Sovereign Ratings List
Grade | Moody's | S&P | Fitch |
---|---|---|---|
Prime | Aaa | AAA | AAA |
High grade | Aa1 | AA+ | AA+ |
Aa2 | AA | AA | |
Aa3 | AA- | AA- | |
Upper medium grade | A1 | A+ | A+ |
A2 | A | A | |
A3 | A- | A- | |
Lower medium grade | Baa1 | BBB+ | BBB+ |
Baa2 | BBB | BBB | |
Baa3 | BBB- | BBB- | |
Non-investment grade speculative | Ba1 | BB+ | BB+ |
Ba2 | BB | BB | |
Ba3 | BB- | BB- | |
Highly speculative | B1 | B+ | B+ |
B2 | B | B | |
B3 | B- | B- | |
Substantial risks | Caa1 | CCC+ | CCC+ |
Caa2 | CCC | CCC | |
Caa3 | CCC- | CCC- | |
Extremely speculative | Ca | CC | CC |
C | |||
In default with little prospect for recovery | SD | RD | |
In default | C | D | D |
DD | |||
DDD | |||
Not rated | WR | NR |
Sovereign credit rating, is an evaluation made by a credit rating agency and evaluates the credit worthiness of the issuer (country or government) of debt.
The credit rating is used by individuals and entities that purchase debt by governments to determine the likelihood that will pay its debt obligations.