HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Kenya
67.9
HCI Score
40
Liberty Score
+27.9
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 Kenya
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 33.0 67.9 Year HCI Score
KEY INDICATORS — PERCENTILE RANK AMONG 91 COUNTRIES
75th + 50–74th 25–49th Below 25th INDICATOR VALUE RANK 50th Voter Turnout 65 % 53rd Gender Dev. Index 0.930 30th Adult Literacy 83 % 23rd Life Satisfaction 4.5 /10 20th Mean Schooling 6.8 yrs 19th Electricity Access 76 % 14th Life Expectancy 67 yrs 13th GDP/Capita (PPP) $4,200 $ 13th Infant Mortality ↓ 28 /1k 13th Safe Water Access 63 % 8th ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With Liberty at 40 and HCI at 67.9, Kenya 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