Government accountability dataSworn Research

Hold them accountable.
Every number sourced.

Sworn compares what governments officially promised with what citizens actually experience. Ask the data in plain language — get a source-cited answer from World Bank, WHO, ILO, FAO, Transparency International and Reporters Without Borders. Never the open internet.

Enter to send · Shift/Option + Enter for a new line

Try

Free, public, fully cited. 3 free messages per day.

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: 101
Median score: 52.4
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1984

Showing 1984 snapshot.

Year

1984

Drag to scrub through history. Far right = today.

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

See all 59 →

Red list

133 countries declined

Top 10 that fell the most

See all 133 →

Rankings · 1984

Sortable country leaderboard

Click a country for its full profile. Click a column header to sort.

Year1984

Snapshot: 1984

Rows10 25 50 100

52 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
4	Japan Asia	Asia	81.2 ± 5
7	Singapore Asia	Asia	70.9 ± 5
14	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	67.2 ± 5
20	Kuwait Asia	Asia	65.3 ± 5
21	Bahrain Asia	Asia	64.3 ± 5
29	Philippines Asia	Asia	60.8 ± 5
31	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	59.6 ± 5
32	Malaysia Asia	Asia	59.4 ± 5
37	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	57.2 ± 5
43	Jordan Asia	Asia	55.7 ± 5
53	Thailand Asia	Asia	51.6 ± 5
57	Qatar Asia	Asia	50.8 ± 5
58	Indonesia Asia	Asia	50.7 ± 2
62	Israel Asia	Asia	47.8 ± 5
63	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	47.5 ± 5
65	China Asia	Asia	46.3 ± 5
73	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	41.7 ± 5
78	Iraq Asia	Asia	39.1 ± 5
79	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	39.1 ± 5
81	India Asia	Asia	36.8 ± 5
85	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	33.8 ± 5
86	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	33.4 ± 5
87	Nepal Asia	Asia	33.2 ± 5
88	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	33.0 ± 5
96	Oman Asia	Asia	26.0 ± 5
97	Pakistan Asia	Asia	26.0 ± 5
100	Bhutan Asia	Asia	15.1 ± 5
—	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Armenia Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cambodia Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Lebanon Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Macao SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Maldives Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Mongolia Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Myanmar Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data