HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Senegal
65.9
HCI Score
60
Liberty Score
+5.9
Gap (HCI leads Liberty)
Free but Struggling
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 Senegal
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 25.6 65.9 Year HCI Score
KEY INDICATORS — PERCENTILE RANK AMONG 91 COUNTRIES
75th + 50–74th 25–49th Below 25th INDICATOR VALUE RANK 50th Voter Turnout 61 % 46th Life Satisfaction 4.6 /10 24th Safe Water Access 84 % 19th Life Expectancy 69 yrs 16th Infant Mortality ↓ 27 /1k 14th Gender Dev. Index 0.860 12th Electricity Access 73 % 12th GDP/Capita (PPP) $2,900 $ 11th Adult Literacy 52 % 4th Mean Schooling 3.6 yrs 3rd ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
Senegal's Liberty score of 60 exceeds its HCI of 65.9 — a gap of 5.9 points in the “Free but Struggling” quadrant. Democratic institutions are present but have not yet translated into broad human development, suggesting the need for sustained investment in health, education, and infrastructure.
Data: Human Capabilities Index (HCI) — 15 indicators, 91 countries, 1800–2023. Pearson r (Liberty × HCI) = 0.619. Download full dataset (XLSX) · JSON API