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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 192
Median score: 56.0
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2024

Showing 2024 snapshot.

Year

2024

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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 · 2024

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2024

Snapshot: 2024

Rows10 25 50 100

52 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
7	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	76.5 ± 5
22	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.1 ± 2
23	Japan Asia	Asia	70.7 ± 2
30	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.6 ± 2
32	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	68.8 ± 2
38	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	66.5 ± 2
43	Israel Asia	Asia	65.1 ± 2
51	Qatar Asia	Asia	62.2 ± 2
52	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	62.2 ± 5
59	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.0 ± 2
60	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.0 ± 2
63	Malaysia Asia	Asia	60.5 ± 2
67	China Asia	Asia	59.9 ± 2
74	Mongolia Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 2
75	Armenia Asia	Asia	58.5 ± 2
77	Bhutan Asia	Asia	58.4 ± 2
78	Kuwait Asia	Asia	58.2 ± 2
79	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	58.0 ± 2
80	Maldives Asia	Asia	57.8 ± 5
82	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.7 ± 2
83	Bahrain Asia	Asia	57.7 ± 2
87	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	57.4 ± 2
93	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	56.6 ± 2
95	Oman Asia	Asia	56.4 ± 2
102	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.2 ± 2
104	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	54.5 ± 2
109	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	53.2 ± 2
110	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	52.7 ± 2
112	Indonesia Asia	Asia	52.4 ± 2
115	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	51.8 ± 2
116	Philippines Asia	Asia	51.4 ± 2
119	Jordan Asia	Asia	50.7 ± 2
120	Cambodia Asia	Asia	50.6 ± 2
124	India Asia	Asia	48.9 ± 2
127	Nepal Asia	Asia	48.4 ± 2
128	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	48.0 ± 2
133	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	46.4 ± 2
135	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	46.2 ± 2
138	West Bank and Gaza Asia	Asia	45.2 ± 5
141	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	44.4 ± 2
142	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	43.8 ± 5
145	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	43.4 ± 2
146	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	43.0 ± 2
153	Myanmar Asia	Asia	40.1 ± 2
157	Lebanon Asia	Asia	39.2 ± 2
162	Iraq Asia	Asia	37.3 ± 2
173	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	34.0 ± 2
178	Pakistan Asia	Asia	32.7 ± 2
186	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	25.7 ± 2
192	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	20.1 ± 2
—	Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Macao SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data