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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.

7. Germany

Kai Pfaffenbach / Reuters
The trading floor is pictured with a super wide angle lens during early morning trading at Frankfurt's stock exchange Aug. 8, 2011. European shares slipped on Monday continuing their two-week slide after Standard & Poor cut the U.S. prized AAA credit rating by one notch, with miners the worst performers.

  • By Mary Helen Miller Correspondent

GDP: $3.3 trillion

Debt: $2.7 trillion, or 80 percent of GDP

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