In the wake of today’s extraordinary credit ratings action for the euro zone by Standard and Poor’s, below are the rating agency’s sovereign credit ratings.
Entity | Local Currency Rating | Foreign Currency Rating | T&C Assessment |
Australia (Commonwealth of) (Unsolicited Ratings) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Canada | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Denmark (Kingdom of) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Finland (Republic of) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Germany (Federal Republic of) (Unsolicited Ratings) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Hong Kong (Special Administrative Region) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Liechtenstein (Principality of) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Luxembourg (Grand Duchy of) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Netherlands (The) (State of) (Unsolicited Ratings) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Norway (Kingdom of) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Singapore (Republic of) (Unsolicited Ratings) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Sweden (Kingdom of) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Swiss Confederation (Unsolicited Ratings) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
United Kingdom (Unsolicited Ratings) | AAA | AAA | AAA |
Austria (Republic of) | AA+ | AA+ | AAA |
France (Republic of) (Unsolicited Ratings) | AA+ | AA+ | AAA |
Guernsey | AA+ | AA+ | AAA |
Isle of Man | AA+ | AA+ | AAA |
New Zealand | AA+ | AA | AAA |
United States of America (Unsolicited Ratings) | AA+ | AA+ | AAA |
Belgium (Kingdom of) (Unsolicited Ratings) | AA | AA | AAA |
Chile (Republic of) | AA | A+ | AA |
Czech Republic | AA | AA- | AA+ |
Emirate of Abu Dhabi | AA | AA | AA+ |
Kuwait (State of) | AA | AA | AA+ |
Qatar (State of) | AA | AA | AA+ |
Bermuda | AA- | AA- | AAA |
China (People’s Republic of ) | AA- | AA- | AA- |
Estonia (Republic of) | AA- | AA- | AAA |
Israel (State of) | AA- | A+ | AA |
Japan (Unsolicited Ratings) | AA- | AA- | AAA |
Saudi Arabia (Kingdom of) | AA- | AA- | AA+ |
Taiwan (Republic of China) (Unsolicited Ratings) | AA- | AA- | AA+ |
Korea (Republic of) | A+ | A | AA- |
Slovenia (Republic of) | A+ | A+ | AAA |
Andorra (Principality of) | A | A | AAA |
Malaysia | A | A- | A+ |
Oman (Sultanate of) | A | A | AA- |
Poland (Republic of) | A | A- | A+ |
Ras Al Khaimah (Emirate of) | A | A | AA+ |
Slovak Republic | A | A | AAA |
South Africa (Republic of) | A | BBB+ | A |
Spain (Kingdom of) | A | A | AAA |
Trinidad and Tobago (Republic of) | A | A | AA |
Aruba | A- | A- | A- |
Botswana (Republic of) | A- | A- | A+ |
Brazil (Federative Republic of) | A- | BBB | A- |
Curacao | A- | A- | A- |
Malta (Republic of) | A- | A- | AAA |
Mexico | A- | BBB | A |
Thailand (Kingdom of) | A- | BBB+ | A |
Colombia (Republic of) | BBB+ | BBB- | BBB+ |
Ireland (Republic of) | BBB+ | BBB+ | AAA |
Italy (Republic of) (Unsolicited Ratings) | BBB+ | BBB+ | AAA |
Kazakhstan (Republic of) | BBB+ | BBB+ | BBB+ |
Peru (Republic of) | BBB+ | BBB | A- |
