The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (84/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 55/100 | Financial Account Ownership |
| Governance | 49/100 | Business Entry |
| Quality of Life | 84/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 49/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 65/100 | 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 71 · Banking Crisis 52 · War / Conflict 45 · Natural Disaster 60 |
| Strategic Position | 50/100 | Demographics 52 · Resources 24 · Stability 65 · Education 67 · Technology 49 · Geopolitics 40 |
North Macedonia scores 60 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 5 points versus three years ago (now 53). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (84/100). 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.
North Macedonia scores 60 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (84/100) and its weakest is Innovation (49/100).
North Macedonia's Stability score is 65 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
North Macedonia's Economy score is 55 out of 100 (moderate), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
North Macedonia's Quality of Life score is 84 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
North Macedonia's Governance score is 49 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
North Macedonia's Innovation score is 49 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, North Macedonia is up 5 points versus three years ago — 53 now, from 48 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
North Macedonia's defining asset is food processing, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 23.02 per million — the category's weakest input (4/100).
North Macedonia's Strategic Position score is 50 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, North Macedonia scores 55 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.