The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Economy (39/100) — sharpest risk, active armed conflict.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 39/100 | GDP Growth |
| Governance | 34/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 10/100 | — |
| Innovation | 8/100 | — |
| Stability | 28/100 | — |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −3 | now 30, versus 33 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 38/100 | Pandemic 33 · Banking Crisis 40 · War / Conflict 24 · Natural Disaster 54 |
| Strategic Position | 22/100 | Demographics 46 · Resources 14 · Stability 28 · Education 1 · Technology 8 · Geopolitics 36 |
Niger scores 24 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 3 points versus three years ago (now 30). Its strongest area is Economy (39/100). The risk drawing attention: Active armed conflict.
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.
Niger scores 24 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Economy (39/100) and its weakest is Innovation (8/100).
Niger's Stability score is 28 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Niger's Economy score is 39 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Niger's Quality of Life score is 10 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Niger's Governance score is 34 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Niger's Innovation score is 8 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, Niger is down 3 points versus three years ago — 30 now, from 33 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Niger's defining asset is GDP growth, while its sharpest risk is active armed conflict — active organized-violence party this year (UCDP current-year toll).
Niger's Strategic Position score is 22 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, Niger scores 25 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 38/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.