The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (93/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 60/100 | Financial Account Ownership |
| Governance | 49/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 93/100 | Basic Sanitation Access |
| Innovation | 44/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 64/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −2 | now 59, versus 61 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 47/100 | Pandemic 67 · Banking Crisis 46 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 27 |
| Strategic Position | 53/100 | Demographics 72 · Resources 8 · Stability 64 · Education 87 · Technology 44 · Geopolitics 40 |
The Maldives scores 62 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 2 points versus three years ago (now 59). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (93/100). 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.
The Maldives scores 62 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (93/100) and its weakest is Innovation (44/100).
The Maldives' Stability score is 64 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
The Maldives' Economy score is 60 out of 100 (moderate), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
The Maldives' Quality of Life score is 93 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
The Maldives' Governance score is 49 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
The Maldives' Innovation score is 44 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, the Maldives is down 2 points versus three years ago — 59 now, from 61 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
The Maldives' defining asset is tourism, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP per Capita $13,379 — the category's weakest input (16/100).
The Maldives' Strategic Position score is 53 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, the Maldives scores 55 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 47/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.