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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

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
—	American Samoa Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Andorra Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Aruba North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bermuda North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	British Virgin Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cayman Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Channel Islands Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Curacao North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Faroe Islands Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	French Polynesia Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Gibraltar Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Greenland North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Guam Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Isle of Man Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Kosovo Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Liechtenstein Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Macao SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Monaco Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Nauru Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	New Caledonia Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Northern Mariana Islands Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Puerto Rico (US) North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	San Marino Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Sint Maarten (Dutch part) North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	St. Kitts and Nevis North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	St. Martin (French part) North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Turks and Caicos Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Virgin Islands (U.S.) North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
187	South Sudan Africa	Africa	19.8 ± 5
186	Somalia, Fed. Rep. Africa	Africa	21.7 ± 5
185	Chad Africa	Africa	22.3 ± 2
184	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	23.2 ± 2
183	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	23.6 ± 2
182	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	29.5 ± 5
181	Sudan Africa	Africa	29.6 ± 2
180	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	29.6 ± 2
179	Guinea-Bissau Africa	Africa	29.6 ± 2
178	Guinea Africa	Africa	30.0 ± 2
177	Niger Africa	Africa	30.6 ± 2
176	Mali Africa	Africa	31.3 ± 2
175	Equatorial Guinea Africa	Africa	32.1 ± 5
174	Eritrea Africa	Africa	32.9 ± 5
173	Haiti North America	North America	33.0 ± 2
172	Pakistan Asia	Asia	33.6 ± 2
171	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	33.8 ± 2
170	Angola Africa	Africa	34.4 ± 2
169	Nigeria Africa	Africa	34.7 ± 2
168	Djibouti Africa	Africa	35.1 ± 5
167	Sierra Leone Africa	Africa	35.6 ± 2
166	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	35.8 ± 2
165	Liberia Africa	Africa	35.8 ± 5
164	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	36.0 ± 2
163	Mauritania Africa	Africa	36.1 ± 2
162	Mozambique Africa	Africa	36.2 ± 2
161	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	36.6 ± 2
160	Benin Africa	Africa	36.7 ± 2
159	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	37.0 ± 2
158	Togo Africa	Africa	37.0 ± 2
157	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	37.2 ± 2
156	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	37.2 ± 2
155	Libya Africa	Africa	37.7 ± 5
154	Iraq Asia	Asia	37.8 ± 2
153	Cameroon Africa	Africa	38.3 ± 2
152	Madagascar Africa	Africa	39.1 ± 2
151	Uganda Africa	Africa	39.3 ± 2
150	Malawi Africa	Africa	39.4 ± 2
149	Zambia Africa	Africa	39.9 ± 2
148	Burundi Africa	Africa	40.0 ± 5
147	Comoros Africa	Africa	40.1 ± 5
146	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	40.4 ± 5
145	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	41.0 ± 2
144	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	41.9 ± 2
143	Eswatini Africa	Africa	42.7 ± 2
142	Senegal Africa	Africa	43.2 ± 2
141	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	43.2 ± 2
140	Tanzania Africa	Africa	43.6 ± 2
139	Lesotho Africa	Africa	43.7 ± 2
138	Gabon Africa	Africa	43.8 ± 2
137	Kenya Africa	Africa	44.2 ± 2
136	Myanmar Asia	Asia	44.4 ± 2
135	Ghana Africa	Africa	45.8 ± 2
134	Rwanda Africa	Africa	46.2 ± 2
133	Nepal Asia	Asia	46.3 ± 2
132	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	46.5 ± 2
131	Lebanon Asia	Asia	46.6 ± 2
130	India Asia	Asia	46.9 ± 2
129	Cambodia Asia	Asia	47.2 ± 2
128	Sao Tome and Principe Africa	Africa	47.2 ± 5
127	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	47.2 ± 5
126	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	47.5 ± 2
125	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	48.0 ± 2
124	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	48.0 ± 2
123	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	48.1 ± 5
122	Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Oceania	Oceania	48.4 ± 5
121	Guatemala North America	North America	48.9 ± 2
120	Kiribati Oceania	Oceania	49.6 ± 5
119	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	49.7 ± 2
118	Morocco Africa	Africa	50.5 ± 2