List of countries by credit rating
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This is a list of countries by credit rating
Credit rating
A credit rating evaluates the credit worthiness of an issuer of specific types of debt, specifically, debt issued by a business enterprise such as a corporation or a government. It is an evaluation made by a credit rating agency of the debt issuers likelihood of default. Credit ratings are...

, showing long-term foreign currency credit ratings for sovereign bonds as reported by the three major credit rating agencies: Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's
Standard & Poor's is a United States-based financial services company. It is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies that publishes financial research and analysis on stocks and bonds. It is well known for its stock-market indices, the US-based S&P 500, the Australian S&P/ASX 200, the Canadian...

, Fitch and Moody's
Moody's
Moody's Corporation is the holding company for Moody's Analytics and Moody's Investors Service, a credit rating agency which performs international financial research and analysis on commercial and government entities. The company also ranks the credit-worthiness of borrowers using a standardized...

. The ratings of Dagong
Dagong
Dagong Global Credit Rating is a credit rating agency based in China. It is one of the few notable non-US based credit rating agencies....

, a Chinese rating agency which has recently received some media attention, are also included. The list also includes all subnational entities issuing sovereign bonds, but it excludes regions, provinces and municipalities issuing sub-sovereign bonds.

Standard & Poor's

For S&P, a bond is considered investment grade if its credit rating is BBB- or higher. Bonds rated BB+ and below are considered to be speculative grade, sometimes also referred to as "junk" bonds.
Country Rating Outlook Date Ref.
 Abu Dhabi (emirate) 20AA Stable 2011-08-05
 Albania 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Andorra 17A Negative 2011-08-05
 Angola 10BB- Stable 2011-08-05
 Argentina 08B Stable 2011-08-05
 Aruba 16A- Negative 2011-08-05
 Australia 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Austria 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Azerbaijan 12BB+ Positive 2011-08-05
 The Bahamas 15BBB+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Bahrain 14BBB Negative 2011-08-05
 Bangladesh 10BB- Stable 2011-08-05
 Barbados 13BBB- Stable 2011-08-05
 Belarus 08B Watch Negative 2011-08-05
 Belgium 21AA Negative 2011-11-25
 Belize 07B- Stable 2011-08-05
 Benin 08B Stable 2011-08-05
 Bermuda 20AA Stable 2011-08-05
 Bolivia 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 09B+ Negative 2011-08-05
 Botswana 16A- Stable 2011-08-05
 Brazil 14BBB Stable 2011-11-17
 Kingdom of Bulgaria 14BBB Stable 2011-08-05
 Burkina Faso 08B Stable 2011-08-05
 Cambodia 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Cameroon 08B Stable 2011-08-05
 Canada 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Cape Verde 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Chile 18A+ Positive 2011-08-05
 Mainland China 19AA- Stable 2011-08-05
 Colombia 13BBB- Stable 2011-08-05
 Cook Islands 10BB- Negative 2011-08-05
 Costa Rica 11BB Stable 2011-08-05
 Independent State of Croatia 13BBB- Negative 2011-08-05
 Cyprus 15BBB+ Negative 2011-08-05
 Czech Republic 19AA- Stable 2011-08-24
 Denmark 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Dominican Republic 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Ecuador 07B- Positive 2011-08-05
 Egypt 10B+ Negative 2011-10-18
 El Salvador 10BB- Stable 2011-08-05
