The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Innovation (94/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 72/100 | GDP per Capita |
| Governance | 76/100 | Dispute Resolution Score |
| Quality of Life | 93/100 | Tertiary Enrolment (Gross) |
| Innovation | 94/100 | Patent Applications |
| Stability | 74/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −2 | now 68, versus 70 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 67/100 | Pandemic 69 · Banking Crisis 51 · War / Conflict 84 · Natural Disaster 65 |
| Strategic Position | 77/100 | Demographics 69 · Resources 52 · Stability 74 · Education 91 · Technology 94 · Geopolitics 83 |
The United States scores 82 (strong) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 2 points versus three years ago (now 68). Its strongest area is Innovation (94/100). 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 States scores 82 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (strong) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Innovation (94/100) and its weakest is Economy (72/100).
The United States' Stability score is 74 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
The United States' Economy score is 72 out of 100 (strong), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
The United States' 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.
The United States' Governance score is 76 out of 100 (strong), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
The United States' Innovation score is 94 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 States is down 2 points versus three years ago — 68 now, from 70 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
The United States' defining asset is patent applications, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — public Spending 13.94% of GDP — the category's weakest input (13/100).
The United States' Strategic Position score is 77 out of 100 (strong), 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 States scores 80 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.