Country risk September 2010: Full results

September 29, 2010

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			Overall score	Political risk	Economic performance	Structurals	Debt indicators	Credit rating	Access to bank finance/ capital markets
Sep-10	Mar-10		100	30	30	10	5	10	10
1	1	Norway	93.33	28.19	26.89	8.25	10.00	10.00	10.00
2	3	Switzerland	90.22	26.80	24.99	8.44	10.00	10.00	10.00
3	6	Sweden	88.93	28.04	22.65	8.24	10.00	10.00	10.00
4	4	Denmark	88.80	27.90	22.81	8.09	10.00	10.00	10.00
5	5	Finland	88.55	27.99	22.40	8.16	10.00	10.00	10.00
6	2	Luxembourg	88.27	27.54	21.71	9.03	10.00	10.00	10.00
7	8	Canada	88.26	27.80	22.12	8.34	10.00	10.00	10.00
8	9	Netherlands	88.20	27.71	22.85	7.64	10.00	10.00	10.00
9	16	Hong Kong	87.18	25.25	24.87	8.10	10.00	8.96	10.00
10	10	Australia	86.18	27.10	21.43	7.86	10.00	9.79	10.00
11	7	Austria	85.80	26.41	22.24	7.15	10.00	10.00	10.00
12	17	Singapore	85.40	25.24	22.19	7.97	10.00	10.00	10.00
13	11	Germany	84.52	26.44	20.04	8.05	10.00	10.00	10.00
14	18	New Zealand	83.80	27.76	18.28	8.19	10.00	9.58	10.00
15	37	Chile	82.43	25.04	23.54	8.28	8.75	7.50	9.33
16	15	United Kingdom	82.14	25.69	18.78	7.68	10.00	10.00	10.00
17	13	United States	82.10	26.26	17.91	7.92	10.00	10.00	10.00
18	12	France	82.02	25.40	18.84	7.78	10.00	10.00	10.00
19	19	Japan	81.91	24.65	20.60	7.92	10.00	8.75	10.00
20	14	Belgium	80.22	25.25	19.74	5.86	10.00	9.38	10.00
21	22	Qatar	80.11	20.17	26.72	5.80	10.00	8.75	8.67
22	26	Cyprus	79.95	23.36	21.15	7.52	10.00	7.92	10.00
23	32	Taiwan	79.77	23.72	22.22	7.58	10.00	7.92	8.33
24	20	Slovenia	78.71	21.99	21.74	7.23	10.00	8.75	9.00
25	35	Korea South	78.39	23.01	22.33	7.43	10.00	7.29	8.33
26	21	Ireland	77.87	25.36	15.93	8.04	10.00	8.54	10.00
27	27	Slovak Republic	76.27	21.43	21.52	7.07	10.00	7.50	8.75
28	23	Malta	75.67	18.15	21.23	9.00	10.00	7.29	10.00
29	30	Czech Republic	74.73	20.98	21.19	6.39	10.00	7.29	8.88
30	45	Macao	74.40	17.90	24.00	7.38	10.00	8.13	7.00
31	40	Israel	74.30	24.20	20.01	7.00	10.00	7.08	6.00
32	24	Italy	74.01	21.30	18.11	6.47	10.00	8.13	10.00
33	31	Portugal	73.81	24.57	15.78	6.17	10.00	7.29	10.00
34	28	United Arab Emirates	73.67	18.35	22.98	5.54	10.00	8.13	8.67
35	36	Saudi Arabia	72.83	17.22	23.69	6.13	10.00	8.13	7.67
36	43	China	72.60	17.37	22.31	6.81	9.95	7.50	8.67
37	25	Spain	72.27	22.81	13.45	6.63	10.00	9.38	10.00
38	34	Bahrain	72.06	18.43	22.90	5.19	10.00	6.88	8.67
39	29	Kuwait	71.69	18.04	23.65	4.96	10.00	8.54	6.50
40	44	Poland	70.47	20.61	18.77	6.23	8.56	6.46	9.83
41	38	Oman	70.13	17.97	22.84	5.13	10.00	7.19	7.00
42	51	Brazil	69.57	18.84	20.73	6.62	9.01	4.38	10.00
43	50	Mexico	68.56	18.41	21.19	6.44	9.31	5.21	8.00
44	53	South Africa	68.18	21.81	15.84	5.97	9.73	5.83	9.00
