Country risk Sep 2005

Country risk index: Most countries have better access to capital than ever before and sovereign credit ratings have been on the rise for the past three years. But an increasingly tense geopolitical environment has led to marked decline in this year's country risk ratings. Research and analysis by Paul Pedzinski.

Political risks outweigh improving credit background

How the world got more risky

: 13 year review of country risk data


GLOBAL RANKING:

For historical country risk data please visit the Euromoney Country risk website

               Methodology

THE LATEST COUNTRY risk survey carried out by Euromoney again indicated a slight downgrade in the assessment of overall risk levels, reflected in the total country risk score decreasing by 0.5% on the figures six months before and falling a sharp 3.8% on September 2004.

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