18 Countries With Better Credit Than the United States — Detailed Statistics

8/6/2019 18 Countries With Better Credit Than the United States — Detailed Statistics

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Country Credit Rating Outlook Left/Center/Right

Australia AAA Stable Left

Denmark AAA Stable Center

Sweden AAA Stable Center

Belgium AA+ Negative Center

AAA Stable RightCanada(income andsales tax ratesinclude

provincialrates)



Netherlands AAA Stable Left

AAA Stable Center

AAA Stable Right

Austria AAA Stable Left

Norway AAA Stable Left

Finland(income taxrates includemunicipalrates)

UnitedKingdom



Germany AAA Stable Right

France AAA Stable Right

Luxembourg AAA Stable Center

United States AA+ Negative Left



New Zealand AA+ Stable Center

Isle of Man AAA Stable N/A

Guernsey AAA Stable N/A

AAA Stable Center

Hong Kong AAA Stable N/A

Liechtenstein(income taxrate includescommunerates)



Singapore AAA Stable Right

AAA Stable LeftSwissConfederation



Ruling Party

60.00% 25.00%

60.00% 25.00%

59.09% 25.00%

55.00% 22.00%

53.00% 15.00%

Top Income TaxBracket

MaximumVAT/Sales TaxRate

SocializedMedicineSystem?

Led by Laborparty since 2010

Yes (all legalpermanentresidents

entitled togovernment-paidpublic hospitalcare, throughMedicaresystem)

Led by theVenstre party(liberal, butconsideredcenter-right)since 2001

Yes (decentralized,provided bycounties andmunicipalities,and funded bylocal taxes)

Led by theModerate Party(center-right) aspart of Alliancefor Sweden since2006

Yes (government-funded anddecentralized)

Led by Christian

Democratic andFlemish Party(center-right)since 2007, incoalition since2010

Yes (mandated

purchase of insurancethrough StateMutuelle systemor privateprovider)

Led byConservativeParty since 2006

Yes (throughprovincially runMedicaresystems of public

hospitals andcare providers)



52.00% 16.00%

51.00% 23.00%

50.00% 20.00%

50.00% 20.00%

47.80% 25.00%

Led by People'sParty forFreedom andDemocracy since2010

Yes (mandatoryinsurancethrough state-run and privateinsuranceproviders)

Led by jointgovernment of NationalCoalition Party(center-right)and SocialDemocratic Partysince 2011

Yes (throughdecentralized,municipallyprovidedhealthcaresystem)

Led byConservativeParty since 2010

Yes (via publiclyfunded NationalHealth Service)

Led by SocialDemocratic partysince 2004 (andbefore that,Austrian People'sParty since 1992)

Yes (two-tierhealth caresystem withpublicly-fundedcare, plus theoption topurchasesupplementaryprivate healthinsurance)

Led by LabourParty since 2005

Yes (NationalInsuranceScheme covers100% of citizensand residents)



45.00% 19.00%

40.00% 19.60%

39.00% 15.00%

35.00% 20.80%

Led by ChristianDemocraticUnion of Germany andChristian SocialUnion of Bavaria

(both center-right) since 2005

Yes (universalmulti-payersystem with twomain types of health insurance:"Law-enforced

healthinsurance," orGesetzlicheKrankenversicherung, and"Private," orPrivateKrankenversicherung

Led by Union fora PopularMovement(center-right)since 2007

Yes (ranked asbest healthcaresystem in theworld by WorldHealthOrganization)

Led by ChristianSocial People'sParty( (center-right) in coalitionwith SocialistWorkers Party

since 2004

Yes (compulsorystate-fundedhealthcaresystem)

Led byDemocratic Partysince 2008

No, buthealthcarereform to beimplementedbeginning in2014 is expectedto lead to about90% of Americans being

covered by 2019,up from 83.3%



33.00% 15.00%

20.00% 17.50%

20.00% 0.00%

17.82% 7.60%

17.00% 0.00%

Led by NationalParty (center-right) since 2008

Yes (mixedpublic-privatesystem, withgovernmentcoveringapproximately

77% of allhealthcare coststhrough publichospitals, whichtreat legalresidents free of charge)

