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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

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. 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
189	South Sudan Africa	Africa	19.8 ± 5
188	Somalia, Fed. Rep. Africa	Africa	21.8 ± 5
187	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	21.9 ± 2
186	Chad Africa	Africa	23.4 ± 2
185	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	24.6 ± 2
184	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	28.4 ± 2
183	Niger Africa	Africa	29.4 ± 2
182	Sudan Africa	Africa	29.5 ± 2
181	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	29.6 ± 5
180	Guinea Africa	Africa	30.4 ± 2
179	Guinea-Bissau Africa	Africa	30.7 ± 2
178	Mali Africa	Africa	31.6 ± 2
177	Equatorial Guinea Africa	Africa	32.4 ± 5
176	Eritrea Africa	Africa	33.1 ± 5
175	Pakistan Asia	Asia	33.8 ± 2
174	Haiti North America	North America	33.9 ± 2
173	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	34.2 ± 2
172	Angola Africa	Africa	34.6 ± 2
171	Liberia Africa	Africa	34.6 ± 2
170	Nigeria Africa	Africa	35.6 ± 2
169	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	36.2 ± 2
168	Mauritania Africa	Africa	36.6 ± 2
167	Togo Africa	Africa	37.0 ± 2
166	Sierra Leone Africa	Africa	37.2 ± 2
165	Cameroon Africa	Africa	37.3 ± 2
164	Mozambique Africa	Africa	37.4 ± 2
163	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	37.4 ± 2
162	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	37.6 ± 2
161	Iraq Asia	Asia	37.8 ± 2
160	Benin Africa	Africa	37.9 ± 2
159	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	38.3 ± 2
158	Djibouti Africa	Africa	38.7 ± 5
157	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	38.8 ± 2
156	Madagascar Africa	Africa	39.2 ± 2
155	Uganda Africa	Africa	39.2 ± 2
154	Malawi Africa	Africa	39.6 ± 2
153	Libya Africa	Africa	39.8 ± 5
152	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	40.0 ± 2
151	Zambia Africa	Africa	40.4 ± 2
150	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	40.4 ± 2
149	Burundi Africa	Africa	40.8 ± 5
148	Comoros Africa	Africa	40.9 ± 2
147	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	41.1 ± 5
146	Eswatini Africa	Africa	42.5 ± 2
145	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	43.1 ± 2
144	Lesotho Africa	Africa	43.7 ± 2
143	Tanzania Africa	Africa	43.7 ± 2
142	Senegal Africa	Africa	44.0 ± 2
141	Kenya Africa	Africa	44.2 ± 2
140	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	44.5 ± 2
139	Gabon Africa	Africa	45.0 ± 2
138	Lebanon Asia	Asia	46.2 ± 2
137	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	46.3 ± 5
136	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	46.5 ± 2
135	Myanmar Asia	Asia	46.7 ± 2
134	Ghana Africa	Africa	47.1 ± 2
133	Rwanda Africa	Africa	47.2 ± 2
132	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	47.2 ± 2
131	Sao Tome and Principe Africa	Africa	47.3 ± 5
130	India Asia	Asia	47.6 ± 2
129	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	48.0 ± 2
128	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	48.2 ± 2
127	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	48.3 ± 2
126	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	48.3 ± 5
125	Cambodia Asia	Asia	48.4 ± 2
124	Guatemala North America	North America	48.5 ± 2
123	Nepal Asia	Asia	49.1 ± 2
122	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	49.7 ± 2
121	West Bank and Gaza Asia	Asia	50.3 ± 5
120	Algeria Africa	Africa	50.3 ± 2
119	Morocco Africa	Africa	50.8 ± 2
118	Honduras North America	North America	50.8 ± 2