Country Risk: Switzerland takes a tumble
| Rank | Change Sept to Mar | Total | Economic performance | Political risk | Debt indicators | Debt in default or rescheduled | Credit ratings | Access to bank finance | Access to short-term finance | Access to capital markets | Discount on financing | ||
| Mar 97 | Sept 96 | ||||||||||||
| Weighting: | 100 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Luxembourg | 99.3 | 25 | 24.3 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| 2 | 3 | 1 | US | 97.09 | 22.57 | 24.65 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4.86 |
| 3 | 7 | 4 | Singapore | 96.16 | |||||||||