The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (43/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 35/100 | GDP Growth |
| Governance | 35/100 | Ease of Resolving Disputes |
| Quality of Life | 43/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 34/100 | — |
| Stability | 41/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −1 | now 41, versus 42 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 44/100 | Pandemic 52 · Banking Crisis 32 · War / Conflict 42 · Natural Disaster 51 |
| Strategic Position | 40/100 | Demographics 78 · Resources 16 · Stability 41 · Education 37 · Technology 34 · Geopolitics 33 |
Bangladesh scores 38 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 1 point versus three years ago (now 41). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (43/100). The risk drawing attention: Economy 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.
Bangladesh scores 38 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (43/100) and its weakest is Innovation (34/100).
Bangladesh's Stability score is 41 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Bangladesh's Economy score is 35 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Bangladesh's Quality of Life score is 43 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Bangladesh's Governance score is 35 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Bangladesh's Innovation score is 34 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, Bangladesh is down 1 point versus three years ago — 41 now, from 42 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Bangladesh's defining asset is cotton, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — public Spending 5.91% of GDP — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Bangladesh's Strategic Position score is 40 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, Bangladesh scores 36 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 44/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.