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World map
Every country, colored by Sworn Score.
Hover for a tooltip with score and rank. Click to open the country profile.
- Countries covered
- 217
- Scored
- 174
- Median score
- 55.3
- Top ranked
- Iceland
Drag to scrub through history. Far right = today.
Global promises
4,000 commitments across 217 countries
43%
achieved or on track
- Achieved
- 1,399 · 35.0%
- On track
- 301 · 7.5%
- Failing
- 1,817 · 45.4%
- Broken
- 14 · 0.4%
- Tracking
- 469 · 11.7%
- Not verifiable
- 0 · 0.0%
4,000 of 4,000 commitments are linked to a Sworn metric and verifiable against official data. See methodology for how each status is computed.
World trend
Median Sworn Score, all scored countries
55.5
-2.4 since 1965
Line shows the median Sworn Score across 192 scored countries each year. Shaded band is the inter-quartile range (25th–75th percentile) — the spread of the “typical half” of the world. Each year uses that year’s frozen methodology bounds, so the trend reflects real change, not a moving yardstick.
Green list & Red list · 2021 → 2026
Who’s moving the most, up and down.
Top 10 countries that improved the most and fell the most over the last 5 years.
Green list
59 countries improvedTop 10 that improved the most
- 1
▲ 14.2AndorraEurope · 69.5 → 83.6 · rank +31 - 2
▲ 4.8South SudanAfrica · 20.1 → 24.9 · rank +3 - 3
▲ 3.5Bahamas, TheNorth America · 56.1 → 59.6 · rank +35 - 4
▲ 3.4MauritaniaAfrica · 36.3 → 39.7 · rank +9 - 5
▲ 3.2Gambia, TheAfrica · 41.3 → 44.6 · rank +9 - 6
▲ 2.9Venezuela, RBSouth America · 45.3 → 48.1 · rank +12 - 7
▲ 2.9GuyanaSouth America · 53.0 → 55.8 · rank +18 - 8
▲ 2.4RwandaAfrica · 47.2 → 49.6 · rank +10 - 9
▲ 2.3Dominican RepublicNorth America · 55.4 → 57.7 · rank +20 - 10
▲ 2.2Cabo VerdeAfrica · 56.9 → 59.1 · rank +19
Red list
133 countries declinedTop 10 that fell the most
- 1
▼ 5.6NorwayEurope · 80.2 → 74.6 · rank -7 - 2
▼ 5.6BoliviaSouth America · 54.4 → 48.8 · rank -19 - 3
▼ 5.5AustriaEurope · 77.0 → 71.6 · rank -6 - 4
▼ 5.3West Bank and GazaAsia · 50.2 → 44.9 · rank -19 - 5
▼ 5.2SingaporeAsia · 73.4 → 68.2 · rank -9 - 6
▼ 5.1SudanAfrica · 29.3 → 24.2 · rank -4 - 7
▼ 4.9Russian FederationEurope · Asia · 58.7 → 53.8 · rank -32 - 8
▼ 4.7HungaryEurope · 67.2 → 62.5 · rank -8 - 9
▼ 4.4BelarusEurope · 63.6 → 59.3 · rank -12 - 10
▼ 4.3CanadaNorth America · 72.4 → 68.1 · rank -8
Rankings · 1998
Sortable country leaderboard
Click a country for its full profile. Click a column header to sort.
| # | Country | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 21 |  SeychellesAfrica | Africa | 70.9 ± 5 |
| 59 |  MauritiusAfrica | Africa | 60.7 ± 5 |
| 68 |  Sao Tome and PrincipeAfrica | Africa | 58.3 ± 5 |
| 84 | Cabo Verde Africa | Africa | 55.9 ± 5 |
| 91 |  South AfricaAfrica | Africa | 55.1 ± 2 |
| 93 |  TunisiaAfrica | Africa | 54.5 ± 2 |
| 95 |  BotswanaAfrica | Africa | 54.1 ± 2 |
| 103 |  NamibiaAfrica | Africa | 51.6 ± 2 |
| 106 |  LesothoAfrica | Africa | 50.2 ± 2 |
| 109 |  EswatiniAfrica | Africa | 49.4 ± 5 |
| 113 |  GabonAfrica | Africa | 49.0 ± 5 |
| 118 |  MalawiAfrica | Africa | 48.2 ± 5 |
| 119 |  AlgeriaAfrica | Africa | 48.2 ± 2 |
| 122 |  MoroccoAfrica | Africa | 47.7 ± 2 |
| 127 |  ZimbabweAfrica | Africa | 44.2 ± 5 |
| 128 |  LibyaAfrica | Africa | 44.0 ± 5 |
| 129 |  GhanaAfrica | Africa | 43.9 ± 2 |
| 130 |  TanzaniaAfrica | Africa | 43.6 ± 2 |
| 131 |  Egypt, Arab Rep.Africa · Asia | Africa · Asia | 43.4 ± 2 |
| 133 |  KenyaAfrica | Africa | 42.5 ± 2 |
| 134 |  MadagascarAfrica | Africa | 42.4 ± 2 |
| 135 |  Congo, Rep.Africa | Africa | 42.1 ± 5 |
| 136 | Gambia, The Africa | Africa | 41.7 ± 5 |
| 137 |  BurundiAfrica | Africa | 40.0 ± 5 |
| 139 |  ComorosAfrica | Africa | 39.9 ± 5 |
| 140 |  ZambiaAfrica | Africa | 39.8 ± 2 |
| 141 |  UgandaAfrica | Africa | 39.2 ± 2 |
| 142 |  MozambiqueAfrica | Africa | 39.1 ± 2 |
| 143 |  EritreaAfrica | Africa | 38.8 ± 5 |
| 145 |  Cote d'IvoireAfrica | Africa | 38.3 ± 2 |
| 147 |  BeninAfrica | Africa | 38.1 ± 2 |
| 148 |  CameroonAfrica | Africa | 38.0 ± 2 |
| 149 |  SenegalAfrica | Africa | 37.5 ± 2 |
| 150 |  NigeriaAfrica | Africa | 36.8 ± 5 |
| 152 | Mauritania Africa | Africa | 36.1 ± 5 |
| 154 |  DjiboutiAfrica | Africa | 35.4 ± 5 |
| 155 |  AngolaAfrica | Africa | 35.1 ± 5 |
| 156 |  Equatorial GuineaAfrica | Africa | 34.6 ± 5 |
| 157 |  MaliAfrica | Africa | 34.3 ± 5 |
| 159 |  TogoAfrica | Africa | 33.6 ± 5 |
| 160 |  Congo, Dem. Rep.Africa | Africa | 33.5 ± 5 |
| 162 | Rwanda Africa | Africa | 33.2 ± 5 |
| 163 |  GuineaAfrica | Africa | 33.0 ± 2 |
| 164 |  Burkina FasoAfrica | Africa | 32.4 ± 2 |
| 165 |  Guinea-BissauAfrica | Africa | 31.8 ± 5 |
| 166 |  EthiopiaAfrica | Africa | 31.8 ± 5 |
| 167 |  Sierra LeoneAfrica | Africa | 31.6 ± 5 |
| 169 |  Somalia, Fed. Rep.Africa | Africa | 31.4 ± 5 |
| 170 |  Central African RepublicAfrica | Africa | 30.3 ± 2 |
| 171 |  LiberiaAfrica | Africa | 27.6 ± 5 |