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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 186
Median score: 54.6
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2013

Showing 2013 snapshot.

Year

2013

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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 · 2013

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2013

Snapshot: 2013

Rows10 25 50 100

52 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
14	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	75.5 ± 5
17	Singapore Asia	Asia	73.5 ± 5
22	Japan Asia	Asia	70.5 ± 2
31	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	67.9 ± 2
39	Israel Asia	Asia	65.8 ± 2
40	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	65.7 ± 2
42	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	65.3 ± 5
44	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.7 ± 2
46	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	64.3 ± 2
54	Malaysia Asia	Asia	60.9 ± 2
59	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.2 ± 2
62	Bahrain Asia	Asia	59.0 ± 2
65	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.8 ± 2
67	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.4 ± 2
70	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.6 ± 2
73	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	57.1 ± 2
75	Thailand Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 2
80	Maldives Asia	Asia	56.2 ± 5
82	Oman Asia	Asia	55.8 ± 2
84	Mongolia Asia	Asia	55.7 ± 2
86	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.6 ± 2
89	China Asia	Asia	55.2 ± 2
95	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	54.4 ± 2
99	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	53.8 ± 2
100	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	53.7 ± 2
103	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	53.3 ± 2
104	Jordan Asia	Asia	52.9 ± 2
105	West Bank and Gaza Asia	Asia	52.6 ± 5
106	Indonesia Asia	Asia	52.5 ± 2
108	Bhutan Asia	Asia	52.1 ± 5
110	Philippines Asia	Asia	51.4 ± 2
113	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	51.1 ± 2
119	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	48.9 ± 2
122	Lebanon Asia	Asia	47.3 ± 2
125	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	46.6 ± 2
128	Cambodia Asia	Asia	45.4 ± 2
129	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	45.1 ± 2
132	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	44.9 ± 2
133	India Asia	Asia	44.6 ± 2
134	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	44.1 ± 2
135	Nepal Asia	Asia	43.8 ± 2
139	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	41.5 ± 2
144	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	40.7 ± 5
146	Myanmar Asia	Asia	40.3 ± 5
147	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	40.1 ± 2
155	Iraq Asia	Asia	37.9 ± 2
162	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	36.3 ± 2
175	Pakistan Asia	Asia	32.6 ± 2
182	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	27.4 ± 2
183	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	27.3 ± 5