HUMAN CAPABILITIES INDEX
Liberty × Human Development: Sudan
59.2
HCI Score
3
Liberty Score
+56.2
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 Sudan
HCI TRAJECTORY (1800–2023)
0 20 40 60 80 100 1800 1850 1900 1950 2000 2023 28.1 59.2 Year HCI Score
KEY INDICATORS — PERCENTILE RANK AMONG 91 COUNTRIES
75th + 50–74th 25–49th Below 25th INDICATOR VALUE RANK 50th Voter Turnout 46 % 20th Life Expectancy 66 yrs 11th GDP/Capita (PPP) $2,800 $ 10th Life Satisfaction 4.0 /10 10th Infant Mortality ↓ 38 /1k 8th Electricity Access 56 % 8th Adult Literacy 61 % 7th Mean Schooling 3.8 yrs 6th Safe Water Access 56 % 4th Gender Dev. Index 0.760 2nd ↓ = lower is better (inverted percentile). Sorted by rank, highest first. Rank among 91 countries.
LIBERTY–CAPABILITY INSIGHT
With Liberty at 3 and HCI at 59.2, Sudan 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