This document is a table from the International Country Risk Guide listing risk points awarded to economic risk components in various countries in May 2015. It includes data on GDP per capita, real GDP growth, inflation, budget balance as a percentage of GDP, current account as a percentage of GDP, overall economic risk rating, and changes from the previous month for each country. Over 40 countries are listed with their scores on each economic risk component and overall economic risk rating.

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International Country Risk Guide May 2015
TABLE 5B
ECONOMIC RISK POINTS BY COMPONENT – MAY 2015
This table lists the risk points awarded to each of the Economic Risk components. The maximum
points available for each component are given in parentheses in the column heading. The final
columns in the table show the overall economic risk rating (the sum of the points awarded to
each component) and the change from the preceding month. Changes in the points awarded to
the individual risk components are shown in Tables 7 through 11.
COUNTRY
GDP
per head
of
Population
(5)
Real
Annual
GDP
Growth
(10)
Annual
Inflation
Rate
(10)
Budget
Balance as
percent of
GDP
(10)
Current
Account as
percent of
GDP
(15)
Economic
Risk
Rating
Albania 1.0 8.5 9.5 5.5 8.0 32.5 0.0
Algeria 1.5 8.5 9.5 5.5 10.0 35.0 0.0
Angola 1.5 8.5 7.5 3.5 12.5 33.5 -1.0
Argentina 2.5 6.0 4.5 6.0 11.0 30.0 0.0
Armenia 1.0 9.0 8.5 6.5 9.5 34.5 0.0
Australia 5.0 8.0 9.0 6.5 10.5 39.0 0.0
Austria 5.0 5.5 10.0 6.5 12.0 39.0 0.0
Azerbaijan 2.0 7.0 10.0 7.0 13.5 39.5 0.0
Bahamas 4.0 8.0 9.5 5.5 6.5 33.5 0.0
Bahrain 4.0 8.0 9.5 3.0 10.5 35.0 -5.0
Bangladesh 0.0 10.0 8.0 5.0 12.0 35.0 0.0
Belarus 1.5 6.5 5.5 7.0 9.5 30.0 0.0
Belgium 5.0 6.5 10.0 6.5 11.0 39.0 0.0
Bolivia 0.5 9.0 8.5 7.0 11.0 36.0 -2.5
Botswana 2.5 8.5 8.5 8.0 13.5 41.0 0.0
Brazil 2.5 5.5 8.0 5.5 10.0 31.5 0.0
Brunei 4.5 8.0 10.0 10.0 15.0 47.5 0.0
Bulgaria 2.0 7.0 10.0 6.0 11.5 36.5 0.0
Burkina Faso 0.0 10.0 10.0 6.0 9.5 35.5 0.0
Cameroon 0.0 9.0 9.0 5.0 10.5 33.5 0.0
Canada 5.0 7.5 10.0 7.0 12.5 42.0 0.0
Chile 3.0 8.0 8.5 6.5 11.0 37.0 -1.0
China 1.5 10.0 9.5 6.0 13.0 40.0 0.0
Colombia 2.0 8.5 9.0 6.5 10.0 36.0 0.0
Congo, Dem. Rep. 0.0 10.0 9.0 8.0 9.0 36.0 0.0
Congo, Rep. 1.0 9.5 9.0 10.0 10.0 39.5 0.0
Costa Rica 2.5 8.5 9.0 4.5 10.0 34.5 0.0
Cote d'Ivoire 0.0 10.0 8.5 6.0 11.0 35.5 0.0
Croatia 2.5 4.5 10.0 5.0 12.0 34.0 0.0
Cuba 2.0 8.5 8.5 6.0 11.5 36.5 0.0
Cyprus 4.0 2.0 10.0 5.0 11.0 32.0 0.0
