HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Somalia
49.3
HCI Score
8
Liberty Score
+41.3
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 Mali Singapore Norway Somalia
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 18.4 49.3 Year HCI Score
KEY INDICATORS — PERCENTILE RANK AMONG 91 COUNTRIES
75th + 50–74th 25–49th Below 25th INDICATOR VALUE RANK 50th Life Expectancy 57 yrs 1st Infant Mortality ↓ 68 /1k 1st Electricity Access 38 % 1st Adult Literacy 15 % 0th Mean Schooling 0.5 yrs 0th GDP/Capita (PPP) $700 $ 0th Safe Water Access 39 % 0th ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With Liberty at 8 and HCI at 49.3, Somalia 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