The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (96/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 74/100 | Financial Account Ownership |
| Governance | 87/100 | Ease of Resolving Disputes |
| Quality of Life | 96/100 | Tertiary Enrolment (Gross) |
| Innovation | 69/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 86/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −4 | now 76, versus 80 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 65/100 | Pandemic 82 · Banking Crisis 68 · War / Conflict 46 · Natural Disaster 62 |
| Strategic Position | 64/100 | Demographics 67 · Resources 22 · Stability 86 · Education 93 · Technology 69 · Geopolitics 48 |
New Zealand scores 82 (strong) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 4 points versus three years ago (now 76). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (96/100). 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.
New Zealand scores 82 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (strong) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (96/100) and its weakest is Innovation (69/100).
New Zealand's Stability score is 86 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
New Zealand's Economy score is 74 out of 100 (strong), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
New Zealand's Quality of Life score is 96 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
New Zealand's Governance score is 87 out of 100 (strong), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
New Zealand's Innovation score is 69 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, New Zealand is down 4 points versus three years ago — 76 now, from 80 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
New Zealand's defining asset is ease of resolving disputes, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 62.38 per million — the category's weakest input (12/100).
New Zealand's Strategic Position score is 64 out of 100 (moderate), 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, New Zealand scores 75 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 65/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.