| Overall | ||||||||||||
| Sept 2005 Rank |
Mar 2005 Rank |
Country | Total Score (100%) |
Political risk (25%) |
Economic performance (25%) |
Debt indicators (10%) |
Debt in default or rescheduled (10%) |
Credit ratings (10%) |
Access to bank finance (5%) |
Access to short-term finance (5%) | Access to capital markets (5%) |
Forfaiting (5%) |
| 1 | 3 | Luxembourg | 99.74 | 24.93 | 25.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.81 |
| 2 | 2 | Switzerland | 99.04 | 25.00 | 24.23 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.81 |
| 3 | 1 | Norway | 98.85 | 24.34 | 24.70 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 4.81 |
| 4 | 4 | United States | 96.86 | 24.54 | 22.32 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 | 5.00 |
| 5 | 5 | Denmark | 94.97 | 24.59 | 20.85 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 10.00 | 5.00 | |||