Ireland - Credit Rating

Standard & Poor's credit rating for Ireland stands at AA with stable outlook. Moody's credit rating for Ireland was last set at Aa3 with stable outlook. Fitch's credit rating for Ireland was last reported at AA- with stable outlook. DBRS's credit rating for Ireland is AA (low) 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 Ireland thus having a big impact on the country's borrowing costs. This page includes the government debt credit rating for Ireland as reported by major credit rating agencies.

Agency	Rating	Outlook	Date
S&P	AA	Stable	May 19 2023
Moody's	Aa3	Stable	Apr 21 2023
S&P	AA-	Positive	Nov 18 2022
Moody's	A1	Positive	May 06 2022
Fitch	AA-	Stable	Jan 28 2022
DBRS	AA (low)	Stable	Jan 14 2022
Moody's	A2	Positive	Aug 13 2021
DBRS	A (high)	Positive	Jul 16 2021
DBRS	A (high)	Stable	May 15 2020
DBRS	A (high)	Positive	Jan 31 2020
S&P	AA-	Stable	Nov 29 2019
Fitch	A+	Stable	Dec 15 2017
Moody's	A2	Stable	Sep 15 2017
Moody's	A3	Positive	May 14 2016
DBRS	A (high)	Stable	Mar 11 2016
Fitch	A	Stable	Feb 05 2016
DBRS	A	Positive	Sep 11 2015
Moody's	Baa1	Positive	Sep 11 2015
Fitch	A-	Positive	Aug 07 2015
S&P	A+	Stable	Jun 05 2015
DBRS	A	Stable	Mar 13 2015
S&P	A	Stable	Dec 05 2014
DBRS	A (low)	Positive	Sep 26 2014
Fitch	A-	Stable	Aug 15 2014
Fitch	A-	Stable	Aug 15 2014
S&P	A-	Positive	Jun 06 2014
Moody's	Baa1	Stable	May 16 2014
DBRS	A (low)	Stable	Mar 28 2014
Moody's	Baa3	Positive	Jan 17 2014
Moody's	Ba1	Stable	Sep 20 2013
S&P	BBB+	Positive	Jul 12 2013
Moody's	Ba1	Negative	Mar 27 2013
S&P	BBB+	Stable	Feb 11 2013
Fitch	BBB+	Stable	Nov 14 2012
DBRS	A (low)	Under Review	May 22 2012
S&P	BBB+	Negative	Jan 13 2012
Fitch	BBB+	Negative Watch	Dec 16 2011
S&P	BBB+	Negative Watch	Dec 05 2011
DBRS	A (low)	Negative	Aug 17 2011
Moody's	Ba1	Negative	Jul 12 2011
Moody's	Baa3	Negative	Apr 15 2011
Fitch	BBB+	Negative	Apr 14 2011
Fitch	BBB+	Negative Watch	Apr 01 2011
DBRS	A	Negative	Apr 01 2011
S&P	BBB+	Stable	Apr 01 2011
S&P	A-	Negative Watch	Feb 02 2011
Moody's	Baa1	Negative	Dec 17 2010
DBRS	AA	Negative	Dec 15 2010
DBRS	A (high)	Negative	Dec 15 2010
Fitch	BBB+	Stable	Dec 09 2010
S&P	A	Negative Watch	Nov 23 2010
Fitch	A+	Negative	Oct 06 2010
Moody's	Aa2	Negative Watch	Oct 05 2010
DBRS	AA	Under Review	Oct 05 2010
S&P	AA-	Negative	Aug 24 2010
DBRS	AA	Stable	Jul 21 2010
Moody's	Aa2	Stable	Jul 19 2010
Fitch	AA	Stable	Nov 04 2009
Moody's	Aa1	Negative	Jul 02 2009
S&P	AA	Negative	Jun 08 2009
Moody's	Aaa	Negative Watch	Apr 17 2009
Fitch	AA+	Negative	Apr 08 2009
S&P	AA+	Negative	Mar 30 2009
Fitch	AAA	Negative Watch	Mar 06 2009
Moody's	Aaa	Negative	Jan 30 2009
S&P	AAA	Negative	Jan 09 2009
S&P	AAA	Stable	Oct 03 2001
S&P	AA+	Positive	Oct 03 2000
Fitch	AAA	Stable	Sep 21 2000
Fitch	AAA	N/A	Dec 16 1998
S&P	AA+	Stable	May 06 1998
Moody's	Aaa	Stable	May 04 1998
Moody's	Aa1	Positive Watch	Mar 18 1998
Moody's	Aa1	Stable	Feb 13 1997
Moody's	Aa2	Positive Watch	Jan 24 1997
S&P	AA	Stable	May 03 1995
Fitch	AA+	N/A	Oct 10 1994
Moody's	Aa2	Stable	Aug 31 1994
Moody's	Aa3	Positive Watch	Jun 24 1994
S&P	AA-	Positive	May 10 1994
S&P	AA-	Stable	Oct 12 1989
S&P	A+	Stable	Jun 26 1989
S&P	A+	N/A	Oct 01 1988
Moody's	Aa3	Stable	Jul 15 1987