The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (83/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 56/100 | Fiscal Balance |
| Governance | 52/100 | Business Entry |
| Quality of Life | 83/100 | Literacy Rate |
| Innovation | 50/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 58/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +4 | now 56, versus 52 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 58/100 | Pandemic 68 · Banking Crisis 56 · War / Conflict 46 · Natural Disaster 60 |
| Strategic Position | 50/100 | Demographics 75 · Resources 8 · Stability 58 · Education 69 · Technology 50 · Geopolitics 42 |
Azerbaijan scores 60 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 4 points versus three years ago (now 56). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (83/100). The risk drawing attention: Innovation weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 110 sourced, 82 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.
Azerbaijan scores 60 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (83/100) and its weakest is Innovation (50/100).
Azerbaijan's Stability score is 58 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Azerbaijan's Economy score is 56 out of 100 (moderate), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Azerbaijan's Quality of Life score is 83 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Azerbaijan's Governance score is 52 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Azerbaijan's Innovation score is 50 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, Azerbaijan is up 4 points versus three years ago — 56 now, from 52 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Azerbaijan's defining asset is fiscal balance, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 11.66 per million — the category's weakest input (1/100).
Azerbaijan's Strategic Position score is 50 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, Azerbaijan scores 54 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 58/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.