Czech Republic 3.5 8.0 10.0 6.5 11.5 39.5 -1.0
Denmark 5.0 7.0 10.0 6.5 14.0 42.5 0.0
Dominican Republic 1.5 9.0 9.0 6.5 10.5 36.5 0.0
Ecuador 1.5 8.5 9.5 5.5 10.0 35.0 0.0
Egypt 0.5 8.5 7.0 2.5 10.5 29.0 0.0
El Salvador 1.0 7.5 10.0 6.0 10.0 34.5 0.5
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COUNTRY
GDP
per head
of
Population
(5)
Real
Annual
GDP
Growth
(10)
Annual
Inflation
Rate
(10)
Budget
Balance as
percent of
GDP
(10)
Current
Account as
percent of
GDP
(15)
Economic
Risk
Rating
Estonia 3.0 7.5 10.0 7.5 11.5 39.5 0.0
Ethiopia 0.0 10.0 7.5 6.0 9.5 33.0 0.0
Finland 5.0 6.0 10.0 7.0 12.0 40.0 0.0
France 5.0 6.0 10.0 5.5 11.0 37.5 0.0
Gabon 3.0 9.5 9.5 6.0 13.0 41.0 0.0
Gambia 0.0 10.0 8.5 7.0 7.0 32.5 0.0
Germany 5.0 7.0 9.5 8.0 14.0 43.5 0.0
Ghana 0.5 9.0 5.5 3.0 9.0 27.0 0.0
Greece 3.5 6.5 10.0 6.0 13.0 39.0 0.0
Guatemala 0.5 8.5 9.0 6.5 10.5 35.0 0.0
Guinea 0.0 8.5 8.0 6.5 5.5 28.5 0.0
Guinea-Bissau 0.0 8.0 9.5 7.0 10.0 34.5 0.0
Guyana 1.0 8.5 9.5 5.5 8.0 32.5 0.0
Haiti 0.0 8.0 8.0 6.5 10.5 33.0 -0.5
Honduras 0.5 8.5 8.0 6.0 9.5 32.5 0.0
Hong Kong 4.5 7.5 9.0 8.0 12.0 41.0 0.0
Hungary 3.0 8.0 10.0 6.5 13.5 41.0 0.5
Iceland 5.0 8.0 9.0 7.0 11.0 40.0 0.0
India 0.5 10.0 8.0 7.0 10.0 35.5 0.0
Indonesia 0.5 9.5 8.5 7.0 10.5 36.0 0.0
Iran 1.5 6.5 5.5 6.0 12.0 31.5 0.0
Iraq 1.5 6.5 8.0 7.0 11.0 34.0 0.0
Ireland 5.0 8.5 10.0 6.5 14.0 44.0 1.0
Israel 4.0 8.5 10.0 6.0 13.0 41.5 0.0
Italy 4.0 6.0 10.0 6.0 12.5 38.5 0.0
Jamaica 1.5 7.0 8.5 7.5 9.5 34.0 0.0
Japan 4.5 6.5 10.0 4.5 13.0 38.5 0.0
Jordan 1.0 8.5 9.0 4.0 9.0 31.5 0.0
Kazakhstan 3.0 6.0 8.5 6.5 11.0 35.0 -3.5
Kenya 0.0 9.5 8.0 4.0 9.5 31.0 0.0
Korea, D.P.R. 0.0 6.5 5.0 7.5 11.0 30.0 0.0
Korea, South 3.5 8.5 10.0 8.0 13.5 43.5 0.0
Kuwait 5.0 7.5 9.5 10.0 14.5 46.5 0.0
Latvia 3.0 8.0 10.0 7.0 10.5 38.5 0.0
Lebanon 2.5 7.0 9.5 6.0 8.0 33.0 0.0
Liberia 0.0 10.0 7.5 5.5 0.0 23.0 0.0
Libya 2.5 1.0 8.5 2.0 8.5 22.5 0.0
Lithuania 3.0 8.0 10.0 7.0 11.0 39.0 0.0
Luxembourg 5.0 7.5 10.0 7.5 13.5 43.5 -1.0
Madagascar 0.0 9.5 8.5 6.5 9.0 33.5 0.0
Malawi 0.0 10.0 5.5 5.5 11.0 32.0 0.0
Malaysia 2.5 9.5 9.0 6.0 13.5 40.5 0.0
Mali 0.0 9.0 10.0 5.5 9.5 34.0 0.0
Malta 3.5 7.0 10.0 6.5 12.5 39.5 0.0
Mexico 2.5 8.5 9.0 6.0 11.0 37.0 0.0
Moldova 0.5 8.5 8.5 5.0 9.0 31.5 0.0
Mongolia 1.0 10.0 6.5 3.5 4.5 25.5 0.0
Morocco 0.5 9.0 10.0 5.5 10.0 35.0 0.0
Mozambique 0.0 10.0 9.0 4.0 0.0 23.0 0.0

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COUNTRY
GDP
per head
of
Population
(5)
Real
Annual
GDP
Growth
(10)
Annual
