The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (92/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 52/100 | Public Spending |
| Governance | 64/100 | Judicial Independence |
| Quality of Life | 92/100 | Literacy Rate |
| Innovation | 53/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | — | Political Violence Control |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +2 | now 66, versus 64 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 66/100 | Pandemic 67 · Banking Crisis 64 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster — |
| Strategic Position | 59/100 | Demographics 61 · Resources — · Stability — · Education 100 · Technology 53 · Geopolitics 22 |
Palau scores 65 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 2 points versus three years ago (now 66). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (92/100). The risk drawing attention: Economy 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.
Palau 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 (92/100) and its weakest is Economy (52/100).
Palau's Economy score is 52 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Palau's Quality of Life score is 92 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Palau's Governance score is 64 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Palau's Innovation score is 53 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, Palau is up 2 points versus three years ago — 66 now, from 64 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Palau's defining asset is public spending, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — mean Wage $831/mo — the category's weakest input (16/100).
Palau's Strategic Position score is 59 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, Palau scores 52 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 66/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.