Greece Credit Rating trends, research and data

This page includes the government debt credit rating and outlook of Greece as reported by the credit rating agencies of S&P, Moody’s and Fitch. Credit rating agencies are often slow to respond to rising risk conditions. Sign up free to monitor Greece’s sovereign risk using MacroVar Advanced Financial & Macroeconomic data analytics.

DateRatingOutlookIndicator
19-04-24BBB- (Positive)Greece Credit Rating (S&P)
20-10-23BBB- (Stable)Greece Credit Rating (S&P)
21-04-23BB+ (Positive)PositiveGreece Credit Rating (S&P)
27-01-23BB+ (Stable)Greece Credit Rating (Fitch)
16-09-22Ba3 (Stable)Ba3Greece Credit Rating (Moody's)
22-04-22BB+ (Stable)BB+Greece Credit Rating (S&P)
23-04-21BB (Positive)BBGreece Credit Rating (S&P)
06-11-20Ba3 (Stable)Ba3Greece Credit Rating (Moody's)
24-04-20(Stable)0Greece Credit Rating (S&P)
23-04-20BBBBGreece Credit Rating (Fitch)
24-01-20BBBBGreece Credit Rating (Fitch)
25-10-19BB- (Positive)BB-Greece Credit Rating (S&P)
02-08-19BB-BB-Greece Credit Rating (Fitch)
01-03-19B1 (Stable)B1Greece Credit Rating (Moody's)
08-02-19BB-BB-Greece Credit Rating (Fitch)
10-08-18BB- (Stable)BB-Greece Credit Rating (Fitch)
20-07-18(Positive)0Greece Credit Rating (S&P)
25-06-18B+ (Stable)B+Greece Credit Rating (S&P)
21-02-18B3 (Positive)B3Greece Credit Rating (Moody's)
16-02-18B (Positive)BGreece Credit Rating (Fitch)
19-01-18B (Positive)BGreece Credit Rating (S&P)
18-08-17B- (Positive)B-Greece Credit Rating (Fitch)
21-07-17(Positive)0Greece Credit Rating (S&P)
23-06-17Caa2 (Positive)Caa2Greece Credit Rating (Moody's)
24-02-17CCCCCCGreece Credit Rating (Fitch)

Greece Credit Rating Analysis

The credit rating signal from each credit rating agency for the sovereign debt of Greece and it’s meaning is presented in the table below.

S&PMoody’sFitchAnalysis
AAAAaaAAAPrime
AA+Aa1AA+High grade
AAAa2AA
AA-Aa3AA-
A+A1A+Upper medium grade
AA2A
A-A3A-
BBB+Baa1BBB+Lower medium grade
BBBBaa2BBB
BBB-Baa3BBB-
BB+Ba1BB+Non-investment grade
speculative
BBBa2BB
BB-Ba3BB-
B+B1B+Highly speculative
BB2B
B-B3B-
CCC+Caa1CCCExtremely speculative
CCCCaa2
CCC-Caa3In Default with small probability of recovery
CCCa
CC
D/DDDIn default