The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Economy (82/100) — sharpest risk, innovation weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 82/100 | Labour Productivity |
| Governance | 69/100 | State Efficiency |
| Quality of Life | 81/100 | Tertiary Enrolment (Gross) |
| Innovation | 57/100 | Internet Penetration |
| Stability | 72/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −2 | now 70, versus 72 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 64/100 | Pandemic 84 · Banking Crisis 74 · War / Conflict 52 · Natural Disaster 47 |
| Strategic Position | 60/100 | Demographics 85 · Resources 12 · Stability 72 · Education 85 · Technology 57 · Geopolitics 48 |
The United Arab Emirates scores 72 (strong) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 2 points versus three years ago (now 70). Its strongest area is Economy (82/100). 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.
The United Arab Emirates scores 72 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (strong) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Economy (82/100) and its weakest is Innovation (57/100).
The United Arab Emirates' Stability score is 72 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
The United Arab Emirates' Economy score is 82 out of 100 (strong), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
The United Arab Emirates' Quality of Life score is 81 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
The United Arab Emirates' Governance score is 69 out of 100 (moderate), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
The United Arab Emirates' Innovation score is 57 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, the United Arab Emirates is down 2 points versus three years ago — 70 now, from 72 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
The United Arab Emirates' defining asset is labour productivity, while its sharpest risk is innovation weakness — patent Applications 6.28 per million — the category's weakest input (0/100).
The United Arab Emirates' Strategic Position score is 60 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, the United Arab Emirates scores 71 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 64/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.