Indicators

Sovereign credit rating (S&P-equivalent score)

score (0-21 scale) · one-off

Sovereign credit rating expressed as a numeric ordinal score (AAA=21 down to D=0) using the S&P scale, for cross-country comparison. The actual letter grade(s) from S&P, Fitch and Moody's — which do not always agree — are recorded in each row's note field, not collapsed into a single number.

Methodology: This is an editorial ordinal encoding, not an official published index — always show the source agency's actual letter grade alongside the number on the country page; do not average or blend grades from different agencies into the score.