The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (58/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 36/100 | Fiscal Balance |
| Governance | 42/100 | Ease of Resolving Disputes |
| Quality of Life | 56/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 32/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 58/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −3 | now 57, versus 60 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 49/100 | Pandemic 52 · Banking Crisis 41 · War / Conflict 40 · Natural Disaster 62 |
| Strategic Position | 40/100 | Demographics 77 · Resources 17 · Stability 58 · Education 29 · Technology 32 · Geopolitics 27 |
Laos scores 45 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 3 points versus three years ago (now 57). Its strongest area is Stability (58/100). 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.
Laos scores 45 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Stability (58/100) and its weakest is Innovation (32/100).
Laos' Stability score is 58 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Laos' Economy score is 36 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Laos' Quality of Life score is 56 out of 100 (moderate), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Laos' Governance score is 42 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Laos' Innovation score is 32 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, Laos is down 3 points versus three years ago — 57 now, from 60 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Laos' defining asset is fiscal balance, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — inflation (Annual) 23.13% — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Laos' Strategic Position score is 40 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, Laos scores 40 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 49/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.