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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 171
Median score: 54.4
Top ranked: Norway

Year1996

Showing 1996 snapshot.

Year

1996

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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 · 1996

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1996

Snapshot: 1996

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
—	Aruba North America	North America	⚠ 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
—	Cayman Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Channel Islands Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Curacao North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Dominica 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
—	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
—	Kiribati Oceania	Oceania	⚠ 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
—	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Monaco Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Montenegro Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Nauru Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	New Caledonia Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Northern Mariana Islands Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Palau Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Puerto Rico (US) North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	San Marino Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Serbia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Sint Maarten (Dutch part) North America	North America	⚠ 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
—	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Turks and Caicos Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Virgin Islands (U.S.) North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	West Bank and Gaza Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
171	Liberia Africa	Africa	24.3 ± 5
170	Chad Africa	Africa	26.5 ± 5
169	Niger Africa	Africa	27.3 ± 2
168	Somalia, Fed. Rep. Africa	Africa	28.0 ± 5
167	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	28.4 ± 5
166	Pakistan Asia	Asia	29.3 ± 2
165	Mali Africa	Africa	29.9 ± 5
164	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	30.7 ± 5
163	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	31.0 ± 5
162	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	31.0 ± 5
161	Angola Africa	Africa	31.4 ± 5
160	Equatorial Guinea Africa	Africa	32.0 ± 5
159	Iraq Asia	Asia	32.3 ± 5
158	Sierra Leone Africa	Africa	32.7 ± 5
157	Guinea Africa	Africa	32.9 ± 2
156	Guinea-Bissau Africa	Africa	33.2 ± 5
155	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	33.4 ± 2
154	Rwanda Africa	Africa	33.5 ± 5
153	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	34.4 ± 5
152	Togo Africa	Africa	35.4 ± 5
151	Comoros Africa	Africa	36.3 ± 5
150	Nepal Asia	Asia	36.3 ± 2
149	Senegal Africa	Africa	37.5 ± 2
148	Benin Africa	Africa	37.7 ± 5
147	Mozambique Africa	Africa	37.8 ± 2
146	Cameroon Africa	Africa	37.9 ± 2
145	Haiti North America	North America	38.1 ± 5
144	Djibouti Africa	Africa	38.1 ± 5
143	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	38.3 ± 5
142	Eritrea Africa	Africa	38.4 ± 5
141	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	38.5 ± 2
140	Nigeria Africa	Africa	38.8 ± 5
139	Uganda Africa	Africa	39.4 ± 2
138	Mauritania Africa	Africa	39.5 ± 5
137	Malawi Africa	Africa	40.1 ± 5
136	Zambia Africa	Africa	40.5 ± 2
135	Cambodia Asia	Asia	40.5 ± 5
134	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	40.6 ± 5
133	Burundi Africa	Africa	40.9 ± 5
132	India Asia	Asia	41.1 ± 2
131	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	41.8 ± 5
130	Myanmar Asia	Asia	42.0 ± 5
129	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	42.6 ± 5
128	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	42.9 ± 2
127	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	43.3 ± 5
126	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	43.4 ± 2
125	Madagascar Africa	Africa	43.7 ± 2
124	Tanzania Africa	Africa	44.0 ± 2
123	Kenya Africa	Africa	44.1 ± 5
122	Guatemala North America	North America	44.5 ± 2
121	Ghana Africa	Africa	44.6 ± 2
120	Eswatini Africa	Africa	44.8 ± 5
119	Algeria Africa	Africa	44.8 ± 2
118	Libya Africa	Africa	45.4 ± 5