 Estonia 19AA- Stable 2011-08-09
 Fiji 08B Stable 2011-08-05
 Finland 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Early Modern France 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Gabon 10BB- Stable 2011-08-05
 Georgia (country) 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Germany 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Ghana 08B Stable 2011-08-05
 Greece 03CC Negative 2011-08-05
 Grenada 07B- Stable 2011-08-05
 Guatemala 11BB Negative 2011-08-05
 Guernsey 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Honduras 08B Positive 2011-08-05
 Hong Kong 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Hungary 13BBB- Negative 2011-08-05
 Iceland 13BBB- Stable 2011-11-23
 India 13BBB- Stable 2011-08-05
 Indonesia 12BB+ Positive 2011-08-05
 Republic of Ireland 15BBB+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Isle of Man 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Israel 18A+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Italy 17A Negative 2011-09-19
 Jamaica 07B- Stable 2011-08-05
 Japan 19AA- Negative 2011-08-05
 Jordan 11BB Negative 2011-08-05
 Kazakhstan 14BBB Stable 2011-08-05
 Kenya 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 South Korea 17A Stable 2011-08-05
 Kuwait 20AA Stable 2011-08-05
 Latvia 12BB+ Positive 2011-08-05
 Lebanon 08B Stable 2011-08-05
 Liechtenstein 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Lithuania 14BBB Stable 2011-08-05
 Luxembourg 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Republic of Macedonia 11BB Stable 2011-08-05
 Malaysia 16A- Stable 2011-08-05
 Malta 17A Stable 2011-08-05
 Mexico 14BBB Stable 2011-08-05
 Mongolia 10BB- Stable 2011-08-05
 Kingdom of Montenegro 11BB Negative 2011-08-05
 Montserrat 13BBB- Positive 2011-08-05
 Morocco 13BBB- Stable 2011-08-05
 Mozambique 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Netherlands 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 New Zealand 21AA Stable 2011-09-30
 Nigeria 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Norway 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Oman 17A Negative 2011-08-05
 Pakistan 07B- Stable 2011-08-05
 Panama 13BBB- Stable 2011-08-05
 Papua New Guinea 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Paraguay 09B+ Positive 2011-08-05
 Peru 14BBB Stable 2011-08-31
 Philippines 11BB Stable 2011-08-05
 Poland 16A- Stable 2011-08-05
 Portugal 13BBB- Negative 2011-08-05
 Qatar 20AA Stable 2011-08-05
17A Stable 2011-08-05
 Kingdom of Romania 12BB+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Russia 14BBB Stable 2011-08-05
 Saudi Arabia 19AA- Stable 2011-08-05
 Senegal 09B+ Negative 2011-08-05
 Serbia 11BB Stable 2011-08-05
 Singapore 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Slovakia 18A+ Positive 2011-08-24
 Slovenia 19AA- Stable 2011-10-19
 South Africa 15BBB+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Spain 19AA- Negative 2011-10-13
 Sri Lanka 09B+ Positive 2011-08-05
 Suriname 09B+ Positive 2011-08-05
 Sweden 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Switzerland 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 Republic of China 19AA- Stable 2011-08-05
 Thailand 15BBB+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Trinidad and Tobago 17A Stable 2011-08-05
 Tunisia 13BBB- Negative 2011-08-05
 Turkey 13BBB- Positive 2011-09-20
 Uganda 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Ukraine 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05
 United Kingdom 22AAA Stable 2011-08-05
 United States 21AA+ Negative 2011-08-05
 Uruguay 12BB+ Stable 2011-08-05
 Venezuela 09B+ Stable 2011-08-19
 Vietnam 10BB- Negative 2011-08-05
 Zambia 09B+ Stable 2011-08-05

