HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Colombia
83.3
HCI Score
53
Liberty Score
+30.3
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 Colombia
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 30.1 49.6 83.3 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 Gender Dev. Index 1.000 94th Life Expectancy 77 yrs 58th Life Satisfaction 6.0 /10 56th Safe Water Access 97 % 51st GDP/Capita (PPP) $13,100 $ 44th Adult Literacy 96 % 42nd Infant Mortality ↓ 11 /1k 41st Mean Schooling 8.5 yrs 36th Voter Turnout 57 % 34th ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With an HCI of 83.3 and Liberty at 53, Colombia sits in the “capable autocracy” zone, where the state invests in human capital without fully extending political rights. The 30.3-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