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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 46
Median score: 49.2
Top ranked: Iceland

Year1971

Showing 1971 snapshot.

Year

1971

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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 · 1971

Sortable country leaderboard

Click a country for its full profile. Click a column header to sort.

Year1971

Snapshot: 1971

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
—	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Albania Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	American Samoa Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Andorra Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Angola Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Armenia Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Aruba North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Australia Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Austria Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bahamas, The North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bahrain Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Belarus Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Belgium Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Belize North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bermuda North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bhutan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bolivia South America	South America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Botswana Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Brazil South America	South America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	British Virgin Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Burundi Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cambodia Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cayman Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Chad Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Channel Islands Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Chile South America	South America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Colombia South America	South America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Comoros Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Costa Rica North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Croatia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cuba North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Curacao North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Czechia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Denmark Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Djibouti Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Dominica North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Ecuador South America	South America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	El Salvador North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Equatorial Guinea Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Eritrea Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Estonia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Eswatini Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Faroe Islands Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Finland Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	France Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	French Polynesia Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Gabon Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Germany Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Gibraltar Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Greece Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Greenland North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Grenada North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Guam Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Guinea Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Guinea-Bissau Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Haiti North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Honduras North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Hungary Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Ireland Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Isle of Man Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Israel Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Italy Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Jamaica North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Japan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Jordan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Kiribati Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Kosovo Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Latvia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Lebanon Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Liberia Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Libya Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Liechtenstein Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Lithuania Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Macao SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Malawi Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Maldives Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Malta Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data