Country Risk: Emerging markets boost ratings (TABLES: Global economic projections 81-160)

Global economic projections 81-160 (tables)

Rank

Sept

Country

Economic

Economic

Economic

Expected change

GNP

GNP

 

1995

 

performance

performance

performance

1996-1997

growth

growth

     

average

1996

1997

(%)

1996

1997

     

1996-1997

         
                 
                 
                 
                 

81

80

Kyrgyzstan

40.00

40.00

-8.00

-5.00

82

103

Papua New Guinea

39.50

40.00

39.00

-2.50

3.50

4.17

83

97

Peru

39.08

38.00

40.17

5.70

5.83

5.40

84

75

Latvia

38.88

39.00

38.75

-0.64

2.70

3.30

85

147

Uganda

38.83

39.33

38.33

-2.54

5.00

5.00

86

76

Croatia

38.75

37.75

39.75

5.30

4.52

4.36

87

111

Libya

38.59

38.50

38.67

0.44

0.83

1.50

88

106

Jamaica

38.00

38.00

38.00

0.00

1.60

2.10

89

68

Gabon

37.50

37.50

37.50

0.00

2.17

3.00

90

92

El Salvador

37.50

40.00

35.00

-12.50

6.00

5.50

91

93

Guatemala

37.50

40.00

35.00

-12.50

4.50

4.75

92

102

Iran

37.50

37.25

37.75

1.34

2.04

3.10

93

124

Senegal

37.50

37.50

37.50

0.00

4.25

4.00

94

109

Bulgaria

37.33

36.89

37.77

2.39

2.26

2.92

95

110

Syria

37.00

35.50

38.50

8.45

5.00

5.17

96

66

Turkmenistan

36.75

38.00

35.50

-6.58

-3.25

0.25

97

87

Paraguay

36.38

36.25

36.50

0.69

3.08

3.50

98

95

Venezuela

36.06

34.78

37.33

7.35

-0.78

2.05

99

83

FYR Macedonia

36.00

35.00

37.00

5.71

1.00

3.50

100

126

Albania

35.75

34.50

37.00

7.25

5.50

5.00

101

99

Panama

35.67

34.67

36.67

5.77

2.93

3.93

102

112

Kenya

35.63

36.00

35.25

-2.08

3.63

3.50

103

114

Honduras

35.50

36.00

35.00

-2.78

3.25

3.25

104

119

Belize

35.00

35.00

35.00

0.00

105

Malawi

34.00

34.00

34.00

0.00

3.00

2.17

106

101

Dominican Republic

33.67

33.67

33.67

0.00

2.60

2.50

107

104

Russia

33.56

32.78

34.33

4.75

0.75

2.25

108

120

Cote d’Ivoire

33.38

32.50

34.25

5.38

5.25

6.13

109

90

Uzbekistan

33.25

28.50

38.00

33.33

-2.20

2.00

110

96

Kazakhstan

33.25

33.00

33.50

1.52

-3.00

2.00

111

115

Ecuador

32.70

32.20

33.20

3.11

2.68

3.18

112

84

Fiji

31.00

30.00

32.00

6.67

3.00

4.00

113

Nepal

31.00

31.00

31.00

0.00

2.00

2.00

114

108

Bolivia

30.75

31.25

30.25

-3.20

3.50

3.93

115

117

New Caledonia

29.50

30.00

29.00

-3.33

3.80

4.00

116

122

Belarus

29.00

28.50

29.50

3.51

-4.00

0.50

117

123

Moldova

29.00

28.00

30.00

7.14

6.10

6.05

118

132

Algeria

27.30

28.00

26.60

-5.00

3.10

3.60

119

78

Mali

27.00

28.00

26.00

-7.14

4.50

4.50

120

138

Zambia

26.63

27.50

25.75

-6.36

4.35

3.63

121

113

Guinea

26.25

27.50

25.00

-9.09

4.25

4.50

122

130

Nigeria

26.00

26.00

26.00

0.00

2.13

3.25

123

Antigua & Barbuda

26.00

26.00

26.00

0.00

2.00

3.00

124

139

Cameroon

25.83

26.67

25.00

-6.25

2.67

3.17

125

125

Tonga

25.50

25.00

26.00

4.00

2.75

2.90

126

129

Ukraine

25.50

26.60

24.40

-8.27

-4.10

0.84

127

105

The Gambia

25.00

25.00

25.00

0.00

2.00

4.00

128

116

Azerbaijan

25.00

25.00

25.00

0.00

-10.00

129

136

Niger

25.00

25.00

25.00

0.00

2.00

2.50

130

131

Tanzania

24.50

25.66

23.33

-9.08

4.25

4.50

131

118

Madagascar

24.17

25.00

23.33

-6.67

3.75

3.50

132

89

Armenia

24.00

25.00

23.00

-8.00

3.00

133

154

Ethiopia

23.75

22.50

25.00

11.11

4.00

5.00

134

151

Laos

23.25

22.50

24.00

6.67

6.50

6.00

135

144

Yemen

23.00

25.00

21.00

-16.00

2.33

3.33

136

133

Central African Republic

22.75

24.00

21.50

-10.42

4.00

4.00

137

134

Georgia

21.50

20.00

23.00

15.00

1.00

3.00

138

148

Mozambique

21.00

21.00

21.00

0.00

1.50

3.00

139

146

Cambodia

20.50

20.00

21.00

5.00

5.75

5.50

140

135

Mauritania

20.00

20.00

4.00

4.50

141

128

Solomon Islands

20.00

20.00

4.00

4.00

142

145

Haiti

20.00

20.00

20.00

0.00

0.00

2.00

143

137

Somalia

20.00

20.00

-1.50

-2.00

144

140

Togo

19.75

20.00

19.50

-2.50

4.00

4.00

145

141

Angola

19.17

18.00

20.33

12.96

5.25

5.35

146

Guyana

19.00

19.00

19.00

0.00

5.75

5.00

147

142

Chad

19.00

20.00

18.00

-10.00

3.50

148

152

Cuba

17.83

15.33

20.33

32.61

2.50

2.60

149

143

Benin

17.50

15.00

20.00

33.33

4.00

4.50

150

160=

Liberia

15.00

15.00

15.00

0.00

0.00

5.00

151

153

Congo

15.00

15.00

15.00

0.00

0.00

2.25

152

162

North Korea

14.00

12.50

15.50

24.00

-3.00

0.00

153

156

Iraq

13.75

10.00

17.50

75.00

2.15

15.40

154

155

Sudan

11.50

13.00

10.00

-23.08

2.75

2.50

155

158

Nicaragua

11.50

13.00

10.00

-23.08

3.00

3.45

156

149

Cape Verde

10.00

10.00

157

150

Grenada

10.00

10.00

3.50

158

Rwanda

7.50

5.00

10.00

100.00

0.00

1.00

159

160=

Sierra Leone

6.00

6.00

-4.00

-1.00

160

159

Zaire

5.67

6.00

5.33

-11.11

-1.33

1.67

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