HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Moldova
82.9
HCI Score
55
Liberty Score
+27.9
Gap (HCI leads Liberty)
Capable Autocracy
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 Mali Singapore Somalia Norway Moldova
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 82.1 82.9 Year HCI Score
KEY INDICATORS — PERCENTILE RANK AMONG 91 COUNTRIES
75th + 50–74th 25–49th Below 25th INDICATOR VALUE RANK 50th Adult Literacy 100 % 100th Electricity Access 100 % 100th Gender Dev. Index 1.010 98th Mean Schooling 11.9 yrs 69th Life Satisfaction 5.8 /10 49th Infant Mortality ↓ 8 /1k 48th GDP/Capita (PPP) $10,900 $ 38th Life Expectancy 72 yrs 30th Voter Turnout 51 % 28th Safe Water Access 91 % 27th ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With an HCI of 82.9 and Liberty at 55, Moldova sits in the “capable autocracy” zone, where the state invests in human capital without fully extending political rights. The 27.9-point gap between capability and liberty suggests developmental momentum that may eventually create pressure for political opening.
Data: Human Capabilities Index (HCI) — 15 indicators, 91 countries, 1800–2023. Pearson r (Liberty × HCI) = 0.619. Download full dataset (XLSX) · JSON API