Country Risk Ratings
| Rank | Country | Pre-crisis score | Sept 2011 score | July 2012 score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesia | 73.2 | 58.2 | 52.5 |
| 2 | Greece | 82.7 | 40.6 | 34.4 |
| 3 | Malaysia | 84.5 | 66.6 | 62.3 |
| 4 | Russia | 50.7 | 56.9 | 52.1 |
| 5 | Ireland | 92.4 | 60.8 | 57.1 |
| 6 | Argentina | 53.8 | 43.7 | 35.9 |
| 7 | Thailand | 82.1 | 61.7 | 57.5 |
| 8 | South Korea | 85.0 | 73.3 | 68.7 |
| 9 | Portugal | 83.0 | 55.9 | 50.0 |
| 10 | Spain | 86.6 | 66.0 | 58.8 |
| Score out of 100.
Source: Euromoney Country Risk September 2011.
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The least-risky countries for investment. Ratings are further broken down into components including political risk, economic risk. Euromoney's bi-annual country risk index "Country risk survey" monitors the political and economic stability of 185 sovereign countries. Results focus foremost on economics, specifically sovereign default risk and/or payment default risk for exporters (a.k.a. "trade credit" risk).
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