The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Economy (50/100) — sharpest risk, active armed conflict.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 50/100 | GDP Growth |
| Governance | 19/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 26/100 | — |
| Innovation | 12/100 | — |
| Stability | 22/100 | — |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | — | now 29, versus 29 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 44/100 | Pandemic 39 · Banking Crisis 48 · War / Conflict 31 · Natural Disaster 56 |
| Strategic Position | 24/100 | Demographics 48 · Resources 19 · Stability 22 · Education 14 · Technology 12 · Geopolitics 28 |
The DR Congo scores 26 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: flat versus three years ago (now 29). Its strongest area is Economy (50/100). The risk drawing attention: Active armed conflict.
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 DR Congo scores 26 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Economy (50/100) and its weakest is Innovation (12/100).
The DR Congo's Stability score is 22 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
The DR Congo's Economy score is 50 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
The DR Congo's Quality of Life score is 26 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
The DR Congo's Governance score is 19 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
The DR Congo's Innovation score is 12 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 DR Congo is unchanged versus three years ago — 29 then and now — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
The DR Congo's defining asset is GDP growth, while its sharpest risk is active armed conflict — active organized-violence party this year (UCDP current-year toll).
The DR Congo's Strategic Position score is 24 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 DR Congo scores 30 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 44/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.