The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (86/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 47/100 | Labor Participation |
| Governance | 49/100 | Business Entry |
| Quality of Life | 86/100 | Tertiary Enrolment (Gross) |
| Innovation | 48/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 62/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +5 | now 53, versus 48 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 57/100 | Pandemic 66 · Banking Crisis 55 · War / Conflict 32 · Natural Disaster 73 |
| Strategic Position | 51/100 | Demographics 50 · Resources 16 · Stability 62 · Education 84 · Technology 48 · Geopolitics 47 |
Moldova scores 58 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 5 points versus three years ago (now 53). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (86/100). The risk drawing attention: Innovation 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.
Moldova scores 58 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (86/100) and its weakest is Economy (47/100).
Moldova's Stability score is 62 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Moldova's Economy score is 47 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Moldova's Quality of Life score is 86 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Moldova's Governance score is 49 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Moldova's Innovation score is 48 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, Moldova is up 5 points versus three years ago — 53 now, from 48 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Moldova's defining asset is labor participation, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 26.64 per million — the category's weakest input (4/100).
Moldova's Strategic Position score is 51 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, Moldova scores 51 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 57/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.