The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (40/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 29/100 | Labor Participation |
| Governance | 27/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 40/100 | — |
| Innovation | 9/100 | — |
| Stability | 39/100 | — |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −1 | now 27, versus 28 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 41/100 | Pandemic 45 · Banking Crisis 37 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster — |
| Strategic Position | 30/100 | Demographics 48 · Resources 12 · Stability 39 · Education 43 · Technology 9 · Geopolitics 30 |
Burundi scores 29 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 1 point versus three years ago (now 27). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (40/100). The risk drawing attention: Economy 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.
Burundi holds 2 positions on the ranked country lists, drawn from the same data snapshot as this dossier.
Burundi scores 29 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (40/100) and its weakest is Innovation (9/100).
Burundi's Stability score is 39 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Burundi's Economy score is 29 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Burundi's Quality of Life score is 40 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Burundi's Governance score is 27 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Burundi's Innovation score is 9 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, Burundi is down 1 point versus three years ago — 27 now, from 28 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Burundi's defining asset is labor participation, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP per Capita $216 — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Burundi's Strategic Position score is 30 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, Burundi scores 25 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 41/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.