The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Economy (33/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 33/100 | GDP Growth |
| Governance | 29/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 17/100 | — |
| Innovation | 11/100 | — |
| Stability | 33/100 | — |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −1 | now 28, versus 29 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 28/100 | Pandemic 27 · Banking Crisis 32 · War / Conflict 25 · Natural Disaster — |
| Strategic Position | 22/100 | Demographics 43 · Resources 10 · Stability 33 · Education 0 · Technology 11 · Geopolitics 36 |
Chad scores 25 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 1 point versus three years ago (now 28). Its strongest area is Economy (33/100). 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.
Chad holds 2 positions on the ranked country lists, drawn from the same data snapshot as this dossier.
Chad scores 25 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Economy (33/100) and its weakest is Innovation (11/100).
Chad's Stability score is 33 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Chad's Economy score is 33 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Chad's Quality of Life score is 17 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Chad's Governance score is 29 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Chad's Innovation score is 11 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, Chad is down 1 point versus three years ago — 28 now, from 29 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Chad's defining asset is GDP growth, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — public Spending 9.85% of GDP — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Chad's Strategic Position score is 22 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, Chad 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 28/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.