The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Economy (74/100) — sharpest risk, quality of Life weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 74/100 | Labour Productivity |
| Governance | 67/100 | State Efficiency |
| Quality of Life | 73/100 | Basic Sanitation Access |
| Innovation | 54/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 64/100 | Political Violence Control |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −1 | now 70, versus 71 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 53/100 | Pandemic 74 · Banking Crisis 56 · War / Conflict 47 · Natural Disaster 34 |
| Strategic Position | 53/100 | Demographics 87 · Resources 8 · Stability 64 · Education 70 · Technology 54 · Geopolitics 37 |
Qatar scores 66 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 1 point versus three years ago (now 70). Its strongest area is Economy (74/100). The risk drawing attention: Quality of Life 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.
Qatar scores 66 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Economy (74/100) and its weakest is Innovation (54/100).
Qatar's Stability score is 64 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Qatar's Economy score is 74 out of 100 (strong), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Qatar's Quality of Life score is 73 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Qatar's Governance score is 67 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Qatar's Innovation score is 54 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, Qatar is down 1 point versus three years ago — 70 now, from 71 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Qatar's defining asset is labour productivity, while its sharpest risk is quality of life weakness — air Pollution (PM2.5) 107.76 µg/m³ — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Qatar's Strategic Position score is 53 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, Qatar scores 65 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.