The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (82/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 53/100 | GDP Growth |
| Governance | 62/100 | Corruption Control |
| Quality of Life | 82/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 53/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 75/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +2 | now 66, versus 64 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 52/100 | Pandemic 68 · Banking Crisis 53 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 35 |
| Strategic Position | 55/100 | Demographics 72 · Resources 15 · Stability 75 · Education 77 · Technology 53 · Geopolitics 36 |
Cabo Verde scores 65 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 2 points versus three years ago (now 66). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (82/100). 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.
Cabo Verde scores 65 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (82/100) and its weakest is Innovation (53/100).
Cabo Verde's Stability score is 75 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Cabo Verde's Economy score is 53 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Cabo Verde's Quality of Life score is 82 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Cabo Verde's Governance score is 62 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Cabo Verde's Innovation score is 53 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, Cabo Verde is up 2 points versus three years ago — 66 now, from 64 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Cabo Verde's defining asset is GDP growth, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP per Capita $5,170 — the category's weakest input (6/100).
Cabo Verde's 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, Cabo Verde scores 59 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 52/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.