The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (83/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 46/100 | GDP Growth |
| Governance | 72/100 | Ease of Resolving Disputes |
| Quality of Life | 69/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 43/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 83/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +5 | now 65, versus 60 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 44/100 | Pandemic 61 · Banking Crisis 45 · War / Conflict 31 · Natural Disaster 38 |
| Strategic Position | 45/100 | Demographics 75 · Resources 13 · Stability 83 · Education 23 · Technology 43 · Geopolitics 30 |
Bhutan scores 63 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 5 points versus three years ago (now 65). Its strongest area is Stability (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.
Bhutan scores 63 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Stability (83/100) and its weakest is Innovation (43/100).
Bhutan's Stability score is 83 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Bhutan's Economy score is 46 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Bhutan's Quality of Life score is 69 out of 100 (moderate), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Bhutan's Governance score is 72 out of 100 (strong), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Bhutan's Innovation score is 43 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, Bhutan is up 5 points versus three years ago — 65 now, from 60 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Bhutan's defining asset is ease of resolving disputes, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 1.26 per million — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Bhutan's Strategic Position score is 45 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, Bhutan 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 44/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.