N/A (BritishCrownDependency)

Yes (publichealthcaresystem for alllegal residents)

N/A (BritishCrownDependency)

Yes (publicsystem withadditionalSpecialist HealthInsuranceScheme for allresidents;general servicesfunded by thegovernment and

acute specialistservices coveredby the scheme)

Led by PatrioticUnion Party(more liberal of two center-rightparties) since2007

Yes (compulsorystate-fundedhealthcaresystem)

N/A (SAR of

People'sRepublic of China)

Yes (government

operated publichospitals open toall legalresidents,supplemented byprivate hospitals)



17.00% 7.00%

13.20% 7.60%

Led by People'sAction Party(center-right)sinceSingapore'sfounding in 1959

Yes ("3M"framework:Medifund—safetynet for thosewho can't affordhealthcare;

Medisave—compulsoryhealth savingscovering 85% of population;Medishield—government-funded healthinsurance plan)

Led by SocialDemocratic Partysince 2011

Yes (Swisscitizens arerequired to buyuniversal healthinsurance fromprivate insurancecompanies,which in turn arerequired toaccept everyapplicant)



Stimulus in $

22.50% 22 $19,300,000,000 1.80%

37.90% 1 $21,000,000,000 6.40%

38.20% 2 $4,900,000,000 1.20%

32.70% 5 $2,800,000,000 0.60%

23.10% 24 $32,600,000,000 2.10%

% of GDP Spenton SocialWelfare, Inc.

World Ranking,Social WelfareSpending

Stimulus as % of GDP



27.30% 9 $8,500,000,000 1.10%

32.30% 8 $4,200,000,000 1.60%

25.90% 14 $47,000,000,000 2.20%

32.40% 7 $1,400,000,000 0.40%

33.20% 12 $2,890,000,000 0.70%



33.20% 4 3.40%

34.90% 3 $20,500,000,000 0.70%

20.80% 16 $115,000,000 3.00%

19.40% 26 5.90%

$130,000,000,000

$841,000,000,000



25.80% 21 $242,000,000 0.20%

N/A N/A N/A N/A

N/A N/A N/A N/A

20.00% 17 N/A N/A

$7,400,000,000 3.50%N/A (but 55% of

SAR budgetspent on health,education andwelfare as of 2011)

N/A (but 55% of

SAR budgetspent on health,education andwelfare as of 2011)



10.80% $13,700,000,000 7.50%

31.60% 6 $900,000,000 0.20%

Very low: 9.1%of GDP on socialservices —10.8% if education isincluded



4.90% (51,000,000,000) 5.50%

2.90% (15,000,000,000) 4.80%

7.70% (6,500,000,000) 2.80%

7.30% (15,500,000,000) 3.30%

7.20% (36,000,000,000) 2.60%

UnemploymentRate

Budget Surplus(Deficit) in $

Deficit/Surplus as% of GDP



4.20% (43,300,000,000) 12.20%

8.40% (12,000,000,000) 5.00%

7.60% (266,000,000,000) 11.10%

4.50% (19,000,000,000) 4.90%

3.40% 38,000,000,000 N/A



6.00% (85,000,000,000) 2.50%

9.50% (178,000,000,000) 6.70%

4.50% (1,280,000,000) 5.90%

9.10% 10.60%(1,500,000,000,000,00

0)



6.60% (14,000,000,000) 8.40%

1.80% (163,000,000) 4.00%

1.50% (28,000,000) 1.00%

1.50% 10,100,000 N/A

3.50% (4,000,000,000) 1.90%



1.90% (2,200,000,000) 1.20%

2.90% (6,400,000,000) 1.30%

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18 Countries With Better Credit Than the United States — Detailed Statistics