The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Quality of Life (74/100) — sharpest risk, quality of Life weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 28/100 | — |
| Governance | 51/100 | Judicial Independence |
| Quality of Life | 74/100 | Literacy Rate |
| Innovation | 21/100 | — |
| Stability | 72/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | −1 | now 57, versus 58 three years ago, across 4 categories |
| Resilience | 44/100 | Pandemic 59 · Banking Crisis 42 · War / Conflict — · Natural Disaster 30 |
| Strategic Position | 47/100 | Demographics 60 · Resources 15 · Stability 72 · Education 76 · Technology 21 · Geopolitics 36 |
Vanuatu scores 49 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: down 1 point versus three years ago (now 57). Its strongest area is Quality of Life (74/100). The risk drawing attention: Quality of Life 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.
Vanuatu scores 49 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Quality of Life (74/100) and its weakest is Innovation (21/100).
Vanuatu's Stability score is 72 out of 100 (strong), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Vanuatu's Economy score is 28 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Vanuatu's Quality of Life score is 74 out of 100 (strong), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Vanuatu's Governance score is 51 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Vanuatu's Innovation score is 21 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, Vanuatu is down 1 point versus three years ago — 57 now, from 58 — across the 4 categories with time-series coverage.
Vanuatu's defining asset is food and fish freezing, while its sharpest risk is quality of life weakness — clean Cooking Access 20.6% — the category's weakest input (1/100).
Vanuatu's Strategic Position score is 47 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, Vanuatu scores 37 out of 100 for Invest In — one of its three vectors, alongside Start a Business and Emigrate To, with a Resilience score of 44/100. Every input is sourced, so treat it as a starting map, not advice.