45	62	Thailand	66.53	16.42	20.24	6.58	9.22	5.42	8.67
46	58	Peru	64.59	17.99	21.08	4.90	9.25	4.38	7.00
47	39	Iceland	64.39	23.37	13.86	3.00	10.00	4.17	10.00
48	60	Colombia	63.97	17.59	20.54	5.92	9.18	3.75	7.00
49	52	India	62.80	16.92	18.04	5.35	9.44	4.38	8.67
50	59	Turkey	62.57	18.50	17.07	6.14	8.52	3.33	9.00
51	66	Estonia	61.63	19.89	21.74	6.91	0.00	7.08	6.00
52	54	Russia	61.48	14.66	18.46	5.35	9.30	5.21	8.50
53	46	Hungary	61.32	18.46	15.44	5.58	10.00	5.00	6.83
54	42	Croatia	61.28	18.14	16.93	6.63	10.00	4.58	5.00
55	56	Lithuania	60.39	18.52	15.18	6.19	8.04	5.21	7.25
56	33	Greece	60.33	17.97	12.38	6.02	10.00	3.96	10.00
57	75	Uruguay	60.31	18.48	19.64	6.48	9.00	2.71	4.00
58	78	Philippines	60.11	17.78	18.48	5.54	8.94	2.71	6.67
59	65	Bulgaria	59.93	16.93	18.50	5.29	8.63	4.58	6.00
60	64	Malaysia	58.83	18.71	19.05	6.65	0.00	6.25	8.17
61	70	Indonesia	58.75	16.41	19.27	4.68	9.05	3.33	6.00
62	57	Morocco	58.61	18.99	14.59	4.85	9.34	4.17	6.67
63	61	Panama	58.47	16.19	21.82	2.00	9.08	4.38	5.00
64	69	Egypt	57.44	16.24	15.70	4.89	9.53	3.75	7.33
65	41	Bahamas	57.38	18.23	12.21	5.00	10.00	5.94	6.00
66	88	Sri Lanka	56.39	17.10	15.87	7.31	9.22	1.56	5.33
67	72	Jordan	56.18	18.70	15.88	4.83	9.14	3.13	4.50
68	77	Latvia	55.71	17.59	17.24	5.29	6.85	3.75	5.00
69	71	Tunisia	54.22	19.71	16.49	6.02	0.00	5.00	7.00
70	76	Serbia	54.22	15.45	15.37	7.38	9.03	2.50	4.50
71	87	Georgia	53.63	17.07	14.75	6.13	9.80	1.88	4.00
72	74	Kazakhstan	53.55	12.38	17.69	5.01	7.14	4.58	6.75
73	68	Romania	53.52	13.95	16.34	4.80	8.47	3.96	6.00
74	67	Costa Rica	52.78	17.07	11.57	5.50	9.31	3.33	6.00
75	79	Vietnam	52.26	13.51	15.28	5.00	9.65	2.50	6.33
76	82	Lebanon	51.66	16.62	14.92	6.44	8.22	1.46	4.00
77	109	Namibia	50.99	18.15	14.47	6.00	0.00	4.38	8.00
78	98	Ukraine	50.70	14.40	15.11	6.38	8.62	1.46	4.75
79	99	Paraguay	50.24	10.87	18.55	5.44	9.45	0.94	5.00
80	85	El Salvador	50.19	14.38	17.46	3.00	9.02	3.33	3.00
81	81	Libya	49.83	16.16	19.73	5.00	0.00	5.94	3.00
82	93	Albania	49.67	15.60	14.34	6.13	9.73	1.88	2.00
83	83	Armenia	49.01	13.30	14.15	5.44	9.30	2.81	4.00
84	115	Pakistan	48.59	14.92	14.52	3.90	9.38	0.63	5.25
85	114	Gabon	47.85	15.00	17.59	5.75	0.00	2.50	7.00
86	91	Argentina	47.77	12.64	15.23	6.04	9.02	0.83	4.00
87	73	Azerbaijan	46.58	11.87	13.72	1.00	9.54	3.96	6.50
88	47	Brunei	46.38	15.08	17.55	-	10.00	0.00	3.75
89	112	Bolivia	46.31	11.77	15.77	5.25	9.26	1.25	3.00
90	84	Macedonia (FYR)	46.06	9.72	17.80	3.00	9.10	3.44	3.00
91	49	Bermuda	45.54	20.58	-	-	10.00	8.96	6.00
92	104	Venezuela	45.50	10.07	13.54	6.27	9.75	1.88	4.00
93	121	Belize	44.66	12.10	20.20	-	8.43	0.94	3.00
94	103	Yemen	44.23	13.61	16.03	4.00	9.58	0.00	1.00
95	94	Ghana	43.94	14.78	11.88	1.00	9.74	1.88	4.67
