The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (73/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 61/100 | Financial Account Ownership |
| Governance | 44/100 | Business Entry |
| Quality of Life | 64/100 | Electricity Access |
| Innovation | 38/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 73/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +1 | now 61, versus 60 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 47/100 | Pandemic 63 · Banking Crisis 53 · War / Conflict 37 · Natural Disaster 34 |
| Strategic Position | 45/100 | Demographics 65 · Resources 8 · Stability 73 · Education 45 · Technology 38 · Geopolitics 43 |
Trinidad and Tobago scores 56 (moderate) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 1 point versus three years ago (now 61). Its strongest area is Stability (73/100). The risk drawing attention: Innovation 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.
Trinidad and Tobago scores 56 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (moderate) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Stability (73/100) and its weakest is Innovation (38/100).
Trinidad and Tobago's Stability score is 73 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Trinidad and Tobago's Economy score is 61 out of 100 (moderate), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Trinidad and Tobago's Quality of Life score is 64 out of 100 (moderate), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Trinidad and Tobago's Governance score is 44 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Trinidad and Tobago's Innovation score is 38 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, Trinidad and Tobago is up 1 point versus three years ago — 61 now, from 60 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Trinidad and Tobago's defining asset is petroleum and petroleum products, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 1.46 per million — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Trinidad and Tobago'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, Trinidad and Tobago scores 56 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 47/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.