Venezuela - Credit Rating

Moody's credit rating for Venezuela was last set at C with stable outlook. In general, a credit rating is used by sovereign wealth funds, pension funds and other investors to gauge the credit worthiness of Venezuela thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for Venezuela as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Agency	Rating	Outlook	Date
S&P	N/A	N/A	Sep 20 2021
Moody's	C	Stable	Mar 09 2018
S&P	SD	N/A	Nov 14 2017
S&P	CC	Negative Watch	Nov 03 2017
S&P	CCC-	Negative	Jul 11 2017
Moody's	Caa3	Negative	Mar 04 2016
S&P	CCC	Negative	Feb 09 2015
Moody's	Caa3	Stable	Jan 13 2015
S&P	CCC+	Negative	Sep 16 2014
Moody's	Caa1	Negative	Dec 16 2013
S&P	B-	Negative	Dec 13 2013
S&P	B	Negative	Jun 17 2013
S&P	B+	Negative	Apr 19 2013
Moody's	B2	Negative	Jan 15 2013
S&P	B+	Stable	Aug 19 2011
S&P	BB-	Stable	Jan 11 2010
Moody's	B2	Stable	Jan 15 2009
S&P	BB-	Negative	Dec 10 2008
Moody's	B2	Positive Watch	Sep 19 2008
S&P	BB-	Stable	Jan 11 2007
S&P	BB-	Positive	Oct 04 2006
S&P	BB-	Stable	Feb 03 2006
S&P	B+	Stable	Aug 12 2005
S&P	B	Stable	Mar 03 2005
S&P	SD	N/A	Jan 18 2005
Moody's	B2	Stable	Sep 07 2004
S&P	B	Stable	Aug 25 2004
S&P	B-	Stable	Jul 30 2003
Moody's	Caa1	Stable	May 28 2003
S&P	CCC+	Stable	Apr 16 2003
Moody's	Caa1	Negative	Jan 21 2003
S&P	CCC+	Negative	Dec 13 2002
S&P	B-	Negative	Sep 24 2002
Moody's	B3	Stable	Sep 20 2002
S&P	B	Negative	Mar 18 2002
Moody's	B2	Negative	Feb 27 2002
S&P	B	Negative Watch	Feb 11 2002
S&P	B	Stable	Dec 21 1999
Moody's	B2	Stable	Sep 03 1998
S&P	B+	Negative	Aug 28 1998
Moody's	B1	Stable	Jul 22 1998
Moody's	Ba2	Negative Watch	May 08 1998
S&P	B+	Stable	Jun 05 1997
S&P	B	Positive	Jan 24 1997
S&P	B	Stable	Jun 26 1996
S&P	B	Negative	Feb 23 1996
S&P	B+	Negative Watch	Nov 21 1995
S&P	B+	Negative	Jul 27 1994
Moody's	Ba2	Stable	Apr 08 1994
S&P	BB-	Negative Watch	Mar 04 1994
Moody's	Ba1	Negative Watch	Feb 07 1994
S&P	BB	Negative	Apr 05 1993
S&P	BB	Stable	Nov 04 1992
Moody's	Ba1	Stable	Aug 06 1991
S&P	BB	Positive	Jul 25 1991
S&P	B+	Positive	Jul 24 1991
S&P	B+	Stable	Jun 26 1989
S&P	B+	N/A	Jun 17 1989
Moody's	Ba2	Stable	Dec 04 1987
Moody's	Ba2	Stable	Jun 03 1987
S&P	BB	N/A	Mar 28 1983
Moody's	WR	N/A	Mar 15 1983
S&P	A-	N/A	Feb 11 1983
Moody's	Aa	Stable	Feb 04 1983
S&P	AA	N/A	Aug 13 1982
S&P	AA	N/A	Oct 05 1977
Moody's	Aaa	Stable	Dec 29 1976