HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Serbia
85.3
HCI Score
48
Liberty Score
+37.3
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 Serbia
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 76.9 85.3 Year HCI Score
KEY INDICATORS — PERCENTILE RANK AMONG 91 COUNTRIES
75th + 50–74th 25–49th Below 25th INDICATOR VALUE RANK 50th Electricity Access 100 % 100th Adult Literacy 99 % 88th Infant Mortality ↓ 4 /1k 70th Safe Water Access 99 % 60th Gender Dev. Index 0.980 60th Mean Schooling 11.3 yrs 59th GDP/Capita (PPP) $18,400 $ 54th Life Expectancy 76 yrs 50th Life Satisfaction 5.6 /10 45th Voter Turnout 59 % 39th ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With an HCI of 85.3 and Liberty at 48, Serbia sits in the “capable autocracy” zone, where the state invests in human capital without fully extending political rights. The 37.3-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