Italy - Credit Rating

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Italy stands at BBB with stable outlook. Moody's credit rating for Italy was last set at Baa3 with negative outlook. Fitch's credit rating for Italy was last reported at BBB with stable outlook. DBRS's credit rating for Italy is BBB (high) 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 Italy thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for Italy as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Agency	Rating	Outlook	Date
Moody's	Baa3	Negative	Aug 05 2022
S&P	BBB	Stable	Jul 26 2022
Fitch	BBB	Stable	Dec 03 2021
DBRS	BBB (high)	Stable	Oct 29 2021
S&P	BBB	Positive	Oct 22 2021
S&P	BBB	Stable	Oct 23 2020
DBRS	BBB (high)	Negative	May 08 2020
Fitch	BBB-	Stable	Apr 28 2020
S&P	BBB	Negative	Oct 26 2018
Moody's	Baa3	Stable	Oct 19 2018
Fitch	BBB	Negative	Aug 31 2018
Moody's	Baa2	Under Review	May 25 2018
S&P	BBB	Stable	Oct 27 2017
Fitch	BBB	Stable	Apr 21 2017
DBRS	BBB (high)	Stable	Jan 13 2017
Moody's	Baa2	Negative	Dec 07 2016
Fitch	BBB+	Negative	Oct 21 2016
DBRS	A (low)	Under Review	Aug 05 2016
S&P	BBB-	Stable	Dec 05 2014
Fitch	BBB+	Stable	Apr 25 2014
Moody's	Baa2	Stable	Feb 14 2014
S&P	BBB	Negative	Jul 09 2013
Fitch	BBB+	Negative	Mar 08 2013
DBRS	A (low)	Negative	Mar 06 2013
DBRS	A	Negative	Aug 08 2012
Moody's	Baa2	Negative	Jul 13 2012
DBRS	A (high)	Under Review	May 22 2012
Moody's	A3	Negative	Feb 13 2012
Fitch	A-	Negative	Jan 27 2012
S&P	BBB+	Negative	Jan 13 2012
Fitch	A+	Negative Watch	Dec 16 2011
S&P	A	Negative Watch	Dec 05 2011
DBRS	A (high)	Negative	Nov 09 2011
Fitch	A+	Negative	Oct 07 2011
Moody's	A2	Negative	Oct 04 2011
S&P	A	Negative	Sep 19 2011
Moody's	Aa2	Negative Watch	Jun 17 2011
S&P	A+	Negative	May 20 2011
DBRS	AA (low)	Negative	Feb 03 2011
Fitch	AA-	Stable	Oct 19 2006
S&P	A+	Stable	Oct 19 2006
Fitch	AA	Negative Watch	May 25 2006
S&P	AA-	Negative	Aug 08 2005
Fitch	AA	Negative	Jun 29 2005
S&P	AA-	Stable	Jul 07 2004
S&P	AA	Negative	Jan 15 2003
Fitch	AA	Stable	Jun 17 2002
Moody's	Aa2	Stable	May 15 2002
Fitch	AA-	Stable	Sep 21 2000
S&P	AA	Stable	May 06 1998
Moody's	Aa3	Stable	Jul 03 1996
Moody's	A1	Stable	May 01 1996
Moody's	A1	Positive Watch	May 01 1996
Fitch	AA-	N/A	Feb 23 1995
S&P	AA	Negative	Feb 03 1995
Fitch	AA	N/A	Aug 10 1994
S&P	AA	Stable	Mar 01 1993
Moody's	Aa3	Negative Watch	Feb 25 1993
Moody's	Aa3	Stable	Aug 13 1992
S&P	AA+	Negative	May 06 1992
Moody's	Aa1	Stable	Jul 01 1991
S&P	AA+	Stable	May 30 1991
S&P	AA+	Positive	Jun 26 1989
S&P	AA+	N/A	Nov 23 1988
Moody's	Aaa	Stable	Oct 10 1986