...Fitch Ratings' Sovereign Data Comparator is a quarterly database of key statistics for 103 rated sovereigns, enabling clients to compare indicators for different countries that are active in the international capital markets or have the potential to be so in the near future. The current edition is a snapshot of Fitch's sovereign databases as of 31 March 2009. Apart from the extensive coverage -- Fitchrated countries produced more than 95% of the world's GDP and merchandise exports in 2007 -- the comparator also benefits from the growing international emphasis on timely and reliable disclosure. Fitch takes due care in preparing this data, striving to standardise figures as much as possible when using both national and international sources. Nonetheless, it is difficult to prevent some discrepancies from arising and the degree of strict comparability across countries may differ from series to series. This pdfversion of the Comparator contains data from 2002 and includes forecasts of the main...
