Hand-sourced from the national statistics office (or the IMF, for Macao), 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 (98/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 82/100 | Labour Productivity |
| Governance | 69/100 | Regulatory Quality |
| Quality of Life | 98/100 | Learning Outcomes (HLO) |
| Innovation | 45/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | — | Political Violence Control |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +5 | now 59, versus 54 three years ago, across 3 categories |
| Resilience | 74/100 | Pandemic 80 · Banking Crisis 67 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster — |
| Strategic Position | 47/100 | Demographics 59 · Resources 15 · Stability — · Education 98 · Technology 45 · Geopolitics 20 |
Macao scores 74 (strong) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 5 points versus three years ago (now 59). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (98/100). The risk drawing attention: Innovation 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.
Macao holds 5 positions on the ranked country lists, drawn from the same data snapshot as this dossier.
Macao scores 74 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (strong) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (98/100) and its weakest is Innovation (45/100).
Macao's Economy score is 82 out of 100 (strong), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Macao's Quality of Life score is 98 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Macao's Governance score is 69 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Macao's Innovation score is 45 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, Macao is up 5 points versus three years ago — 59 now, from 54 — across the 3 categories with time-series coverage.
Macao's defining asset is learning outcomes (HLO), while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 2.91 per million — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Macao's Strategic Position score is 47 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, Macao scores 65 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 74/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.