The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (82/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 41/100 | Public Spending |
| Governance | 57/100 | Judicial Independence |
| Quality of Life | 82/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 40/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | — | Political Violence Control |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +6 | now 56, versus 50 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 56/100 | Pandemic 63 · Banking Crisis 62 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 44 |
| Strategic Position | 46/100 | Demographics 30 · Resources — · Stability — · Education 92 · Technology 40 · Geopolitics 22 |
The Marshall Islands scores 55 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 6 points versus three years ago (now 56). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (82/100). 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 Marshall Islands scores 55 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (82/100) and its weakest is Innovation (40/100).
The Marshall Islands' Economy score is 41 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
The Marshall Islands' Quality of Life score is 82 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
The Marshall Islands' Governance score is 57 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
The Marshall Islands' Innovation score is 40 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 Marshall Islands is up 6 points versus three years ago — 56 now, from 50 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
The Marshall Islands' defining asset is public spending, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP per Capita $7,726 — the category's weakest input (9/100).
The Marshall Islands' Strategic Position score is 46 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 Marshall Islands scores 41 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 56/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.