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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.

9. Luxembourg

Geert Vanden Wijngaert / AP
Trade union members shout slogans during a European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) demonstration in Luxembourg, June 21, 2011.

  • By Mary Helen Miller Correspondent

GDP: $55 billion

Debt: $9 billion, or 17 percent of GDP

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