HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Philippines
81.2
HCI Score
42
Liberty Score
+39.2
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 Philippines
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 55.5 81.2 Year HCI Score
KEY INDICATORS — PERCENTILE RANK AMONG 91 COUNTRIES
75th + 50–74th 25–49th Below 25th INDICATOR VALUE RANK 50th Gender Dev. Index 1.000 94th Voter Turnout 76 % 75th Adult Literacy 98 % 57th Life Satisfaction 5.6 /10 45th Mean Schooling 9.5 yrs 43rd Safe Water Access 94 % 34th Life Expectancy 72 yrs 30th GDP/Capita (PPP) $7,800 $ 29th Infant Mortality ↓ 21 /1k 23rd Electricity Access 96 % 23rd ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With an HCI of 81.2 and Liberty at 42, Philippines sits in the “capable autocracy” zone, where the state invests in human capital without fully extending political rights. The 39.2-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