The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (69/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 63/100 | GDP Growth |
| Governance | 41/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 69/100 | Clean Cooking Access |
| Innovation | 40/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 66/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +5 | now 55, versus 50 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 55/100 | Pandemic 60 · Banking Crisis 57 · War / Conflict 31 · Natural Disaster 70 |
| Strategic Position | 46/100 | Demographics 64 · Resources 17 · Stability 66 · Education 41 · Technology 40 · Geopolitics 45 |
Guyana scores 56 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 5 points versus three years ago (now 55). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (69/100). 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.
Guyana scores 56 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (69/100) and its weakest is Innovation (40/100).
Guyana's Stability score is 66 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Guyana's Economy score is 63 out of 100 (moderate), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Guyana's Quality of Life score is 69 out of 100 (moderate), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Guyana's Governance score is 41 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Guyana's Innovation score is 40 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, Guyana is up 5 points versus three years ago — 55 now, from 50 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Guyana's defining asset is GDP growth, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 48.13 per million — the category's weakest input (9/100).
Guyana's Strategic Position score is 46 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, Guyana scores 56 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 55/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.