The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (96/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 69/100 | Labour Productivity |
| Governance | 78/100 | Business Entry |
| Quality of Life | 96/100 | Tertiary Enrolment (Gross) |
| Innovation | 81/100 | New Business Rate |
| Stability | 76/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −3 | now 73, versus 76 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 67/100 | Pandemic 76 · Banking Crisis 57 · War / Conflict 73 · Natural Disaster 63 |
| Strategic Position | 68/100 | Demographics 68 · Resources 25 · Stability 76 · Education 93 · Technology 81 · Geopolitics 65 |
The United Kingdom scores 80 (strong) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 3 points versus three years ago (now 73). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (96/100). 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.
The United Kingdom scores 80 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (strong) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (96/100) and its weakest is Economy (69/100).
The United Kingdom's Stability score is 76 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
The United Kingdom's Economy score is 69 out of 100 (moderate), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
The United Kingdom's Quality of Life score is 96 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
The United Kingdom's Governance score is 78 out of 100 (strong), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
The United Kingdom's Innovation score is 81 out of 100 (strong), 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 Kingdom is down 3 points versus three years ago — 73 now, from 76 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
The United Kingdom's defining asset is new business rate, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — GDP Growth 1.13% — the category's weakest input (31/100).
The United Kingdom's Strategic Position score is 68 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 Kingdom scores 75 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 67/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.