The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Economy (33/100) — sharpest risk, active armed conflict.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 33/100 | Fiscal Balance |
| Governance | 17/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 26/100 | — |
| Innovation | 6/100 | — |
| Stability | 26/100 | Stability Trend |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +2 | now 29, versus 27 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 39/100 | Pandemic 35 · Banking Crisis 54 · War / Conflict 28 · Natural Disaster — |
| Strategic Position | 23/100 | Demographics 64 · Resources 10 · Stability 26 · Education 14 · Technology 6 · Geopolitics 20 |
South Sudan scores 22 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 2 points versus three years ago (now 29). Its strongest area is Economy (33/100). The risk drawing attention: Active armed conflict.
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.
South Sudan scores 22 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Economy (33/100) and its weakest is Innovation (6/100).
South Sudan's Stability score is 26 out of 100 (weak), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
South Sudan's Economy score is 33 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
South Sudan's Quality of Life score is 26 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
South Sudan's Governance score is 17 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
South Sudan's Innovation score is 6 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, South Sudan is up 2 points versus three years ago — 29 now, from 27 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
South Sudan's defining asset is fiscal balance, while its sharpest risk is active armed conflict — active organized-violence party this year (UCDP current-year toll).
South Sudan's Strategic Position score is 23 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, South Sudan scores 22 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 39/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.