The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (79/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 54/100 | GDP Growth |
| Governance | 40/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 79/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 46/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 68/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +4 | now 57, versus 53 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 48/100 | Pandemic 57 · Banking Crisis 48 · War / Conflict 45 · Natural Disaster 42 |
| Strategic Position | 52/100 | Demographics 72 · Resources 19 · Stability 68 · Education 67 · Technology 46 · Geopolitics 37 |
The Dominican Republic scores 57 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 4 points versus three years ago (now 57). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (79/100). 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.
The Dominican Republic scores 57 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (79/100) and its weakest is Governance (40/100).
The Dominican Republic's Stability score is 68 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
The Dominican Republic's Economy score is 54 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
The Dominican Republic's Quality of Life score is 79 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
The Dominican Republic's Governance score is 40 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
The Dominican Republic's Innovation score is 46 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, the Dominican Republic is up 4 points versus three years ago — 57 now, from 53 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
The Dominican Republic's defining asset is GDP growth, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 0.61 per million — the category's weakest input (0/100).
The Dominican Republic's Strategic Position score is 52 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, the Dominican Republic scores 55 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 48/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.