Fitch

For Fitch, a bond is considered investment grade if its credit rating is BBB- or higher. Bonds rated BB+ and below are considered to be speculative grade, sometimes also referred to as "junk" bonds.
Country Rating Outlook Date Ref.
 Abu Dhabi (emirate) 18AA Stable July 2007
08BB- Stable May 2011
06B Stable July 2010
08BB- Stable August 2009
12BBB Stable June 2006
19AAA Stable February 2003
20AAA Stable September 2000
11BBB- Positive May 2011
12BBB Watch Negative March 2011
19AA+ Negative May 2011
06B Stable September 2004
19AA+ Stable August 2006
07B+ Stable October 2010
12BBB Stable April 2011
11BBB- Positive May 2011
06B Stable March 2007
20AAA Stable August 2004
07B+ Stable June 2009
17A+ Stable February 2011
18AA- Negative April 2011
11BBB- Stable June 2011
10BB+ Stable March 2011
11BBB- Negative May 2009
12BBB Negative August 2011
16A+ Positive June 2010
20AAA Stable November 2003
06B Positive January 2011
05B- Stable November 2010
09BB Watch Negative June 2011
09BB Negative June 2009
16A+ Stable July 2011
20AAA Stable September 2000
20AAA Stable September 2000
08BB- Stable October 2007
07B+ Positive March 2011
20AAA Stable September 2000
07B+ Stable September 2010
04CCC July 2011
10BB+ Stable February 2006
19AA+ Stable November 2010
11BBB- Stable June 2011
10BB+ Stable May 2011
11BBB- Stable June 2010
10BB+ Positive February 2011
13BBB+ Negative April 2011
16A Stable February 2008
17A+ Stable October 2011
05B- Stable February 2010
18AA Negative May 2011
11BBB- Positive December 2010
07B+ Stable January 2009
16A+ Positive November 2011
18AA Stable September 2008
11BBB- Positive March 2011
06B Stable March 2010
08BB- Negative May 2011
12BBB Positive May 2011
20AAA Stable September 2000
10BB+ Stable October 2010
14A- Stable June 2009
16A+ Stable July 2007
12BBB Stable November 2009
07B+ Stable November 2010
11BBB- Stable April 2007
06B Stable July 2003
11BBB- Positive December 2010
20AAA Stable September 2000
19AA Stable September 2011
08BB- Negative October 2010
20AAA Stable September 2000
12BBB Stable June 2011
12BBB Stable November 2011
10BB+ Stable June 2011
14A- Stable January 2007
11BB+ Watch Negative November 2011
 Ras al-Khaimah 15A Stable January 2008
11BBB- Stable July 2011
12BBB Positive September 2010
06B Stable August 2010
15A Negative October 2009
17AA- Stable July 2008
08BB- Stable November 2010
06B Stable February 2011
20AAA Stable May 2003
16A+ Stable July 2008
18AA Stable July 2006
13BBB+ Stable January 2011
17AA- Negative October 2011
08BB- Stable July 2011
07B+ Positive October 2009
20AAA Stable March 2004
20AAA Stable September 2000
16A+ Stable January 2009
12BBB Stable May 2011
11BBB- Negative March 2011
10BB+ Stable November 2011
06B Positive August 2009
06B Positive July 2011
20AAA Stable September 2000
20AAA Negative November 2011
09BB Positive July 2010
07B+ Stable December 2008
07B+ Stable July 2010
07B+ Stable March 2011

