The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (89/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 57/100 | Fiscal Balance |
| Governance | 65/100 | Ease of Resolving Disputes |
| Quality of Life | 89/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 46/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 83/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +4 | now 64, versus 60 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 49/100 | Pandemic 69 · Banking Crisis 55 · War / Conflict 36 · Natural Disaster 36 |
| Strategic Position | 55/100 | Demographics 57 · Resources 10 · Stability 83 · Education 87 · Technology 46 · Geopolitics 49 |
Barbados scores 68 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 4 points versus three years ago (now 64). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (89/100). 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.
Barbados scores 68 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (89/100) and its weakest is Innovation (46/100).
Barbados' Stability score is 83 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Barbados' Economy score is 57 out of 100 (moderate), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Barbados' Quality of Life score is 89 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Barbados' Governance score is 65 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Barbados' Innovation score is 46 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, Barbados is up 4 points versus three years ago — 64 now, from 60 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Barbados' defining asset is ease of resolving disputes, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — mean Wage $836/mo — the category's weakest input (16/100).
Barbados' Strategic Position score is 55 out of 100 (moderate), 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, Barbados scores 60 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 49/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.