The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (71/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 47/100 | Financial Account Ownership |
| Governance | 41/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 71/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 33/100 | — |
| Stability | 59/100 | Political Continuity & Legitimacy |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +12 | now 62, versus 50 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 51/100 | Pandemic 63 · Banking Crisis 40 · War / Conflict 48 · Natural Disaster 53 |
| Strategic Position | 44/100 | Demographics 71 · Resources 24 · Stability 59 · Education 48 · Technology 33 · Geopolitics 30 |
Sri Lanka scores 50 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 12 points versus three years ago (now 62). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (71/100). The risk drawing attention: Economy weakness.
All 192 tracked indicators — 107 sourced, 85 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.
Sri Lanka scores 50 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (71/100) and its weakest is Innovation (33/100).
Sri Lanka's Stability score is 59 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Sri Lanka's Economy score is 47 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Sri Lanka's Quality of Life score is 71 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Sri Lanka's Governance score is 41 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Sri Lanka's Innovation score is 33 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, Sri Lanka is up 12 points versus three years ago — 62 now, from 50 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Sri Lanka's defining asset is political continuity & legitimacy, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — inflation (5yr Avg) 15.8% — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Sri Lanka's Strategic Position score is 44 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, Sri Lanka scores 45 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 51/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.