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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.

6. France

Philippe Wojazer / Pool / AP / File
Republican Guards ride past the Arc de Triomphe during the traditional Bastille Day parade in Paris, July 14, 2011. France celebrated its annual Bastille Day celebrations with a traditional military parade along the Champs-Elysees. The celebration commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison on 14 July 1789, which symbolized the birth of modern France.

  • By Mary Helen Miller Correspondent

GDP: $2.6 trillion

Debt: $2.2 trillion, or 84 percent of GDP

These data are based on IMF estimates for 2010.

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