The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (68/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 43/100 | — |
| Governance | 38/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 68/100 | Literacy Rate |
| Innovation | 44/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 49/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +3 | now 48, versus 45 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 41/100 | Pandemic 44 · Banking Crisis 44 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 35 |
| Strategic Position | 49/100 | Demographics 67 · Resources 17 · Stability 49 · Education 82 · Technology 44 · Geopolitics 36 |
Eswatini scores 48 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 3 points versus three years ago (now 48). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (68/100). 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.
Eswatini scores 48 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (68/100) and its weakest is Governance (38/100).
Eswatini's Stability score is 49 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Eswatini's Economy score is 43 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Eswatini's Quality of Life score is 68 out of 100 (moderate), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Eswatini's Governance score is 38 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Eswatini's Innovation score is 44 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, Eswatini is up 3 points versus three years ago — 48 now, from 45 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Eswatini's defining asset is soft drink concentrates, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP per Capita $3,910 — the category's weakest input (4/100).
Eswatini's Strategic Position score is 49 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, Eswatini 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 41/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.