Country Risk assessment (Coface)

Data

Coface data on country risk and business climate

This dataset contains data about country risk and business climate in 83 countries for the years 2018-2020. This dataset is a tibble with 484 observations across 4 variables:

  • country_name: character string indicating the name of the country.

  • country_code: character string indicating the country (ISO3 code).

  • year: character string indicating the year.

  • country_risk: character string ranging from A1 (safest) to E (least safe). “The country assessment provides an insight into the average payment incident level presented by companies in a country in connection with their short-term trading transactions. More specifically, this assessment measures the way in which company payment behaviour is influenced by a country’s economic, financial, and political perspectives, as well as by the business climate. It is based on three pillars: macroeconomic, financial and political analysis, business climate assessment by Coface’s entities across the world, and Coface’s payment behaviour experience as recorded in its worldwide database. The country risk assessment covers 160 countries on an 8-step scale: A1, A2, A3, A4, B, C, D, E, in order of increasing risk.” (source: p.8 of the 2018 Coface Handbook)

  • business_climate: character string ranging from A1 (safest) to E (least safe). “This makes it possible to see whether company accounts are available and reliable, whether the legal system ensures fair and effective protection of creditors, whether the country’s institutions provide a favourable framework for B2B transactions and whether the domestic market is easy to access. The assessments are based on data from international organisations, but also, and primarily, on the experience of Coface’s entities across the world. This assessment, integrated in the country assessment, covers 160 countries on an 8-step scale: A1, A2, A3, A4, B, C, D, E, in order of decreasing business climate quality.” (source: p.8 of the 2018 Coface Handbook)

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SOURCE OF THE 2018 DATA SOURCE OF THE 2019 DATA SOURCE OF THE 2020 DATA