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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

Year2016

Showing 2016 snapshot.

Year

2016

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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 · 2016

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2016

Snapshot: 2016

Rows10 25 50 100

52 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
15	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	75.2 ± 5
23	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.8 ± 2
24	Japan Asia	Asia	71.7 ± 2
35	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	67.5 ± 2
36	Israel Asia	Asia	67.2 ± 2
37	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.8 ± 2
49	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	63.1 ± 2
51	Qatar Asia	Asia	62.8 ± 2
52	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	62.8 ± 5
58	Malaysia Asia	Asia	60.8 ± 2
59	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	60.6 ± 2
63	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.4 ± 2
66	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.7 ± 2
68	Maldives Asia	Asia	58.3 ± 5
73	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.9 ± 2
74	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.6 ± 2
76	China Asia	Asia	57.4 ± 2
83	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	56.7 ± 2
84	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 2
85	Bahrain Asia	Asia	56.5 ± 2
88	Oman Asia	Asia	56.4 ± 2
93	Mongolia Asia	Asia	55.8 ± 2
94	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.8 ± 2
97	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	55.2 ± 2
98	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.0 ± 2
101	Bhutan Asia	Asia	54.5 ± 5
104	Indonesia Asia	Asia	54.1 ± 2
106	West Bank and Gaza Asia	Asia	53.6 ± 5
107	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	53.4 ± 2
109	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	53.2 ± 2
110	Jordan Asia	Asia	52.9 ± 2
113	Philippines Asia	Asia	52.4 ± 2
119	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	49.7 ± 2
124	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	48.0 ± 2
125	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	48.0 ± 2
126	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	47.5 ± 2
129	Cambodia Asia	Asia	47.2 ± 2
130	India Asia	Asia	46.9 ± 2
131	Lebanon Asia	Asia	46.6 ± 2
132	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	46.5 ± 2
133	Nepal Asia	Asia	46.3 ± 2
136	Myanmar Asia	Asia	44.4 ± 2
141	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	43.2 ± 2
144	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	41.9 ± 2
146	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	40.4 ± 5
154	Iraq Asia	Asia	37.8 ± 2
166	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	35.8 ± 2
172	Pakistan Asia	Asia	33.6 ± 2
182	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	29.5 ± 5
184	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	23.2 ± 2