Moody's

For Moody's, a bond is considered investment grade if its credit rating is Baa3 or higher. Bonds rated Ba1 and below are considered to be speculative grade, sometimes also referred to as "junk" bonds.
Country Rating Outlook Date Ref.
 Albania 08B1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Angola 09Ba3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Argentina 06B3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Armenia 10Ba2 Negative 2011-11-21
 Australia 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Austria 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Azerbaijan 11Ba1 Positive 2011-08-05
 The Bahamas 15A3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Bahrain 14Baa1 Negative 2011-08-05
 Bangladesh 09Ba3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Barbados 12Baa3 Negative 2011-08-05
 Belarus 06B3 Watch Negative 2011-08-05
 Belgium 20Aa1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Belize 06B3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Bermuda 19Aa2 Stable 2011-08-05
 Bolivia 08B1 Positive 2011-08-05
 Bosnia and Herzegovina 07B2 Negative 2011-08-05
 Botswana 16A2 Negative 2011-08-05
 Brazil 13Baa2 Positive 2011-08-05
 Kingdom of Bulgaria 13Baa2 Stable 2011-08-05
 Cambodia 07B2 Stable 2011-08-05
 Canada 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Cayman Islands 18Aa3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Chile 18Aa3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Mainland China 18Aa3 Positive 2011-08-05
 Colombia 12Baa3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Costa Rica 12Baa3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Independent State of Croatia 12Baa3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Cuba 05Caa1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Cyprus 12Baa3 Negative 2011-11-04
 Czech Republic 17A1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Denmark 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Dominican Republic 08B1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Ecuador 04Caa2 Stable 2011-08-05
 Egypt 09Ba3 Negative 2011-08-05
 El Salvador 10Ba2 Stable 2011-08-05
 Estonia 17A1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Fiji 08B1 Negative 2011-08-05
 Finland 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Early Modern France 21Aaa Stable 2011-10-17
 Georgia (country) 09Ba3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Germany 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Greece 02Ca Developing 2011-08-05
 Guatemala 11Ba1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Honduras 07B2 Stable 2011-08-05
 Hong Kong 20Aa1 Positive 2011-08-05
 Hungary 11Ba1 Negative 2011-11-24
 Iceland 12Baa3 Negative 2011-08-05
 India 12Baa3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Indonesia 11Ba1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Republic of Ireland 11Ba1 Negative 2011-08-05
 Isle of Man 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Israel 17A1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Italy 16A2 Negative 2011-10-04
 Jamaica 06B3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Japan 18Aa3 Stable 2011-08-23
 Jordan 10Ba2 Negative 2011-08-05
 Kazakhstan 13Baa2 Stable 2011-08-05
 South Korea 17A1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Kuwait 19Aa2 Stable 2011-08-05
 Latvia 12Baa3 Positive 2011-08-05
 Lebanon 08B1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Lithuania 14Baa1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Luxembourg 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Macau 18Aa3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Malaysia 15A3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Malta 17A1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Mauritius 13Baa2 Stable 2011-08-05
 Mexico 14Baa1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Moldova 06B3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Mongolia 08B1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Kingdom of Montenegro 09Ba3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Morocco 11Ba1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Netherlands 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 New Zealand 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Nicaragua 06B3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Norway 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Oman 17A1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Pakistan 06B3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Panama 12Baa3 Positive 2011-08-05
 Papua New Guinea 08B1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Paraguay 08B1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Peru 12Baa3 Positive 2011-08-05
 Philippines 10Ba2 Stable 2011-08-05
 Poland 16A2 Negative 2011-08-05
 Portugal 10Ba2 Negative 2011-08-05
 Qatar 19Aa2 Stable 2011-08-05
 Kingdom of Romania 12Baa3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Russia 14Baa1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Saudi Arabia 18Aa3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Senegal 08B1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Singapore 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Slovakia 17A1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Slovenia 18Aa3 Negative 2011-09-23
 South Africa 15A3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Spain 17A1 Negative 2011-10-18
 Sri Lanka 08B1 Positive 2011-08-05
08B1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Suriname 08B1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Sweden 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Switzerland 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 Republic of China 18Aa3 Stable 2011-08-05
 Thailand 14Baa1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Trinidad and Tobago 14Baa1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Tunisia 12Baa3 Negative 2011-08-05
 Turkey 10Ba2 Positive 2011-08-05
 Ukraine 07B2 Stable 2011-08-05
 United Arab Emirates 19Aa2 Stable 2011-08-05
 United Kingdom 21Aaa Stable 2011-08-05
 United States 21Aaa Negative 2011-08-05
 Uruguay 11Ba1 Stable 2011-08-05
 Venezuela 07B2 Stable 2011-08-05
 Vietnam 08B1 Negative 2011-08-05

Dagong

Dagong
Dagong
Dagong Global Credit Rating is a credit rating agency based in China. It is one of the few notable non-US based credit rating agencies....

