Country Risk: In search of a safe haven
| Country risk | |||||||||||||
| Rank Mar 99 | Rank Sept 98 | Change Sept-Mar | Total score | Political risk | Economic performance | Debt indicators | Debt in default or rescheduled | Credit ratings | Access to bank finance | Access to short-term finance | Access to capital markets | Discount on forfaiting | |
| Weighting: | 100 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Luxembourg | 98.48 | 24.28 | 25.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.20 |
| 2 | 6 | 4 | Switzerland | 98.36 | 24.88 | 23.85 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.63 |
| 3 | 8 | 5 | Norway | 95.43 | 23.96 | 21.90 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.57 |
| 4 | 2 | -2 | United States | 94.92 | |||||||||