HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Mexico
83.6
HCI Score
48
Liberty Score
+35.6
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 Mexico
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 16.7 52.0 83.6 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 Life Satisfaction 6.3 /10 68th GDP/Capita (PPP) $17,500 $ 52nd Safe Water Access 97 % 51st Voter Turnout 60 % 45th Gender Dev. Index 0.970 43rd Life Expectancy 75 yrs 41st Infant Mortality ↓ 11 /1k 41st Mean Schooling 9 yrs 40th Adult Literacy 95 % 38th ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With an HCI of 83.6 and Liberty at 48, Mexico sits in the “capable autocracy” zone, where the state invests in human capital without fully extending political rights. The 35.6-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