Russian Federation | BBB+ | BBB | BBB |
Bahrain (Kingdom of) | BBB | BBB | BBB |
Bulgaria (Republic of) | BBB | BBB | A |
Commonwealth of The Bahamas (The) | BBB | BBB | BBB+ |
Lithuania (Republic of) | BBB | BBB | A |
Morocco (Kingdom of) | BBB | BBB- | BBB+ |
Tunisia (Republic of) | BBB | BBB- | BBB |
Azerbaijan (Republic of) | BBB- | BBB- | BBB- |
Barbados | BBB- | BBB- | BBB |
Croatia (Republic of) | BBB- | BBB- | BBB+ |
Iceland (Republic of) | BBB- | BBB- | BBB- |
India (Republic of) (Unsolicited Ratings) | BBB- | BBB- | BBB+ |
Montserrat | BBB- | BBB- | BBB- |
Panama (Republic of) | BBB- | BBB- | AAA |
Turkey (Republic of) | BBB- | BB | BBB- |
Costa Rica (Republic of) | BB+ | BB | BBB- |
Cyprus (Republic of) | BB+ | BB+ | AAA |
Guatemala (Republic of) | BB+ | BB | BBB- |
Hungary (Republic of) | BB+ | BB+ | BBB |
Indonesia (Republic of) | BB+ | BB+ | BBB- |
Latvia (Republic of) | BB+ | BB+ | BBB+ |
Philippines (Republic of the) | BB+ | BB | BB+ |
Romania | BB+ | BB+ | BBB+ |
Uruguay (Oriental Republic of) | BB+ | BB+ | BBB |
Jordan (Hashemite Kingdom of) | BB | BB | BBB- |
Macedonia (Republic of) | BB | BB | BB+ |
Montenegro (Republic of) | BB | BB | AAA |
Portugal (Republic of) | BB | BB | AAA |
Serbia (Republic of) | BB | BB | BB |
Angola (Republic of) | BB- | BB- | BB- |
Bangladesh (People’s Republic of) | BB- | BB- | BB- |
El Salvador (Republic of) | BB- | BB- | AAA |
Gabonese Republic | BB- | BB- | BBB- |
Georgia (Government of) | BB- | BB- | BB |
Mongolia | BB- | BB- | BB |
Paraguay (Republic of) | BB- | BB- | BB |
Sri Lanka (Democratic Socialist Republic of) | BB- | B+ | B+ |
Suriname (The Republic of) | BB- | BB- | BB |
Vietnam (Socialist Republic of) | BB- | BB- | BB- |
Albania (Republic of) | B+ | B+ | BB- |
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela | B+ | B+ | B+ |
Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | B+ | B+ | B+ |
Cape Verde (Republic of) | B+ | B+ | BB |
Cook Islands | B+ | B+ | AAA |
Dominican Republic | B+ | B+ | BB |
Egypt (Arab republic of) | B+ | B+ | B+ |
Kenya (Republic of) | B+ | B+ | BB- |
Mozambique (Republic of) | B+ | B+ | B+ |
Nigeria (Federal Republic of) | B+ | B+ | B+ |
Papua New Guinea (Independent State of) | B+ | B+ | BB |
Senegal (Republic of) | B+ | B+ | BBB- |
Uganda (Republic of) | B+ | B+ | BB- |
Ukraine | B+ | B+ | B+ |
Zambia (Republic of) | B+ | B+ | B+ |
Argentina (Republic of) (Unsolicited Ratings) | B | B | B |
Benin (Republic of) | B | B | BBB- |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | B | B | BB- |
Burkina Faso | B | B | BBB- |
Cambodia (Kingdom of) (Unsolicited Ratings) | B | B | B+ |
Cameroon (Republic of) | B | B | BBB- |
Fiji Islands (Republic of) | B | B | B |
Ghana (Republic of) | B | B | B+ |
Honduras (Republic of) | B | B | BB- |
Lebanon (Republic of) | B | B | BB- |
Republic of Rwanda | B | B | B |
Belarus (Republic of) | B- | B- | B- |
Belize | B- | B- | B- |
Ecuador (Republic of) | B- | B- | B- |
Grenada | B- | B- | BBB- |
Jamaica | B- | B- | B |
Pakistan (Islamic Republic of) | B- | B- | B- |
Greece (Hellenic Republic) | CC | CC | AAA |
Source: Standard & Poor’s