The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (84/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 61/100 | Financial Account Ownership |
| Governance | 55/100 | Business Entry |
| Quality of Life | 84/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 55/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 59/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +1 | now 57, versus 56 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 61/100 | Pandemic 69 · Banking Crisis 57 · War / Conflict 45 · Natural Disaster 72 |
| Strategic Position | 55/100 | Demographics 70 · Resources 30 · Stability 59 · Education 66 · Technology 55 · Geopolitics 47 |
Kazakhstan scores 63 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 1 point versus three years ago (now 57). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (84/100). 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.
Kazakhstan scores 63 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (84/100) and its weakest is Innovation (55/100).
Kazakhstan's Stability score is 59 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Kazakhstan's Economy score is 61 out of 100 (moderate), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Kazakhstan's Quality of Life score is 84 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Kazakhstan's Governance score is 55 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Kazakhstan's Innovation score is 55 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, Kazakhstan is up 1 point versus three years ago — 57 now, from 56 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Kazakhstan's defining asset is financial account ownership, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — public Spending 10.79% of GDP — the category's weakest input (3/100).
Kazakhstan's Strategic Position score is 55 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, Kazakhstan scores 58 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 61/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.