The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (97/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 81/100 | GDP per Capita |
| Governance | 87/100 | Transparency |
| Quality of Life | 97/100 | Tertiary Enrolment (Gross) |
| Innovation | 64/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 85/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −3 | now 74, versus 77 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 66/100 | Pandemic 84 · Banking Crisis 70 · War / Conflict 51 · Natural Disaster 57 |
| Strategic Position | 63/100 | Demographics 60 · Resources 22 · Stability 85 · Education 92 · Technology 64 · Geopolitics 57 |
Switzerland scores 83 (strong) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 3 points versus three years ago (now 74). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (97/100). 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.
Switzerland scores 83 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (strong) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (97/100) and its weakest is Innovation (64/100).
Switzerland's Stability score is 85 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Switzerland's Economy score is 81 out of 100 (strong), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Switzerland's Quality of Life score is 97 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Switzerland's Governance score is 87 out of 100 (strong), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Switzerland's Innovation score is 64 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank connectivity and business indicators, WIPO patent data and the Oxford Insights Government AI Readiness Index.
On NationsHelm's momentum read, Switzerland is down 3 points versus three years ago — 74 now, from 77 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Switzerland's defining asset is GDP per capita, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — public Spending 11.26% of GDP — the category's weakest input (4/100).
Switzerland's Strategic Position score is 63 out of 100 (moderate), 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, Switzerland scores 76 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 66/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.