The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (55/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 28/100 | GDP Growth |
| Governance | 32/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 41/100 | — |
| Innovation | 14/100 | — |
| Stability | 55/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | — | now 36, versus 36 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 33/100 | Pandemic 30 · Banking Crisis 27 · War / Conflict 32 · Natural Disaster 41 |
| Strategic Position | 31/100 | Demographics 64 · Resources 17 · Stability 55 · Education 2 · Technology 14 · Geopolitics 36 |
Sierra Leone scores 34 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: flat versus three years ago (now 36). Its strongest area is Stability (55/100). 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.
Sierra Leone scores 34 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Stability (55/100) and its weakest is Innovation (14/100).
Sierra Leone's Stability score is 55 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Sierra Leone's Economy score is 28 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Sierra Leone's Quality of Life score is 41 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Sierra Leone's Governance score is 32 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Sierra Leone's Innovation score is 14 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, Sierra Leone is unchanged versus three years ago — 36 then and now — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Sierra Leone's defining asset is fresh water, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP per Capita $807 — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Sierra Leone's Strategic Position score is 31 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, Sierra Leone scores 30 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 33/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.