The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Economy (43/100) — sharpest risk, active armed conflict.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 43/100 | Labor Participation |
| Governance | 30/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 27/100 | — |
| Innovation | 30/100 | — |
| Stability | 33/100 | — |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +4 | now 36, versus 32 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 47/100 | Pandemic 33 · Banking Crisis 52 · War / Conflict 39 · Natural Disaster 64 |
| Strategic Position | 32/100 | Demographics 58 · Resources 15 · Stability 33 · Education 15 · Technology 30 · Geopolitics 39 |
Nigeria scores 33 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 4 points versus three years ago (now 36). Its strongest area is Economy (43/100). 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.
Nigeria scores 33 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Economy (43/100) and its weakest is Quality of Life (27/100).
Nigeria's Stability score is 33 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Nigeria's Economy score is 43 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Nigeria's Quality of Life score is 27 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Nigeria's Governance score is 30 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Nigeria's Innovation score is 30 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, Nigeria is up 4 points versus three years ago — 36 now, from 32 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Nigeria's defining asset is labor participation, while its sharpest risk is active armed conflict — active organized-violence party this year (UCDP current-year toll).
Nigeria's Strategic Position score is 32 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, Nigeria scores 36 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 47/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.