The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Governance (69/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 42/100 | GDP Growth |
| Governance | 69/100 | Ease of Resolving Disputes |
| Quality of Life | 56/100 | Basic Sanitation Access |
| Innovation | 28/100 | — |
| Stability | 61/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +3 | now 50, versus 47 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 47/100 | Pandemic 54 · Banking Crisis 45 · War / Conflict 37 · Natural Disaster 53 |
| Strategic Position | 40/100 | Demographics 65 · Resources 18 · Stability 61 · Education 27 · Technology 28 · Geopolitics 43 |
Rwanda scores 51 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 3 points versus three years ago (now 50). Its strongest area is Governance (69/100). 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.
Rwanda scores 51 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Governance (69/100) and its weakest is Innovation (28/100).
Rwanda's Stability score is 61 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Rwanda's Economy score is 42 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Rwanda's Quality of Life score is 56 out of 100 (moderate), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Rwanda's Governance score is 69 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Rwanda's Innovation score is 28 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, Rwanda is up 3 points versus three years ago — 50 now, from 47 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Rwanda's defining asset is GDP growth, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — mean Wage $97/mo — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Rwanda's Strategic Position score is 40 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, Rwanda scores 42 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.