The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (96/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 74/100 | GDP per Capita |
| Governance | 77/100 | Judicial Independence |
| Quality of Life | 96/100 | Tertiary Enrolment (Gross) |
| Innovation | 66/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 85/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −4 | now 75, versus 79 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 65/100 | Pandemic 82 · Banking Crisis 67 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 45 |
| Strategic Position | 63/100 | Demographics 70 · Resources 13 · Stability 85 · Education 88 · Technology 66 · Geopolitics 58 |
Iceland scores 80 (strong) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 4 points versus three years ago (now 75). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (96/100). The risk drawing attention: Economy 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.
Iceland scores 80 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (strong) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (96/100) and its weakest is Innovation (66/100).
Iceland's Stability score is 85 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Iceland's Economy score is 74 out of 100 (strong), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Iceland's Quality of Life score is 96 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Iceland's Governance score is 77 out of 100 (strong), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Iceland's Innovation score is 66 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Iceland is down 4 points versus three years ago — 75 now, from 79 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Iceland's defining asset is GDP per capita, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP Growth −0.97% — the category's weakest input (10/100).
Iceland's Strategic Position score is 63 out of 100 (moderate), 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, Iceland scores 74 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 65/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.