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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 183
Median score: 55.3
Top ranked: Iceland

Year2006

Showing 2006 snapshot.

Year

2006

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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 · 2006

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2006

Snapshot: 2006

Rows10 25 50 100

52 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
19	Japan Asia	Asia	74.0 ± 5
23	Singapore Asia	Asia	73.4 ± 5
32	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	69.1 ± 2
35	Israel Asia	Asia	67.7 ± 2
36	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	67.5 ± 2
45	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	66.1 ± 5
48	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.6 ± 2
53	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	63.5 ± 5
54	Malaysia Asia	Asia	63.0 ± 2
61	Kuwait Asia	Asia	60.9 ± 2
62	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	60.8 ± 2
63	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	60.3 ± 2
65	Bahrain Asia	Asia	59.5 ± 2
69	Maldives Asia	Asia	59.0 ± 5
74	Armenia Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
76	Mongolia Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
77	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.0 ± 2
80	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.9 ± 2
82	Thailand Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 2
85	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.3 ± 2
89	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.4 ± 2
93	Jordan Asia	Asia	54.9 ± 2
96	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	54.4 ± 2
98	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	54.3 ± 5
101	Oman Asia	Asia	53.9 ± 2
104	China Asia	Asia	53.6 ± 2
106	Bhutan Asia	Asia	52.5 ± 5
109	Philippines Asia	Asia	52.3 ± 2
112	West Bank and Gaza Asia	Asia	51.4 ± 5
115	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	51.0 ± 2
117	Indonesia Asia	Asia	50.4 ± 2
118	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	50.1 ± 2
122	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	48.9 ± 2
123	Lebanon Asia	Asia	48.4 ± 2
124	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	47.9 ± 2
125	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	47.7 ± 2
133	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	44.2 ± 2
135	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	43.6 ± 2
136	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	43.5 ± 5
138	India Asia	Asia	43.4 ± 2
139	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	43.4 ± 5
140	Cambodia Asia	Asia	43.0 ± 2
149	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	39.8 ± 2
151	Myanmar Asia	Asia	39.4 ± 5
153	Iraq Asia	Asia	39.2 ± 2
158	Nepal Asia	Asia	37.8 ± 2
168	Pakistan Asia	Asia	34.3 ± 2
170	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	33.9 ± 2
182	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	22.7 ± 5
—	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data