96	90	Belarus	43.50	12.42	15.76	1.00	9.70	1.88	2.75
97	116	Guyana	43.08	12.23	15.83	-	9.03	0.00	6.00
98	113	Bangladesh	42.07	12.76	15.89	-	9.43	2.50	1.50
99	89	Angola	41.78	12.02	11.67	-	9.71	1.88	6.50
100	97	Mozambique	41.54	14.24	12.25	-	9.49	1.56	4.00
101	92	Algeria	41.27	15.28	15.24	4.75	0.00	0.00	6.00
102	80	Botswana	40.47	14.58	7.33	2.00	0.00	6.56	10.00
103	111	Tanzania	40.07	13.52	10.89	2.00	9.66	0.00	4.00
104	131	Uganda	39.09	12.62	10.13	-	9.78	1.56	5.00
105	63	Mauritius	39.07	12.13	4.96	3.00	9.97	5.00	4.00
106	145	Ethiopia	38.50	12.26	12.40	-	9.84	0.00	4.00
107	55	Trinidad & Tobago	38.20	13.26	11.36	2.00	0.00	6.25	5.33
108	110	Kenya	38.14	11.01	8.99	-	9.59	1.56	7.00
109	86	Guatemala	38.04	13.35	9.16	-	8.99	3.54	3.00
110	134	Nigeria	37.80	11.25	12.12	5.25	0.00	2.19	7.00
111	139	Zambia	37.63	13.28	10.70	-	9.65	0.00	4.00
112	138	Seychelles	37.39	15.16	13.61	6.00	0.00	0.63	2.00
113	101	Bosnia and Herzegovina	37.34	9.56	12.85	1.00	9.37	1.56	3.00
114	151	Honduras	37.17	12.85	16.32	4.75	0.00	1.25	2.00
115	48	Barbados	36.89	16.21	-	-	10.00	4.69	6.00
116	159	Suriname	36.31	14.05	17.60	-	0.00	1.67	3.00
117	153	Sudan	36.22	9.65	11.18	4.06	9.34	0.00	2.00
118	118	Mongolia	36.01	11.95	16.18	2.00	0.00	1.88	4.00
119	154	Ecuador	35.15	12.98	15.84	4.33	0.00	0.00	2.00
120	127	Nicaragua	34.53	10.71	9.96	1.00	9.23	0.63	3.00
121	155	Congo	34.24	11.36	20.87	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
122	168	Guinea	34.11	7.71	15.76	-	8.63	0.00	2.00
123	106	Jamaica	34.06	10.00	9.05	1.00	8.72	0.63	4.67
124	125	Senegal	33.65	13.47	11.80	2.50	0.00	1.88	4.00
125	156	Iraq	33.38	13.05	14.08	5.25	0.00	0.00	1.00
126	135	Kyrgyz Republic	33.38	5.75	17.11	-	9.03	0.00	1.50
127	137	Iran	32.97	12.25	14.81	5.24	0.00	0.00	0.67
128	140	Syria	32.82	13.91	13.47	4.44	0.00	0.00	1.00
129	164	Burkina Faso	32.52	12.38	16.89	-	0.00	1.25	2.00
130	176	Liberia	32.00	13.56	14.44	-	0.00	0.00	4.00
131	158	Mali	31.59	13.68	12.91	3.00	0.00	0.00	2.00
132	173	Madagascar	31.52	11.96	16.57	-	0.00	0.00	3.00
133	169	Malawi	31.51	12.30	16.20	-	0.00	0.00	3.00
134	105	Dominican Republic	29.93	12.01	9.47	1.00	0.00	1.46	6.00
135	180	Haiti	29.89	3.83	14.51	-	9.55	0.00	2.00
136	136	Moldova	29.55	12.42	5.20	1.00	8.93	0.00	2.00
137	178	Guinea-Bissau	29.39	13.06	14.32	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
138	174	Sierra Leone	29.14	12.63	11.51	3.00	0.00	0.00	2.00
139	160	Togo	29.13	10.98	16.15	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
140	95	Montenegro	28.69	8.97	13.20	0.20	0.00	2.81	3.50
141	132	Cameroon	28.53	11.96	11.31	-	0.00	1.25	4.00
142	165	Gambia	28.14	11.63	13.50	-	0.00	0.00	3.00
143	133	Côte d’Ivoire	27.68	9.12	7.76	-	8.80	0.00	2.00
