| Rank Sept 97 | Rank Mar 97 | Change Mar to Sept | Total | Euromoney rating | 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 forfaiting | |
| Weighting: | 100.00 | 25.00 | 25.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | ||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | United States | 100.00 | α α α | 25.00 | 25.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| 2 | 1 | -1 | Luxembourg | 98.88 | α α α | 24.83 | 24.54 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.52 |
| 3 | 5 | 2 | Netherlands | 97.98 | α α α | 23.90 | 24.56 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.52 |
| 4 | 4 | 0 | United Kingdom | 97.63 |