The statistic shows the rating categories of global countries set by the rating agency Fitch 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, Fitch rated 8 countries as category A+, meaning that the state bonds of these countries are a safe investment.
Number of countries rated by Fitch worldwide, by rating category
(as of March 2013)
At the time of the survey, Fitch rated the reliability of 102 countries in total.
Fitch's rating categories:
AAA: Rated as the highest quality and lowest credit risk.
AA+, AA, AA-: Rated as high quality and very low credit risk.
A+, A, A-: Rated as upper-medium grade and low credit risk.
BBB+, BBB, BBB-: Rated as medium grade, with some speculative elements and moderate credit risk.
BB+, BB, BB-: Judged to have speculative elements and a significant credit risk.
B+, B, B-: Judged as being speculative and a high credit risk.
CCC: Rated as poor quality and very high credit risk. D: Rated as the lowest quality, usually in default and low likelihood of recovering principal or interest.
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