144	149	Papua New Guinea	27.59	11.91	11.81	-	0.00	1.88	2.00
145	177	Niger	26.51	9.76	14.75	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
146	147	Lesotho	25.04	8.98	-	-	9.56	2.50	4.00
147	130	Benin	24.66	10.58	7.83	3.00	0.00	1.25	2.00
148	179	Dem. Republic Congo	24.22	8.26	12.96	-	0.00	0.00	3.00
149	175	Myanmar	22.97	8.14	13.33	-	0.00	0.00	1.50
150	96	Cape Verde	22.69	9.34	-	-	9.48	1.88	2.00
151	183	Afghanistan	20.95	8.26	8.31	3.38	0.00	0.00	1.00
152	119	Cambodia	20.60	6.13	-	-	9.41	1.56	3.50
153	129	Dominica	20.16	14.16	-	-	0.00	0.00	6.00
154	152	Nepal	17.40	6.57	-	-	9.50	0.00	1.33
155	186	Zimbabwe	17.39	3.31	12.08	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
156	143	Cuba	17.28	4.47	8.81	-	0.00	0.00	4.00
157	142	Djibouti	16.60	5.61	-	-	8.99	0.00	2.00
158	120	St Vincent & Grenadines	16.51	10.64	-	-	0.00	1.88	4.00
159	124	Grenada	16.41	9.78	-	-	0.00	0.63	6.00
160	108	Maldives	16.16	4.33	-	-	9.33	0.00	2.50
161	117	Laos	16.09	4.59	-	-	10.00	0.00	1.50
162	148	Tajikistan	16.07	4.64	-	-	9.43	0.00	2.00
163	185	Somalia	15.83	2.30	11.54	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
164	123	Uzbekistan	15.54	4.94	7.60	-	0.00	0.00	3.00
165	161	Bhutan	15.45	13.20	-	-	0.00	0.00	2.25
166	126	St Lucia	15.37	11.37	-	-	0.00	0.00	4.00
167	163	Burundi	12.88	3.58	-	-	7.30	0.00	2.00
168	144	Samoa	12.80	10.80	-	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
169	162	Swaziland	11.89	8.89	-	-	0.00	0.00	3.00
170	182	Korea North	11.76	4.96	5.73	0.56	0.00	0.00	0.50
171	167	Rwanda	10.66	7.03	-	-	0.00	0.63	3.00
172	150	Tonga	9.90	8.40	-	-	0.00	0.00	1.50
173	107	Equatorial Guinea	9.37	7.37	-	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
174	141	Vanuatu	9.18	7.68	-	-	0.00	0.00	1.50
175	172	Solomon Islands	8.22	6.72	-	-	0.00	0.00	1.50
176	170	Chad	7.52	5.52	-	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
177	166	Sao Tome & Principe	7.44	5.44	-	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
178	146	Turkmenistan	7.41	4.16	-	-	0.00	1.25	2.00
179	184	Eritrea	7.21	5.21	-	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
180	171	Mauritania	7.06	5.06	-	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
181	128	Marshall Islands	6.16	4.16	-	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
182	181	Central African Republic	4.40	2.40	-	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
183	102	Antigua & Barbuda	4.00	0.00	-	-	0.00	0.00	4.00
184	157	Fiji	3.25	-	-	-	0.00	1.25	2.00
185	122	Micronesia (Fed. States)	2.00	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	2.00
185	100	New Caledonia	2.00	-	-	-	0.00	0.00	2.00

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