Inflation
Rate
(10)
Budget
Balance as
percent of
GDP
(10)
Current
Account as
percent of
GDP
(15)
Economic
Risk
Rating
Myanmar 0.0 10.0 7.5 10.0 10.0 37.5 5.0
Namibia 1.5 9.0 8.5 7.0 10.5 36.5 0.0
Netherlands 5.0 6.5 10.0 6.5 14.5 42.5 1.0
New Zealand 4.5 8.0 10.0 8.0 10.0 40.5 0.0
Nicaragua 0.5 9.0 8.5 7.5 8.0 33.5 0.0
Niger 0.0 10.0 9.5 5.5 5.5 30.5 0.0
Nigeria 0.0 9.0 7.0 6.5 10.5 33.0 0.0
Norway 5.0 6.0 10.0 10.0 15.0 46.0 0.0
Oman 3.5 8.5 10.0 7.5 14.5 44.0 0.0
Pakistan 0.0 9.5 8.5 5.0 11.0 34.0 0.0
Panama 2.5 9.5 9.0 6.5 8.5 36.0 0.0
Papua New Guinea 0.5 9.5 8.5 4.5 10.5 33.5 0.0
Paraguay 1.0 9.0 8.5 6.5 12.0 37.0 0.0
Peru 2.0 9.0 9.0 7.0 10.0 37.0 0.0
Philippines 0.5 10.0 8.5 7.0 13.0 39.0 0.0
Poland 3.0 8.0 9.0 6.0 11.0 37.0 0.0
Portugal 3.5 6.0 10.0 5.5 12.0 37.0 0.0
Qatar 5.0 9.5 9.0 10.0 15.0 48.5 0.0
Romania 2.5 8.0 10.0 7.0 10.5 38.0 0.0
Russia 3.0 1.0 6.5 6.5 12.5 29.5 0.0
Saudi Arabia 4.0 8.0 9.5 2.0 11.0 34.5 -10.5
Senegal 0.0 9.0 10.0 5.0 9.0 33.0 0.0
Serbia 1.0 7.0 7.5 5.0 9.5 30.0 0.0
Sierra Leone 0.0 10.0 7.5 5.5 8.0 31.0 0.0
Singapore 5.0 8.5 10.0 8.0 15.0 46.5 0.0
Slovakia 3.5 7.5 10.0 8.0 12.0 41.0 0.0
Slovenia 3.5 6.5 10.0 5.0 13.5 38.5 0.0
Somalia 0.0 7.0 9.5 4.0 10.0 30.5 0.0
South Africa 2.5 7.5 8.5 5.5 10.0 34.0 0.0
Spain 4.0 8.0 10.0 5.5 12.0 39.5 0.0
Sri Lanka 1.0 10.0 9.5 5.0 11.0 36.5 0.5
Sudan 0.5 7.5 4.5 7.0 9.5 29.0 0.0
Suriname 2.5 8.5 9.0 6.0 10.0 36.0 0.0
Sweden 5.0 8.5 10.0 8.0 14.0 45.5 0.0
Switzerland 5.0 6.5 10.0 8.0 14.0 43.5 0.0
Syria 0.0 1.5 3.0 2.0 0.0 6.5 0.0
Taiwan 3.5 9.0 10.0 7.0 15.0 44.5 0.0
Tanzania 0.0 10.0 8.5 5.0 7.5 31.0 0.0
Thailand 1.5 6.5 9.5 6.5 13.0 37.0 0.0
Togo 0.0 9.5 10.0 5.5 9.5 34.5 2.0
Trinidad & Tobago 3.0 7.5 8.5 6.0 14.5 39.5 0.0
Tunisia 1.0 8.0 8.5 5.5 9.0 32.0 2.0
Turkey 2.5 8.5 8.0 7.0 10.0 36.0 0.0
Uganda 0.0 9.5 8.5 3.0 8.5 29.5 0.0
Ukraine 0.5 0.0 7.0 5.0 10.5 23.0 -0.5
United Arab Emirates 5.0 8.5 9.5 5.5 12.5 41.0 0.0
United Kingdom 4.5 7.5 10.0 9.0 10.0 41.0 3.0
United States 5.0 7.5 10.0 6.5 10.5 39.5 0.0
Uruguay 3.0 8.5 7.5 6.0 9.5 34.5 0.0

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COUNTRY
GDP
per head
of
Population
(5)
Real
Annual
GDP
Growth
(10)
Annual
Inflation
Rate
(10)
Budget
Balance as
percent of
GDP
(10)
Current
Account as
percent of
GDP
(15)
Economic
Risk
Rating
Venezuela 2.5 1.5 2.5 2.0 11.0 19.5 0.0
Vietnam 0.5 10.0 9.0 5.5 13.0 38.0 2.0
Yemen 0.0 7.0 7.0 3.5 10.5 28.0 0.0
Zambia 0.5 10.0 8.0 5.0 11.5 35.0 0.0
Zimbabwe 0.0 8.0 8.5 7.5 8.0 32.0 0.0