HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Mali
53.6
HCI Score
8
Liberty Score
+45.6
Gap (HCI leads Liberty)
Neither
Quadrant Classification
LIBERTY × HCI: ALL 91 COUNTRIES
CAPABLE AUTOCRACY FREE & CAPABLE NEITHER FREE BUT STRUGGLING LIBERTY SCORE → HCI SCORE → 0 20 40 60 80 100 0 20 40 60 80 100 r = 0.619 Saudi Arabia Singapore Somalia Norway Mali
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 15.8 53.6 Year HCI Score
KEY INDICATORS — PERCENTILE RANK AMONG 91 COUNTRIES
75th + 50–74th 25–49th Below 25th INDICATOR VALUE RANK 50th Life Satisfaction 4.2 /10 13th Voter Turnout 36 % 11th Safe Water Access 61 % 6th Electricity Access 53 % 6th GDP/Capita (PPP) $1,900 $ 4th Gender Dev. Index 0.790 4th Infant Mortality ↓ 55 /1k 3rd Life Expectancy 60 yrs 2nd Adult Literacy 31 % 1st Mean Schooling 2.5 yrs 1st ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With Liberty at 8 and HCI at 53.6, Mali faces a dual deficit — limited political freedom combined with low human development. Historical data shows exit from this quadrant typically requires either sustained external investment or a political opening that attracts capital.
Data: Human Capabilities Index (HCI) — 15 indicators, 91 countries, 1800–2023. Pearson r (Liberty × HCI) = 0.619. Download full dataset (XLSX) · JSON API