The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (81/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 64/100 | Fiscal Balance |
| Governance | 60/100 | Corruption Control |
| Quality of Life | 79/100 | Basic Sanitation Access |
| Innovation | 42/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 81/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +6 | now 68, versus 62 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 67/100 | Pandemic 71 · Banking Crisis 63 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster — |
| Strategic Position | 50/100 | Demographics 80 · Resources 12 · Stability 81 · Education 36 · Technology 42 · Geopolitics 49 |
The Seychelles scores 65 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 6 points versus three years ago (now 68). Its strongest area is Stability (81/100). 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.
The Seychelles scores 65 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Stability (81/100) and its weakest is Innovation (42/100).
The Seychelles' Stability score is 81 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
The Seychelles' Economy score is 64 out of 100 (moderate), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
The Seychelles' 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.
The Seychelles' Governance score is 60 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
The Seychelles' Innovation score is 42 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, the Seychelles is up 6 points versus three years ago — 68 now, from 62 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
The Seychelles' defining asset is corruption control, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 24.72 per million — the category's weakest input (4/100).
The Seychelles' Strategic Position score is 50 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, the Seychelles scores 61 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 67/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.