HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Zimbabwe
62.3
HCI Score
10
Liberty Score
+52.3
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 Somalia Norway Zimbabwe
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 41.9 62.3 Year HCI Score
KEY INDICATORS — PERCENTILE RANK AMONG 91 COUNTRIES
75th + 50–74th 25–49th Below 25th INDICATOR VALUE RANK 50th Mean Schooling 8.7 yrs 37th Adult Literacy 90 % 30th Gender Dev. Index 0.930 30th Voter Turnout 46 % 20th Infant Mortality ↓ 32 /1k 10th Safe Water Access 65 % 9th GDP/Capita (PPP) $2,200 $ 8th Life Expectancy 62 yrs 6th Electricity Access 50 % 4th Life Satisfaction 3.2 /10 3rd ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With Liberty at 10 and HCI at 62.3, Zimbabwe 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