| Country risk rankings | ||||||||||||
| Sept 99 | Mar 99 | 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 | Luxembourg | 98.68 | 24.15 | 25.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.53 |
| 2 | 2 | Switzerland | 97.79 | 24.74 | 23.05 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.99 |
| 3 | 4 | United States | 94.51 | 25.00 | 19.51 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| 4 | 3 | Norway | 94.13 | 23.50 | 20.71 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | |