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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 141
Median score: 55.5
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1990

Showing 1990 snapshot.

Year

1990

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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 · 1990

Sortable country leaderboard

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

Year1990

Snapshot: 1990

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
—	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	American Samoa Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Andorra Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Armenia Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Aruba North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Belarus Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bermuda North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	British Virgin Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cambodia Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cayman Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Channel Islands Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Croatia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Curacao North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Czechia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Djibouti Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Dominica North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Eritrea Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Estonia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Faroe Islands Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	French Polynesia Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Germany Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Gibraltar Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Greenland North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Grenada North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Guam Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Isle of Man Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Kiribati Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Korea, Dem. People's Rep. Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Kosovo Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Latvia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Liberia Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Liechtenstein Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Lithuania Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Macao SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Maldives Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Moldova Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Monaco Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Montenegro Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Namibia Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Nauru Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	New Caledonia Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Northern Mariana Islands Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Palau Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Puerto Rico (US) North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	San Marino Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Sao Tome and Principe Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Serbia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Sint Maarten (Dutch part) North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Slovenia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	South Sudan Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	St. Kitts and Nevis North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	St. Martin (French part) North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Sudan Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Turks and Caicos Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Ukraine Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Virgin Islands (U.S.) North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	West Bank and Gaza Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
141	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	21.5 ± 5
140	Angola Africa	Africa	28.3 ± 5
139	Pakistan Asia	Asia	31.9 ± 5
138	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	33.5 ± 5
137	Niger Africa	Africa	34.3 ± 5
136	Equatorial Guinea Africa	Africa	34.5 ± 5
135	Iraq Asia	Asia	36.9 ± 5
134	Oman Asia	Asia	37.0 ± 5
133	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	37.6 ± 5
132	Nepal Asia	Asia	38.7 ± 5
131	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	38.8 ± 5
130	Mali Africa	Africa	38.8 ± 5
129	Chad Africa	Africa	39.4 ± 5
128	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	40.0 ± 5
127	Bhutan Asia	Asia	40.5 ± 5
126	Senegal Africa	Africa	40.7 ± 5
125	Mozambique Africa	Africa	40.7 ± 5
124	Mauritania Africa	Africa	41.0 ± 5
123	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	41.1 ± 5
122	Togo Africa	Africa	41.3 ± 5
121	Benin Africa	Africa	41.4 ± 5
120	India Asia	Asia	41.6 ± 5
119	Uganda Africa	Africa	41.7 ± 5
118	Guinea Africa	Africa	42.3 ± 5