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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 110
Median score: 53.2
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1985

Showing 1985 snapshot.

Year

1985

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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 · 1985

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1985

Snapshot: 1985

Rows10 25 50 100

52 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
4	Japan Asia	Asia	78.5 ± 5
15	Singapore Asia	Asia	68.6 ± 5
20	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	67.4 ± 5
22	Kuwait Asia	Asia	67.2 ± 5
25	Bahrain Asia	Asia	66.9 ± 5
36	Malaysia Asia	Asia	60.6 ± 5
38	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	59.5 ± 5
42	Philippines Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 5
45	Jordan Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 5
46	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 5
56	Thailand Asia	Asia	53.0 ± 5
62	Indonesia Asia	Asia	50.5 ± 2
64	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	49.5 ± 5
65	Israel Asia	Asia	48.6 ± 5
67	Qatar Asia	Asia	48.5 ± 5
69	China Asia	Asia	47.3 ± 5
71	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	45.5 ± 5
74	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	45.0 ± 5
79	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	43.1 ± 5
81	Iraq Asia	Asia	42.5 ± 5
86	India Asia	Asia	37.7 ± 5
91	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	35.9 ± 5
92	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	35.9 ± 5
94	Nepal Asia	Asia	34.1 ± 5
95	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	34.0 ± 5
100	Oman Asia	Asia	31.9 ± 5
105	Pakistan Asia	Asia	27.8 ± 5
107	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	21.4 ± 5
109	Bhutan Asia	Asia	17.3 ± 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
—	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