Limited scoring coverage for Guinea-Bissau
The World Bank (WDI) and V-Dem — our primary sources for the Overall Score and its Economy, Governance, Quality of Life and Innovation categories — don't provide the complete series we score Guinea-Bissau from, so Guinea-Bissau's Overall Score and those categories show “No data” rather than an estimated number. This is a disclosed sourcing gap, not a fabricated zero.
Everything shown below is still sourced from providers that do cover Guinea-Bissau: geography, government and named industries from the CIA World Factbook; population and demographics from UN World Population Prospects 2024; the energy mix from Ember; and mineral reserves from USGS.
The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (42/100) — sharpest risk, quality of Life weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | — | — |
| Governance | — | — |
| Quality of Life | — | — |
| Innovation | — | — |
| Stability | 42/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −2 | now 36, versus 38 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | — | Pandemic 22 · Banking Crisis 22 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 34 |
| Strategic Position | 37/100 | Demographics 61 · Resources 7 · Stability 42 · Education — · Technology — · Geopolitics — |
Guinea-Bissau has no overall score yet — nation-wide indicator coverage is below the reporting threshold. Momentum: down 2 points versus three years ago (now 36). Its strongest area is Stability (42/100). The risk drawing attention: Quality of Life 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.
Guinea-Bissau's Stability score is 42 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Guinea-Bissau is down 2 points versus three years ago — 36 now, from 38 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Guinea-Bissau's defining asset is agricultural products processing, while its sharpest risk is quality of life weakness — basic Sanitation Access 28.94% — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Guinea-Bissau's Strategic Position score is 37 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.