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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 189
Median score: 56.3
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2018

Showing 2018 snapshot.

Year

2018

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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 · 2018

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2018

Snapshot: 2018

Rows10 25 50 100

52 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
12	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	77.2 ± 5
21	Singapore Asia	Asia	72.8 ± 2
25	Japan Asia	Asia	72.3 ± 2
31	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.1 ± 2
33	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	68.5 ± 2
36	Israel Asia	Asia	67.8 ± 2
47	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	64.7 ± 2
48	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	64.4 ± 5
49	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.2 ± 2
58	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.9 ± 2
60	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.6 ± 2
61	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.5 ± 2
67	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	59.7 ± 2
68	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.6 ± 2
70	China Asia	Asia	59.2 ± 2
75	Maldives Asia	Asia	58.5 ± 5
79	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.0 ± 2
80	Mongolia Asia	Asia	57.9 ± 2
81	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	57.9 ± 2
86	Oman Asia	Asia	57.2 ± 2
90	Bhutan Asia	Asia	57.0 ± 5
91	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.9 ± 2
92	Armenia Asia	Asia	56.9 ± 2
98	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.6 ± 2
100	Bahrain Asia	Asia	55.5 ± 2
102	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	55.4 ± 2
105	Indonesia Asia	Asia	54.9 ± 2
109	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	53.9 ± 2
110	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	53.8 ± 2
111	Philippines Asia	Asia	53.0 ± 2
113	Jordan Asia	Asia	52.1 ± 2
121	West Bank and Gaza Asia	Asia	50.3 ± 5
122	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	49.7 ± 2
123	Nepal Asia	Asia	49.1 ± 2
125	Cambodia Asia	Asia	48.4 ± 2
127	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	48.3 ± 2
128	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	48.2 ± 2
130	India Asia	Asia	47.6 ± 2
132	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	47.2 ± 2
135	Myanmar Asia	Asia	46.7 ± 2
136	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	46.5 ± 2
138	Lebanon Asia	Asia	46.2 ± 2
140	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	44.5 ± 2
145	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	43.1 ± 2
147	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	41.1 ± 5
161	Iraq Asia	Asia	37.8 ± 2
163	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	37.4 ± 2
175	Pakistan Asia	Asia	33.8 ± 2
181	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	29.6 ± 5
187	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	21.9 ± 2