The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (79/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 53/100 | Fiscal Balance |
| Governance | 59/100 | Judicial Independence |
| Quality of Life | 79/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 37/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | — | Political Violence Control |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +1 | now 59, versus 58 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 67/100 | Pandemic 81 · Banking Crisis 71 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 49 |
| Strategic Position | 38/100 | Demographics 64 · Resources 8 · Stability — · Education 36 · Technology 37 · Geopolitics 46 |
Antigua and Barbuda scores 57 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 1 point versus three years ago (now 59). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (79/100). The risk drawing attention: Innovation weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 107 sourced, 85 derived — each with its exact source, series code, and refresh cadence. The complete source-by-source catalog is on the methodology page.
Full catalog →Per-indicator sources are always public on the methodology page — Analyst assembles the complete ledger in context.
Antigua and Barbuda holds 1 position on the ranked country lists, drawn from the same data snapshot as this dossier.
Antigua and Barbuda scores 57 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (79/100) and its weakest is Innovation (37/100).
Antigua and Barbuda's Economy score is 53 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Antigua and Barbuda's Quality of Life score is 79 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Antigua and Barbuda's Governance score is 59 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Antigua and Barbuda's Innovation score is 37 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Antigua and Barbuda is up 1 point versus three years ago — 59 now, from 58 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Antigua and Barbuda's defining asset is fiscal balance, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 53.32 per million — the category's weakest input (10/100).
Antigua and Barbuda's Strategic Position score is 38 out of 100 (weak), weighing demographics, resources, stability, education, technology and geopolitics — each component sourced or derived, with unsourced components dropped rather than counted as zero.
On NationsHelm's Opportunity Index, Antigua and Barbuda scores 46 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 67/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.