The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (93/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 50/100 | Fiscal Balance |
| Governance | 54/100 | Judicial Independence |
| Quality of Life | 93/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 43/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | — | Political Violence Control |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +4 | now 61, versus 57 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 59/100 | Pandemic 72 · Banking Crisis 63 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 43 |
| Strategic Position | 45/100 | Demographics 43 · Resources 11 · Stability — · Education 99 · Technology 43 · Geopolitics 30 |
Tonga scores 60 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 4 points versus three years ago (now 61). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (93/100). 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.
Tonga scores 60 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (93/100) and its weakest is Innovation (43/100).
Tonga's Economy score is 50 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Tonga's Quality of Life score is 93 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Tonga's Governance score is 54 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Tonga's Innovation score is 43 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, Tonga is up 4 points versus three years ago — 61 now, from 57 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Tonga's defining asset is fiscal balance, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP per Capita $5,652 — the category's weakest input (6/100).
Tonga's Strategic Position score is 45 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, Tonga scores 47 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 59/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.