Hand-sourced from the national statistics office (or the IMF, for Hong Kong), which our primary providers don't cover. Each figure is cited individually and is not mixed into the World Bank / V-Dem scores above.
The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (99/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 51/100 | GDP per Capita |
| Governance | 79/100 | State Efficiency |
| Quality of Life | 99/100 | Life Expectancy |
| Innovation | — | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 74/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −2 | now 64, versus 66 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 52/100 | Pandemic 76 · Banking Crisis 48 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 33 |
| Strategic Position | 34/100 | Demographics 45 · Resources 15 · Stability 74 · Education — · Technology — · Geopolitics 2 |
Hong Kong scores 76 (strong) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 2 points versus three years ago (now 64). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (99/100). 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.
Hong Kong holds 5 positions on the ranked country lists, drawn from the same data snapshot as this dossier.
Hong Kong scores 76 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (strong) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (99/100) and its weakest is Economy (51/100).
Hong Kong's Stability score is 74 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Hong Kong's Economy score is 51 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Hong Kong's Quality of Life score is 99 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Hong Kong's Governance score is 79 out of 100 (strong), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Hong Kong is down 2 points versus three years ago — 64 now, from 66 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Hong Kong's defining asset is GDP per capita, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — public Spending 12.78% of GDP — the category's weakest input (9/100).
Hong Kong's Strategic Position score is 34 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, Hong Kong scores 60 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 52/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.