 is a Beijing-based rating agency and the only non-American agency to have gained some recognition from the western financial press.
Country Rating Outlook Date Ref.
 Argentina 05B Stable 2010-07-11
 Australia 18AAA Stable 2010-07-11
 Austria 18AA+ Stable 2010-10-20
 Belgium 15A+ Negative 2010-07-11
 Brazil 13A- Stable 2010-07-11
 Canada 18AA+ Stable 2010-07-11
 Chile 16AA- Stable 2011-05-31
 Mainland China 19AAA Stable 2010-07-11
 Czech Republic 15A+ Stable 2011-11-21
 Denmark 18AA+ Stable 2011-11-01
 Ecuador 03B- Stable 2010-10-09
 Egypt 07BB- Negative 2011-11-22
 Estonia 14A Stable 2010-07-11
 Finland 19AAA Negative 2010-12-06
 Early Modern France 16AA- Negative 2011-06-02
 Germany 18AA+ Stable 2011-07-01
 Greece 02C Negative 2011-11-22
 Hong Kong 19AAA Stable 2010-10-20
 Hungary 10BBB- Negative 2011-03-11
 Iceland 07BB- Stable 2011-09-07
 India 11BBB Stable 2010-07-11
 Indonesia 10BBB- Stable 2010-07-11
 Republic of Ireland 11BBB Stable 2010-12-06
 Israel 13A- Stable 2010-07-11
 Italy 13A- Negative 2010-07-11
 Japan 16AA- Stable 2011-06-02
 Kazakhstan 10BBB- Stable 2010-07-11
 Kenya 05B Stable 2010-12-06
 South Korea 16AA- Stable 2010-07-11
 Latvia 08BB Stable 2010-10-20
 Lithuania 10BBB- Stable 2011-03-16
 Luxembourg 19AAA Stable 2011-07-11
 Macau 18AA+ Stable 2010-10-20
 Madagascar 03CCC Stable 2011-03-16
 Malaysia 15A+ Stable 2011-06-21
 Mexico 11BBB Stable 2010-07-11
 Mongolia 06B+ Stable 2011-06-28
 Morocco 12BBB+ Negative 2011-10-10
 Netherlands 18AA+ Stable 2011-06-02
 New Zealand 18AA+ Stable 2010-07-11
 Nigeria 09BB+ Stable 2010-07-11
 Norway 19AAA Stable 2010-07-11
 Pakistan 03CCC Stable 2011-09-08
 Peru 12BBB+ Stable 2010-10-20
 Philippines 06B+ Stable 2010-07-11
 Poland 13A- Negative 2011-08-02
 Portugal 09BB+ Negative 2011-11-24
 Kingdom of Romania 08BB Negative 2010-07-11
 Russia 14A Stable 2010-07-11
 Saudi Arabia 17AA Stable 2011-07-01
 Singapore 18AAA Stable 2010-07-11
 South Africa 14A Negative 2011-08-29
 Spain 14A Negative 2011-06-21
 Sri Lanka 06B+ Stable 2011-03-16
 Sudan 01C Stable 2010-12-06
 Sweden 18AA+ Stable 2010-10-20
 Switzerland 18AAA Stable 2010-07-11
 Republic of China 16AA- Stable 2010-10-20
 Thailand 11BBB Stable 2010-07-11
 Tunisia 12BBB+ Stable 2010-10-20
 Turkey 07BB- Stable 2010-07-11
 United Kingdom 15A+ Negative 2011-05-27
 United States 14A Negative 2011-08-03
 Ukraine 04B- Stable 2010-07-11
 United Arab Emirates 10BBB- Stable 2010-08-09
 Uruguay 09BB+ Positive 2010-12-06
 Venezuela 09BB+ Stable 2010-07-11
 Vietnam 06B+ Negative 2011-08-31

Not rated

UN member states that have not been assigned a credit rating by any of the four rating agencies.
Country Details
 Afghanistan
 Algeria
 Antigua and Barbuda
 Bhutan
 Brunei
 Burundi
 Central African Republic
 Chad
 Comoros
 Republic of the Congo
 Côte d'Ivoire
 Djibouti
 Dominica
 Equatorial Guinea
 Eritrea
 Ethiopia
Fitch has suspended Gambia’s credit rating after its only traded international bond expired.
 Guinea
 Guinea-Bissau
 Guyana
 Haiti
Fitch has withdrawn all ratings for Iran following the maturity and full repayment of the last outstanding sovereign eurobond on 21 April 2008.
 Iraq
 Kiribati
 North Korea
 Kyrgyzstan
 Laos
 Liberia
Fitch has withdrawn all ratings for Libya because it doesn't have enough information to maintain coverage of the issuer.
 Malawi
 Maldives
Mali was given a credit rating in 2004 as part of a UN development initiative, but the rating was later withdrawn.
 Marshall Islands
 Mauritania
 Federated States of Micronesia
 Monaco
 Myanmar
 Nauru
 Nepal
 Niger
 Palau
 Saint Kitts and Nevis
 Saint Lucia
 Samoa
 São Tomé and Príncipe
 Sierra Leone
 Solomon Islands
 Somalia
 Swaziland
 Syria
 Tajikistan
 Tanzania
 Togo
 Tonga
 Turkmenistan Moody has withdrawn its rating because it had insufficient information to maintain coverage of the issuer.
 Tuvalu
 Uzbekistan The Uzbek government aims to obtain a sovereign credit rating by 2015.
 Vanuatu
 Yemen
 Zimbabwe
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