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Which countries have a higher credit rating than the US?

When Standard & Poor's downgraded the US from its AAA status to AA+ on Aug. 5, it knocked just one country off a lengthy list. Now, there are 18 nations with AAA credit ratings.

8. Hong Kong

Bobby Yip / Reuters
A panel displays stock indexes of Asian markets at an exhibition hall of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange Aug. 8, 2011. Asian markets tumbled after Standard and Poor's cut the United States' credit rating.

  • By Mary Helen Miller Correspondent

GDP: $225 billion

Debt: $11 billion, or 5 percent of GDP

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