HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Guatemala
72.8
HCI Score
35
Liberty Score
+37.8
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 Guatemala
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 19.0 36.0 72.8 Year HCI Score
KEY INDICATORS — PERCENTILE RANK AMONG 91 COUNTRIES
75th + 50–74th 25–49th Below 25th INDICATOR VALUE RANK 50th Life Satisfaction 6.1 /10 62nd Life Expectancy 74 yrs 38th Safe Water Access 93 % 30th Gender Dev. Index 0.930 30th GDP/Capita (PPP) $7,400 $ 27th Infant Mortality ↓ 20 /1k 26th Electricity Access 96 % 23rd Adult Literacy 82 % 21st Voter Turnout 42 % 17th Mean Schooling 5.3 yrs 11th ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With an HCI of 72.8 and Liberty at 35, Guatemala sits in the “capable autocracy” zone, where the state invests in human capital without fully extending political rights. The 37.8-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