The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (79/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 53/100 | Labor Participation |
| Governance | 36/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 79/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 40/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 61/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +1 | now 51, versus 50 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 53/100 | Pandemic 61 · Banking Crisis 48 · War / Conflict 38 · Natural Disaster 65 |
| Strategic Position | 47/100 | Demographics 74 · Resources 13 · Stability 61 · Education 59 · Technology 40 · Geopolitics 37 |
Paraguay scores 54 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 1 point versus three years ago (now 51). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (79/100). 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.
Paraguay scores 54 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (79/100) and its weakest is Governance (36/100).
Paraguay's Stability score is 61 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Paraguay's Economy score is 53 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Paraguay's Quality of Life score is 79 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Paraguay's Governance score is 36 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Paraguay's Innovation score is 40 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, Paraguay is up 1 point versus three years ago — 51 now, from 50 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Paraguay's defining asset is labor participation, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 1.44 per million — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Paraguay's Strategic Position score is 47 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, Paraguay scores 50 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 53/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.