Australia's economic resilience in the face the global downturn has resulted in the nation being ranked in the world's top four safest countries in which to invest, a recent survey assessing economic, commercial, external and political risk has found.
Dun & Bradstreet's Global Risk Indicator places Australia in line with Canada, Norway and Switzerland.
The highest possible rating (DB1a) is allocated to countries that display the lowest degree of uncertainty against these measures.
Australia, Canada, Norway and Switzerland rated a DB1d, the fourth highest possible rating on the GRI - no countries currently have a higher rating.
Within the Asia-Pacific region, Australia is the only country to be rated in the DB1 range however four countries - Japan, Hong Kong, Ne
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