The statistic shows the rating categories of global countries set by the rating agency Moody's as of March 2013. Rating agencies are private, profit-oriented companies which rate the reliability of companies and states. The most influential rating agencies are the U.S. agencies Moody's, Standard & Poor's and Fitch.
In March 2013, Moody's rated 4 countries as category A1, meaning that the state bonds of these countries are a safe investment.
Number of countries rated by Moody's worldwide as of March 2013, by rating category
At the time of the survey, Moody's rated the reliability of 119 countries in total.
Moody's rating categories:
Aaa: Rated as the highest quality and lowest credit risk.
Aa1, Aa2, Aa3: Rated as high quality and very low credit risk.
A1, A2, A3: Rated as upper-medium grade and low credit risk.
Baa1, Baa2, Baa3: Rated as medium grade, with some speculative elements and moderate credit risk.
Ba1, Ba2, Ba3: Judged to have speculative elements and a significant credit risk.
B1, B2, B3: Judged as being speculative and a high credit risk.
Caa1, Caa2, Caa3, Ca: Rated as poor quality and very high credit risk.
Ca: Judged to be highly speculative and with likelihood of being near or in default, but some possibility of recovering principal and interest.
C: Rated as the lowest quality, usually in default and low likelihood of recovering principal or interest.
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