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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 188
Median score: 56.1
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2017

Showing 2017 snapshot.

Year

2017

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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 · 2017

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2017

Snapshot: 2017

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
—	Virgin Islands (U.S.) North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
188	South Sudan Africa	Africa	21.2 ± 5
187	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	22.3 ± 2
186	Somalia, Fed. Rep. Africa	Africa	22.4 ± 5
185	Chad Africa	Africa	22.4 ± 2
184	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	24.0 ± 2
183	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	28.5 ± 2
182	Guinea-Bissau Africa	Africa	29.2 ± 2
181	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	29.4 ± 5
180	Sudan Africa	Africa	29.7 ± 2
179	Niger Africa	Africa	30.4 ± 2
178	Guinea Africa	Africa	30.4 ± 2
177	Mali Africa	Africa	31.1 ± 2
176	Equatorial Guinea Africa	Africa	32.3 ± 5
175	Eritrea Africa	Africa	33.3 ± 5
174	Haiti North America	North America	33.4 ± 2
173	Pakistan Asia	Asia	33.8 ± 2
172	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	33.8 ± 2
171	Angola Africa	Africa	34.0 ± 2
170	Nigeria Africa	Africa	34.5 ± 2
169	Liberia Africa	Africa	35.2 ± 2
168	Sierra Leone Africa	Africa	35.4 ± 2
167	Mozambique Africa	Africa	36.0 ± 2
166	Mauritania Africa	Africa	36.2 ± 2
165	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	36.6 ± 2
164	Benin Africa	Africa	36.6 ± 2
163	Iraq Asia	Asia	36.7 ± 2
162	Djibouti Africa	Africa	36.7 ± 5
161	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	36.8 ± 2
160	Togo Africa	Africa	37.1 ± 2
159	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	37.4 ± 2
158	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	37.5 ± 2
157	Cameroon Africa	Africa	37.5 ± 2
156	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	38.0 ± 2
155	Madagascar Africa	Africa	38.2 ± 2
154	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	38.4 ± 2
153	Uganda Africa	Africa	39.2 ± 2
152	Libya Africa	Africa	39.8 ± 5
151	Burundi Africa	Africa	39.9 ± 5
150	Malawi Africa	Africa	40.3 ± 2
149	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	40.7 ± 2
148	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	40.8 ± 5
147	Comoros Africa	Africa	40.9 ± 2
146	Zambia Africa	Africa	41.0 ± 2
145	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	42.4 ± 2
144	Senegal Africa	Africa	43.0 ± 2
143	Eswatini Africa	Africa	43.1 ± 2
142	Lesotho Africa	Africa	43.5 ± 2
141	Kenya Africa	Africa	43.9 ± 2
140	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	44.1 ± 2
139	Tanzania Africa	Africa	44.1 ± 2
138	Gabon Africa	Africa	45.0 ± 2
137	Myanmar Asia	Asia	45.2 ± 2
136	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	45.8 ± 5
135	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	46.1 ± 2
134	Rwanda Africa	Africa	46.3 ± 2
133	Lebanon Asia	Asia	46.6 ± 2
132	Ghana Africa	Africa	46.7 ± 2
131	India Asia	Asia	46.9 ± 2
130	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	46.9 ± 5
129	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	47.3 ± 2
128	Sao Tome and Principe Africa	Africa	47.4 ± 5
127	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	47.8 ± 2
126	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	48.1 ± 2
125	Cambodia Asia	Asia	48.2 ± 2
124	Nepal Asia	Asia	48.3 ± 2
123	Guatemala North America	North America	49.0 ± 2
122	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	49.4 ± 2
121	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	49.5 ± 2
120	Namibia Africa	Africa	49.7 ± 2
119	Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Oceania	Oceania	50.1 ± 5
118	Algeria Africa	Africa	50.1 ± 2