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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 184
Median score: 55.0
Top ranked: Norway

Year2012

Showing 2012 snapshot.

Year

2012

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19651970198019902000201020202026Live

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.

All movers

Green list

59 countries improved

Top 10 that improved the most

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Red list

133 countries declined

Top 10 that fell the most

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Rankings · 2012

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2012

Snapshot: 2012

Rows10 25 50 100

52 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
15	Singapore Asia	Asia	75.0 ± 5
16	Japan Asia	Asia	74.3 ± 5
29	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.3 ± 2
35	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	67.5 ± 2
37	Israel Asia	Asia	66.5 ± 2
42	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	65.6 ± 5
44	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.7 ± 2
49	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	62.9 ± 5
52	Malaysia Asia	Asia	62.5 ± 2
57	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.0 ± 2
63	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	59.0 ± 2
64	Bahrain Asia	Asia	58.9 ± 2
66	Kuwait Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 2
70	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	58.2 ± 2
72	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
73	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.0 ± 2
82	Mongolia Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 2
84	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.5 ± 2
87	China Asia	Asia	56.1 ± 2
89	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.5 ± 2
90	Maldives Asia	Asia	55.1 ± 5
91	Oman Asia	Asia	55.1 ± 2
97	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	54.1 ± 5
98	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	54.0 ± 2
100	Indonesia Asia	Asia	53.8 ± 2
102	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	53.2 ± 2
103	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	52.9 ± 2
106	Philippines Asia	Asia	52.7 ± 2
109	Jordan Asia	Asia	52.7 ± 2
111	Bhutan Asia	Asia	52.5 ± 5
113	West Bank and Gaza Asia	Asia	51.8 ± 5
119	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	49.7 ± 2
122	Lebanon Asia	Asia	49.0 ± 2
126	Cambodia Asia	Asia	46.9 ± 2
127	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	46.7 ± 2
129	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	45.7 ± 2
130	India Asia	Asia	45.6 ± 2
132	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	45.2 ± 2
133	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	44.6 ± 2
136	Nepal Asia	Asia	43.0 ± 2
137	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	42.6 ± 5
140	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	42.1 ± 2
141	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	41.8 ± 2
143	Myanmar Asia	Asia	41.8 ± 5
144	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	41.1 ± 2
151	Iraq Asia	Asia	39.3 ± 2
172	Pakistan Asia	Asia	33.3 ± 2
178	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	28.4 ± 2
180	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	28.0 ± 5
—	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Macao SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data