The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (87/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 54/100 | Financial Account Ownership |
| Governance | 54/100 | Business Entry |
| Quality of Life | 87/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 58/100 | New Business Rate |
| Stability | 70/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +2 | now 56, versus 54 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 51/100 | Pandemic 70 · Banking Crisis 49 · War / Conflict 50 · Natural Disaster 33 |
| Strategic Position | 52/100 | Demographics 48 · Resources 16 · Stability 70 · Education 80 · Technology 58 · Geopolitics 38 |
Montenegro scores 65 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 2 points versus three years ago (now 56). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (87/100). 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.
Montenegro scores 65 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (87/100) and its weakest is Governance (54/100).
Montenegro's Stability score is 70 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Montenegro's Economy score is 54 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Montenegro's Quality of Life score is 87 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Montenegro's Governance score is 54 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Montenegro's Innovation score is 58 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Montenegro is up 2 points versus three years ago — 56 now, from 54 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Montenegro's defining asset is new business rate, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 8.02 per million — the category's weakest input (1/100).
Montenegro's Strategic Position score is 52 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, Montenegro scores 59 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 51/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.