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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 187
Median score: 55.8
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2015

Showing 2015 snapshot.

Year

2015

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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 · 2015

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2015

Snapshot: 2015

Rows10 25 50 100

52 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
14	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	74.7 ± 5
22	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.3 ± 5
25	Japan Asia	Asia	70.8 ± 2
35	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	67.4 ± 2
37	Israel Asia	Asia	66.5 ± 2
38	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.4 ± 2
44	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.0 ± 2
45	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	63.9 ± 5
49	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	63.0 ± 2
56	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.4 ± 2
62	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	59.6 ± 2
63	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	59.4 ± 2
66	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.1 ± 2
70	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.0 ± 2
72	Maldives Asia	Asia	57.9 ± 5
77	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.1 ± 2
80	China Asia	Asia	56.9 ± 2
81	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	56.8 ± 2
83	Oman Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 2
84	Bahrain Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 2
85	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	56.6 ± 2
92	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.0 ± 2
93	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.9 ± 2
94	Mongolia Asia	Asia	55.8 ± 2
100	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	54.6 ± 2
102	Jordan Asia	Asia	54.2 ± 2
103	Bhutan Asia	Asia	54.2 ± 5
105	Indonesia Asia	Asia	53.7 ± 2
108	West Bank and Gaza Asia	Asia	52.9 ± 5
110	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	52.5 ± 2
111	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	52.4 ± 2
112	Philippines Asia	Asia	52.3 ± 2
120	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	49.5 ± 2
122	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	48.7 ± 2
125	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	48.0 ± 2
127	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	46.6 ± 2
128	India Asia	Asia	46.5 ± 2
129	Cambodia Asia	Asia	46.5 ± 2
130	Lebanon Asia	Asia	46.4 ± 2
132	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	46.2 ± 2
134	Nepal Asia	Asia	46.1 ± 2
139	Myanmar Asia	Asia	43.2 ± 2
143	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	42.2 ± 2
144	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	41.4 ± 2
146	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	40.6 ± 5
161	Iraq Asia	Asia	36.4 ± 2
164	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	36.1 ± 2
173	Pakistan Asia	Asia	32.9 ± 2
182	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	27.9 ± 5
186	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	23.1 ± 2