5	2.48
94	77	-17	Bangladesh		40.31	7.46	8.22	9.23	10	0	0	1.47	1.5	2.43
95	84	-11	Belize		40.3	10.6	7.61	9.64	9.6	0	0	2.35	0.5	0
96	97	1	Cote d’Ivoire		39.83	8.48	5.5	6.31	9.5	0	5	3.53	1.5	0
97	109	12	Algeria		37.69	9.16	6.76	8.41	10	0	0	2.35	1	0
98	107	9	Gabon		37.66	8.78	6.75	8.79	9.8	0	0	3.53	0	0
99	96	-3	Uganda		37.65	8.94	6.08	8.49	9.5	0	0	1.47	1	2.17
100	146	46	St Lucia		37.61	9.39	8.43	9.79	10	0	0	0	0	0
101	145	44	Dominica		37.61	10.45	7.65	9.51	10	0	0	0	0	0
102	86	-16	Jamaica		36.8	7.27	8.75	8.69	8.97	0	1.24	0.88	1	0
103	110	7	FYR Macedonia		36.27	9.16	5.21	9.31	10	0	0	0	0.5	2.08
104	103	-1	Senegal		35.92	8.43	5.5	8.91	9.72	0	0.01	2.35	1	0
105	108	3	Iran		35.63	9.89	7.44	9.58	7.04	0	0.31	0.88	0.5	0
106	104	-2	Dominican Republic		35.41	8.78	6.64	9.34	8.18	0	0	1.47	1	0
107	95	-12	Guatemala		35.35	8.25	7.55	9.66	8.51	0	0	0.88	0.5	0
108	92	-16	Solomon Islands		35.29	0	11.29	9.49	10	0	2.16	2.35	0	0
109	119	10	Cambodia		35.29	6.21	7.38	9.31	10	0	0	0.88	1.5	0
110	118	8	Gambia		35.06	8.94	5.52	8.72	10	0	0	0.88	1	0
111	112	1	Vanuatu		34.68	0	12.6	9.82	10	0	0	1.76	0.5	0
112	144	32	Togo		34.42	8.78	7.38	8.52	9.23	0	0	0	0.5	0
113	129	16	Western Samoa		34.3	0	15.2	9.1	10	0	0	0	0	0
114	102	-12	Albania		34.23	8.48	5.04	9.62	10	0	0	0.59	0.5	0
115	98	-17	Burkina Faso		34.21	5.45	7.38	9.58	9.43	0	0	2.35	0	0
116	106	-10	Malawi		33.74	7.32	5.75	8.32	10	0	0	2.35	0	0
117	117	0	Mali		33.58	7.95	6.27	8.22	9.64	0	0	0	1.5	0
118	101	-17	Honduras		33.05	6.66	6.47	8.08	9.18	0	0.97	1.18	0.5	0
119	123	4	Central African Republic		33.04	7.42	4.34	8.92	10	0	0	2.35	0	0
120	113	-7	Zambia		32.76	6.16	4.58	7.68	9.72	0	0.06	0.88	1.5	2.17
121	155	34	Mauritania		32.25	10.53	5.15	7.51	9.06	0	0	0	0	0
122	115	-7	Cameroon		32.14	6.47	5.1	8.81	8.86	0	0.25	2.65	0	0
123	122	-1	Niger		32.01	6.06	5.21	8.66	9.73	0	0	2.35	0	0
124	130	6	Lesotho		31.57	0	9.25	9.57	10	0	0	1.25	1.5	0
125	134	9	Moldova		31.54	8.94	4.78	9.9	6.92	0	0	0	1	0
126	126	0	Nigeria		31.06	6.57	5.59	8.79	8.43	0	0	1.18	0.5	0
127	116	-11	Madagascar		30.81	5.6	4.17	7.9	9.84	0	0	1.76	0	1.54
128	148	20	Namibia		30.77	13.13	12.6	0	0	0	0	0	2	3.05
129	111	-18	Kazakhstan		30.58	7.19	8.25	9.89	2.38	0	0	0	2	0.86
130	137	7	Laos		30.45	6.21	8.53	8.71	3.65	0	0	2.35	1	0
131	131	0	Benin		30.2	5.76	5.65	8.91	9.01	0	0	0.88	0	0
132	133	1	Maldives		30.06	0	10.51	9.54	10	0	0	0	0	0
133	124	-9	Chad		30.04	4.24	4.34	9.1	10	0	0	2.35	0	0
134	139	5	Guinea		29.98	6.82	3.85	8.96	9.35	0	0	0	1	0
135	136	1	Ukraine		29.54	7.41	5.56	9.96	2.95	0	0.11	1.47	1	1.09
