HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Malaysia
84.5
HCI Score
45
Liberty Score
+39.5
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 Malaysia
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 54.5 84.5 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 Voter Turnout 74 % 70th GDP/Capita (PPP) $27,200 $ 66th Mean Schooling 10.8 yrs 58th Infant Mortality ↓ 7 /1k 53rd Safe Water Access 97 % 51st Life Expectancy 76 yrs 50th Gender Dev. Index 0.970 43rd Adult Literacy 96 % 42nd Life Satisfaction 5.5 /10 42nd ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With an HCI of 84.5 and Liberty at 45, Malaysia sits in the “capable autocracy” zone, where the state invests in human capital without fully extending political rights. The 39.5-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