The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (87/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 48/100 | Fiscal Balance |
| Governance | 65/100 | Judicial Independence |
| Quality of Life | 87/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 18/100 | — |
| Stability | — | Political Violence Control |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +6 | now 66, versus 60 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 62/100 | Pandemic 67 · Banking Crisis 57 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster — |
| Strategic Position | 41/100 | Demographics 46 · Resources 16 · Stability — · Education 96 · Technology 18 · Geopolitics 30 |
Samoa scores 55 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 6 points versus three years ago (now 66). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (87/100). 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.
Samoa scores 55 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (87/100) and its weakest is Innovation (18/100).
Samoa's Economy score is 48 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Samoa's Quality of Life score is 87 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Samoa's Governance score is 65 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Samoa's Innovation score is 18 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, Samoa is up 6 points versus three years ago — 66 now, from 60 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Samoa's defining asset is fiscal balance, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP per Capita $5,393 — the category's weakest input (6/100).
Samoa's Strategic Position score is 41 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, Samoa scores 34 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 62/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.