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 | 54/100 | Labor Participation |
| Governance | 29/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 32/100 | — |
| Innovation | 20/100 | — |
| Stability | 58/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +4 | now 52, versus 48 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 37/100 | Pandemic 38 · Banking Crisis 51 · War / Conflict 23 · Natural Disaster 37 |
| Strategic Position | 32/100 | Demographics 60 · Resources 15 · Stability 58 · Education 19 · Technology 20 · Geopolitics 22 |
Liberia scores 39 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 4 points versus three years ago (now 52). Its strongest area is Stability (58/100). 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.
Liberia holds 1 position on the ranked country lists, drawn from the same data snapshot as this dossier.
Liberia scores 39 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 (20/100).
Liberia's Stability score is 58 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Liberia's Economy score is 54 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Liberia's Quality of Life score is 32 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Liberia's Governance score is 29 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Liberia's Innovation score is 20 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, Liberia is up 4 points versus three years ago — 52 now, from 48 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Liberia's defining asset is labor participation, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP per Capita $851 — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Liberia's Strategic Position score is 32 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, Liberia scores 43 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 37/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.