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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 192
Median score: 55.7
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2023

Showing 2023 snapshot.

Year

2023

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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 · 2023

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2023

Snapshot: 2023

Rows10 25 50 100

52 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
6	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	77.3 ± 5
21	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.4 ± 2
25	Japan Asia	Asia	71.0 ± 2
31	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.4 ± 2
32	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	68.8 ± 2
43	Israel Asia	Asia	65.7 ± 2
44	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	65.6 ± 2
50	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	63.5 ± 5
52	Qatar Asia	Asia	62.7 ± 2
57	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.5 ± 2
58	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.4 ± 2
60	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.0 ± 2
65	China Asia	Asia	59.9 ± 2
69	Maldives Asia	Asia	59.0 ± 5
70	Bahrain Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 2
71	Kuwait Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 2
76	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	58.0 ± 2
77	Bhutan Asia	Asia	57.9 ± 2
78	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.8 ± 2
79	Armenia Asia	Asia	57.7 ± 2
83	Mongolia Asia	Asia	57.3 ± 2
84	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	57.0 ± 2
97	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	55.7 ± 2
98	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.6 ± 2
102	Oman Asia	Asia	54.9 ± 2
108	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	53.5 ± 2
109	Indonesia Asia	Asia	53.0 ± 2
113	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	52.6 ± 2
116	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	51.2 ± 2
117	Philippines Asia	Asia	51.2 ± 2
119	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	50.4 ± 2
120	Jordan Asia	Asia	50.0 ± 2
121	Cambodia Asia	Asia	50.0 ± 2
124	Nepal Asia	Asia	48.4 ± 2
126	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	47.7 ± 2
127	India Asia	Asia	47.5 ± 2
131	West Bank and Gaza Asia	Asia	46.6 ± 5
135	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	45.6 ± 2
136	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	45.5 ± 2
140	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	44.6 ± 2
141	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	44.2 ± 5
144	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	43.3 ± 2
145	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	43.1 ± 2
151	Myanmar Asia	Asia	40.6 ± 2
153	Lebanon Asia	Asia	39.9 ± 2
161	Iraq Asia	Asia	37.2 ± 2
175	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	33.3 ± 2
179	Pakistan Asia	Asia	31.6 ± 2
186	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	25.9 ± 2
192	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	19.8 ± 2