The record in plain text — overall score, categories, strengths and risks, momentum, resilience, strategic position, and diagnostics.
Strongest on Stability (61/100) — sharpest risk, economy weakness.
| Category | Score | Key driver |
|---|---|---|
| Economy | 32/100 | Financial Account Ownership |
| Governance | 36/100 | — |
| Quality of Life | 41/100 | — |
| Innovation | 20/100 | — |
| Stability | 61/100 | Violence & Safety |
Derived — composites of sourced indicators. Full audit trail in Data Provenance below.
| Signal | Value | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| National Momentum | +4 | now 39, versus 35 three years ago, across 5 categories |
| Resilience | 44/100 | Pandemic 43 · Banking Crisis 32 · War / Conflict 42 · Natural Disaster 57 |
| Strategic Position | 36/100 | Demographics 60 · Resources 18 · Stability 61 · Education 22 · Technology 20 · Geopolitics 34 |
Zambia scores 38 (weak) overall on NationsHelm's index. Momentum: up 4 points versus three years ago (now 39). Its strongest area is Stability (61/100). 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.
Zambia scores 38 out of 100 overall on NationsHelm's index (weak) — the unweighted mean of its sourced category scores. Its strongest area is Stability (61/100) and its weakest is Innovation (20/100).
Zambia's Stability score is 61 out of 100 (moderate), blended from World Bank governance indicators, V-Dem and UCDP conflict data.
Zambia's Economy score is 32 out of 100 (weak), derived from World Bank, IMF and ILO indicators.
Zambia's Quality of Life score is 41 out of 100 (weak), covering safety, healthcare, education, basic living conditions, environment and living conditions context from sourced indicators.
Zambia's Governance score is 36 out of 100 (weak), from World Bank governance indicators and V-Dem democracy data.
Zambia's Innovation score is 20 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, Zambia is up 4 points versus three years ago — 39 now, from 35 — across the 5 categories with time-series coverage.
Zambia's defining asset is copper mining and processing, while its sharpest risk is economy weakness — inflation (Annual) 14.99% — the category's weakest input (0/100).
Zambia's Strategic Position score is 36 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, Zambia scores 35 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.