136	125	-11	Tanzania		29.52	5.92	5.21	6.86	9.64	0	0	0.88	1	0
137	150	13	Armenia		28.52	7.72	3.04	9.96	7.8	0	0	0	0	0
138	141	3	Guyana		28.51	7.27	4.11	5.67	8.99	0	0	1.47	1	0
139	142	3	Swaziland		28.49	0	8.69	9.81	10	0	0	0	0	0
140	132	-8	Ethiopia		28.05	2.95	4.13	8.89	9.32	0	0	1.76	1	0
141	135	-6	Yemen		27.91	4.24	3.66	8.53	10	0	0	1.47	0	0
142	128	-14	Belarus		27.69	6.47	4.31	9.93	5.99	0	0	0	1	0
143	147	4	St Vincent & Grenadines		27.53	0	8.04	9.5	10	0	0	0	0	0
144	138	-6	Bhutan		27.45	0	5.82	9.66	10	0	0	1.47	0.5	0
145	140	-5	Haiti		27.33	3.43	3.07	9.66	10	0	0	1.18	0	0
146	143	-3	Seychelles		27.02	0	7.38	9.63	10	0	0	0	0	0
147	114	-33	Uzbekhistan		26.42	1.36	7.36	9.96	5.65	0	0	0	1	1.09
148	152	4	Mongolia		26.41	0	7.06	9.35	10	0	0	0	0	0
149	120	-29	Syria		25.72	7.27	6.57	0	10	0	0	0.88	1	0
150	149	-1	Cape Verde		25.69	0	6.27	9.42	10	0	0	0	0	0
151	127	-24	Grenada		25.59	0	6.08	9.51	10	0	0	0	0	0
152	167	15	Nicaragua		24.72	6.13	2.86	2.19	7.95	0	0	0.59	5	0
153	153	0	Georgia		24.14	7.4	3.7	9.49	3.55	0	0	0	0	0
154	157	3	Djibouti		23.91	0	4.34	9.57	10	0	0	0	0	0
155	164	9	Rwanda		23.91	4.24	1.3	8.36	10	0	0	0	0	0
156	121	-35	Kyrgyzstan		23.61	0	5.15	9.83	4.88	0	0	3.25	0.5	0
157	154	-3	Turkmenistan		22.91	6.51	5.9	0	10	0	0	0	0.5	0
158	161	3	Equatorial Guinea		22.75	0	4.34	8.4	10	0	0	0	0	0
159	158	-1	Sudan		22.67	3.94	1.13	7.61	10	0	0	0	0	0
160	159	-1	Congo		22.66	3.61	2.54	5.07	9.67	0	0	1.76	0	0
161	156	-5	Mozambique		21.71	3.28	2.75	5.61	8.24	0	0.23	0.59	1	0
162	163	1	Sierra Leone		21.52	2.35	2.92	6.59	8.79	0	0	0.88	0	0
163	162	-1	Guinea-Bissau		21.34	0	3.48	6.81	9.59	0	0	1.47	0	0
164	169	5	Zaire		20.22	5	2.17	0	10	0	0	0.88	0	2.17
165	165	0	Angola		17.68	3.36	2.24	0	10	0	0	0.59	1.5	0
166	172	6	Antigua & Barbuda		17.67	7.88	8.3	0	0	0	0	0	1.5	0
167	160	-7	Libya		17.08	9.01	6.6	0	0	0	0	1.47	0	0
168	171	3	Azerbaijan		16.86	7.95	3.91	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
169	151	-18	New Caledonia		16.36	0	11.95	0	0	0	0	4.41	0	0
170	168	-2	Liberia		16.3	3.33	1.46	0	10	0	0	0	1.5	0
171	166	-5	Sao Tome and Principe		15.65	0	5.82	0	9.83	0	0	0	0	0
172	170	-2	Somalia		14.97	4.09	0	0	10	0	0	0.88	0	0
173	173	0	Tajikistan		14.45	0	5.21	0	5.73	0	0	0	3.5	0
174	174	0	Cuba		11.5	3.71	3.03	0	0	0	0	1.76	3	0
175	177	2	Iraq		9.42	7.27	1.65	0	0	0	0	0	0.5	0
176	175	-1	Korea, North		5.39	1.87	2.64	0	0	0	0	0.88	0	0
177	176	-1	Surinam		4.78	0	4.78	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
178	178	0	Afghanistan		3.92	0	3.04	0	0	0	0	0.88	0	0