Every national leader, scored across up to eight dimensions of tenure contribution — from governance and economy to politics and crisis response. Compare current form against the legacy they'll leave behind.
Strongest on institutional integrity — sharpest weakness politics.
Briefing
The story
Charles Taylor served as President of Liberia. Charles Taylor holds a strong Legacy Rating of 73 out of 100. Their standout dimension is Institutional Integrity (84/100).
The data & sources
The Legacy Rating of 73 is a derived blend of Charles Taylor's leadership dimensions, each computed from sourced public inputs — none estimated. Diplomatic Conduct — no country-level data; shown as "No data" rather than inferred. Governing-stability conditions score 31/100, renormalised over WGI, V-Dem and UCDP.
The risk read
For country-risk purposes, Charles Taylor's tenure reads as fragile: governing-stability conditions score 31/100. For the full opportunity, market-pulse and resilience read, see Liberia's nation page.
The strategic read
Governing conditions: stability 31/100. The sharpest institutional vulnerability is Politics (52/100). Profiles as an Institutionalist — Governance through rules, process, and precedent.
Crisis
Exposure
—/ 100
No data
Response
—/ 100
No data
No sourced crisis signal. The World Bank GDP, UCDP battle-death and WGI political-stability series that drive this score don't cover this leader's mandate years.
Leadership Radar
Tenure Contribution
Uneven profile — 32-point spread from Institutional Integrity to Politics.
Country scores are blended with live World Bank data where available. Difficulty reflects the structural challenge of governing this nation — not the leader's individual performance.
Source: World Bank·Method: Unweighted average·✓ Reconstructable
Leadership Archetype
Institutionalist
Governance through rules, process, and precedent. High governance and institutional integrity scores define this profile — a leader who strengthens institutions rather than uses them, often at the cost of short-term agility.
SourceDerivedMethodRule-based classificationConfDeterministic✓ ReconstructableⓘArchetypes are derived automatically from the leadership stat profile — not hand-assigned. "No distinct archetype" means no classification rule matched; profile shape is assessed separately from the best-to-worst spread. A leader lacking enough sourced stats reads as "No data". A secondary archetype is added only when a stat scores exceptionally high.
Political Legacy
Legacy Rating
73
Assessment
LastingDerivedDerived from the published Legacy Rating band — ≥84 Transformational · 72–83 Lasting · 60–71 Mixed · 42–59 Contested · <42 Negative.
Years Served
6
Peak Strengths
Institutional Integrity84
Governance81
Economy80
Relative Weaknesses
Politics52
Post-Office Metrics
Macro Tailwind/Headwind Adjustment
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Key questions
Who is Charles Taylor?
Charles Taylor is a former President of Liberia, from the National Patriotic Party.
How is Charles Taylor rated on NationsHelm?
Charles Taylor holds a strong Legacy Rating of 73 out of 100. It is a derived blend of sourced leadership dimensions — governance, communication, diplomacy and others — never an estimate.
What are Charles Taylor's strengths and weaknesses?
Charles Taylor's strongest leadership dimension is Institutional Integrity (84/100); the weakest is Politics (52/100), ranked from the leadership radar.
What kind of leader is Charles Taylor?
Charles Taylor profiles as an Institutionalist — Governance through rules, process, and precedent.
Data coverage:107 Sourced·85 Derived|Scores refreshed: 2026-08-24·snap-20260824-c9f25cd0|Methodology:Reconstructable|Cite:How to cite
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Weighted average
ConfMedium
✓ Reconstructable
ⓘLegacy Rating is the completed-tenure rating derived from sourced leadership dimensions and the recorded conditions of that tenure — on the published scale a score near 60 means the country broadly matched the benchmark trajectory over the mandate. Anything unsourced shows as no data. Full weights on the Methodology page.
Politics
52
Crisis Response
—
Vision
—
Communication
—
Institutional Integrity
84
Source: World Bank + derived·Method: Contribution·✓ ReconstructableⓘEach dimension measures change under the leader relative to global trends — how the indicator moved over their tenure, net of the world's move over the same window — not the country's absolute level. A score near 60 means performance broadly matched the benchmark trajectory; above = improved the country's standing, below = declined. Governance / Economy / Politics / Institutional Integrity from World Bank WGI, WDI and V-Dem trajectories; Vision from the country's innovation rank (WIPO patents + UNESCO tertiary), former leaders only (patents lag ~3 years); Crisis Response (World Bank + UCDP + WGI, an absolute response-quality scale) and Communication (GDELT) from tenure signals; Diplomacy (Diplomatic Conduct) is active-only. A tenure under six months, or an indicator whose series hasn't reached the term, shows as no data. Full model on the Methodology page.
Stewardship
Inherited-strength lens · separate from the rating
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Governance
—
Politics
—
Integrity
—
Innovation
—
0 of 4 groups eligible and sourced
Source: World Bank WGI + V-Dem + derived·Method: Stewardship·✓ ReconstructableⓘMeasures whether strong institutions inherited at the start of the tenure were preserved, improved or eroded. It does not reward the leader for inheriting a strong country. A metric qualifies only when the inherited baseline was at least 75 on its normalized scale; the score is the world-net change over the tenure on the single public scale (60 = preserved relative to global movement). Requires two or more eligible sourced groups, the six-month tenure floor and a post-tenure-start observation — otherwise No data, never a zero. Weights mirror the current-form groups (gov 0.17 · pol 0.15 · int 0.08 · vis 0.09), renormalized over what is eligible and sourced.
Strengths & Weaknesses
Top Strengths
Institutional Integrity84
Perceived transparency and anti-corruption track record
Governance81
State management and policy execution capacity
Economy80
Economic stewardship, growth, and macro stability
Key Weaknesses
Politics52
Political coalition-building and governability
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Country scores are the unweighted average of scored World Bank indicators — the same model used on the nation's own page. Difficulty reflects structural constraints on governing this nation, independent of the current leader.
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External conditions during tenure
Source: Derived·Method: Ranked by stat value·✓ ReconstructableⓘUp to 5 strengths (dimensions scoring 70+) and 5 weaknesses (scoring 57 or below), ranked from the leadership radar. Dimensions in the 58–69 benchmark band appear in neither column. Descriptions are fixed per dimension and don't vary by country. Dimensions without a sourced signal show as no data. Full model on the Methodology page.
Charles Taylor Legacy Rating: 73/100 — President, Liberia (1997–2003) | NationsHelm