The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (67/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 53/100 | Labor Participation |
| Governance | 26/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 67/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 34/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 47/100 | Political Violence Control |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +3 | now 47, versus 44 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 52/100 | Pandemic 57 · Banking Crisis 47 · War / Conflict 40 · Natural Disaster 64 |
| Strategic Position | 40/100 | Demographics 73 · Resources 20 · Stability 47 · Education 42 · Technology 34 · Geopolitics 26 |
Cambodia scores 45 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 3 points versus three years ago (now 47). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (67/100). 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.
Cambodia scores 45 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (67/100) and its weakest is Governance (26/100).
Cambodia's Stability score is 47 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Cambodia's Economy score is 53 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Cambodia's Quality of Life score is 67 out of 100 (moderate), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Cambodia's Governance score is 26 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Cambodia'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, Cambodia is up 3 points versus three years ago — 47 now, from 44 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Cambodia's defining asset is labor participation, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — public Spending 5.82% of GDP — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Cambodia'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, Cambodia scores 45 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.