Can you name the countries with a AAA (triple A) credit rating from Standard and Poor's?

created by dm21uk

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Foreign rating taken from S&P's website 25/07/2011. 25 countries with AA and A ratings are given as bonus answers.
Source: S&P
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Rating	Country
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AAA
AAA
AAA
AAA
AAA
AAA
AAA
AAA
AAA
AAA
AAA
AAA
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AA+
AA+
AA
AA
AA
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AA-
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A
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Countries with AAA Credit Rating Quiz

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Created Jul 25, 2011 in Geography
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	MonteCresta:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 04:23 GMT		38 points
	you should add greece in the bonus answers

	msreicher:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 04:23 GMT		23 points
	this quiz might have to be updated in a week

	wrink1117:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 04:30 GMT		15 points
	so much AAA, i swore my car broke down.

	kristifree:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 04:37 GMT		31 points
	Singapore: c-c-c-c-c-combo breaker

	will101:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 04:51 GMT		17 points
	The bonus answers were fascinating.

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	TheWabbler:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 06:43 GMT		8 points
	I tried greece. And Iraq. No trolling intended.

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	Josh:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 09:04 GMT		-3 points
	I just can't understand that US makes it to AAA. Regardless of all the explanations given here. Still...it's just unbelievable.

	Lorebeltz:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 09:25 GMT		-3 points
	I'd like to know who elected these people to rule my destiny... cause they really DO. O, Democracy, where art thou?

	Ulkomaalainen:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 10:13 GMT		40 points
	Like some others, I expected a (more or less) funny bonus Greece. About "racism": while I strongly disagree with some of the rating agencies' stands, this is one thing they shouldn't be suspected of. It's just a fact that the most stable economies are (with some exceptions) the Western European ones, including the "offspring" of US, Canada, Australia and NZ. That of course is explained partly by racism what with suppression of other people (plus: many technological and scientific advances in the last century and more came from there, giving them an edge in economical issues). But still, stating this fact is not racist.

	sconeyj:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 10:51 GMT		4 points
	For all you curious Sporclers, there is no entry for Kyrgyzstan nor South Sudan on Standard & Poor's. I was intrigued to see no rating for the Vatican either. Perhaps they don't borrow much, acting more as a charitable organisation?

	blairio:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 11:57 GMT		14 points
	i got them all except for the usa. Maybe I should try again next week.

	tm16scud:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 13:43 GMT		5 points
	South Sudan is still too young to even get a credit card. Also, alphabetical order is always appreciated.

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	dollymix:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 14:47 GMT		7 points
	thedpr, savings rates in Japan are ridiculously high, and it's not triple-A. Really, getting a triple-A is the same as getting a really high credit score - you need a lot of history of borrowing money and a lot of history of paying your debt, which is harder for younger nations to achieve.

	Pogues:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 14:48 GMT		2 points
	Credit ratings are tied to the country's ability to pay back loans, which means stable economies in developed countries. USA/Canada, Western Europe and Eastern Asia down to Australia/NZ are those centers of the highest level of development. Japan, China, South Korea, and Malaysia all popped up as bonus answers, most at AA rating. Be that as it may, I didn't try USA, my home country, until about 10th or so, figuring with all of our issues as of late, there's no way we had the highest rating still!

	sconeyj:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 15:17 GMT		3 points
	http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-14340470 - perhaps Apple should have an AAA credit rating?

	ClintT13:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 15:29 GMT		27 points
	I can't believe some of you are "surprised" the USA has a AAA rating. Have none of you watched the news in the past three weeks? You can't go five minutes without someone mentioning the USA's AAA rating and how the debt ceiling debate may affect it.

	jr637:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 15:30 GMT		6 points
	I had more bonus answers than real answers.

	thedpr:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 15:34 GMT		0 points
	@dollymix: I'm not saying that a national propensity towards saving is the only criterion, but it definitely helps.

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	rivere:	Jul 29th, 2011 at 16:08 GMT		1 point
	I figured there would be a lot of northern and small countries. :D