Their promises
Signed, on the record
Collected from UN SDG commitments, Voluntary National Reviews, and international agreements. Their own words.
About Sworn
The truth was always public.
Nobody put it in one place.
Governments submit data to the World Health Organization, the World Bank, the United Nations, and dozens of international institutions every year. They sign commitments at global summits. They make promises — in writing, on the record, with deadlines. Nobody tracks whether they keep those promises. Until now.
- Countries & territories
- 217
- With computed score
- 207
- Verified indicators
- 19
- History since
- 1979
What Sworn does
Three sources of truth, one timeline
The reality
From the institutions they report to
Official data from WHO, World Bank, FAO, ILO, Eurostat, Transparency International, and Reporters Without Borders. Their own numbers.
Your verification
Real citizens, real residency
ID-verified citizens confirm or challenge official data based on lived experience. You can only report on the country where you are a verified resident.
Permanent record
Sourced and time-stamped
Every data point carries its source URL, ingestion run, and timestamp. Historical scores are materialized year-by-year, so a country's 2015 standing stays comparable to today.
Principles
Non-negotiable, in this order
If a decision conflicts with one of these, the decision changes — not the principle.
Official sources only
Every number links to its source. If it cannot be traced to an official institution — it does not appear on Sworn.
ID-verified citizens
No bots. No fake accounts. Every voice belongs to a real, verified person tied to the country they live in.
Full provenance
Every value carries source URL, indicator code, and ingestion date.
Free at the core
Country data, metrics, and rankings are free under CC BY 4.0. Always.
No political position
All countries displayed equally. No filter. No favor.
No conditional funding
If funding comes with conditions on what we show, we decline.
Transparency about uncertainty
Stale data is flagged. Missing values stay missing.
Coverage
Every country on the World Bank list
217
Countries & territories tracked
Every entry on the World Bank's country list, including small territories and disputed regions.
207
Currently scored
The remaining 10 are tiny territories with no Worldwide Governance Indicator coverage anywhere (Faroe, Isle of Man, Curaçao, BVI, Channel Islands, Gibraltar, N. Mariana, Sint Maarten, St. Martin, Turks & Caicos).
1960
Earliest historical data
World Bank series go back to 1960 for many indicators. The Sworn Score is computed continuously from 1979 to today.
Funding
How Sworn pays for itself
Sworn is funded through API access fees. Organizations that need structured accountability data pay for API access. Citizens never pay. Institutions never pay. No ads. No sponsors. API customers cannot change the data.
Sources
Where every number comes from
Every number on Sworn comes from one of these official institutions. No media reports. No third-party estimates. No aggregated data.
- World Bank
- WHO
- ILO
- FAO
- Eurostat
- Transparency International
- Reporters Without Borders
- UN SDG Database
A note from the founders
We built Sworn because people deserve to know whether the institutions that govern their lives are doing what they promised.
Not what someone thinks about it. Not what a headline claims. The actual data — placed next to the actual commitments they signed.
More than half the people on this planet struggle with basic needs that their governments swore to address. The data proving this exists. The promises are on record. The only thing missing was a place where both exist side by side — visible to everyone, owned by no one.
We don’t ask you to trust us. We ask you to verify. Every number has a source. Every source has a link. Click it. Check it. Decide for yourself.
Contact
Press, partnerships, corrections, API access
Reach us at info@sworndata.org or use the contact form. Data corrections are processed within seven days.