Sobering up from post-pandemic excesses
AA1
LOW RISK for enterprise
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Economic risk
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Business environment risk
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Political risk
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Commercial risk
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Financing risk
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Economic risk
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Business environment risk
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Political risk
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Commercial risk
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Financing risk
Updated in September 2022.
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GDP | USD 22996.1bn (World ranking 1, World Bank 2021) |
Population | 331.89mn (World ranking 3, World Bank 2021) |
Form of state | Federal Republic |
Head of government | Joe BIDEN (President) |
Next elections |
2022, legislative |

- World’s largest economy
- Effective governmental checks and balances
- High per capita GDP
- High data transparency
- Reserve currency
- Large oil and gas reserves
- Diverse GDP
- Low interest rates and inflation

- Political polarization
- High corporate debt
- High public debt that will rise in the foreseeable future, persistent budget deficits
- Rising amount of and defaults on consumer debt
- Social disruption
- Insolvencies to rise
Trade structure by destination/origin
(% of total, 2021)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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Canada
17.5%
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1 |
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Mexico
15.8%
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2 |
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China
8.6%
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3 |
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Japan
4.3%
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4 |
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South Korea
3.8%
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5 |
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Trade structure by product
(% of total, 2021)
Exports | Rank | Imports |
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Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
9.2%
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1 |
9.5%
Road vehicles
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Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
7.9%
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2 |
8.4%
Electrical machinery, apparatus and appliances, n.e.s.
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Road vehicles
6.7%
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3 |
7.0%
Petroleum, petroleum products and related materials
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Medicinal and pharmaceutical products
4.6%
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4 |
5.9%
Office machines and automatic data processing machines
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Other industrial machinery and parts
4.0%
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5 |
5.8%
Miscellaneous manufactured articles, n.e.s.
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Collection Complexity
The Allianz Trade Collection Complexity Score provides a simple assessment of how easy it is to collect debt around the world. The 2022 edition covers 49 countries that represent nearly 90% of global GDP and 85% of global trade.
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