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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 174
Median score: 53.8
Top ranked: Norway

Year1997

Showing 1997 snapshot.

Year

1997

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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 · 1997

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1997

Snapshot: 1997

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
—	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
—	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
174	Liberia Africa	Africa	25.4 ± 5
173	Chad Africa	Africa	26.3 ± 5
172	Niger Africa	Africa	26.6 ± 2
171	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	28.0 ± 2
170	Sudan Africa	Africa	28.1 ± 5
169	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	28.9 ± 5
168	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	29.3 ± 5
167	Pakistan Asia	Asia	29.5 ± 2
166	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	29.7 ± 5
165	Mali Africa	Africa	30.4 ± 5
164	Angola Africa	Africa	30.6 ± 5
163	Equatorial Guinea Africa	Africa	31.4 ± 5
162	Somalia, Fed. Rep. Africa	Africa	31.4 ± 5
161	Iraq Asia	Asia	32.0 ± 5
160	Sierra Leone Africa	Africa	32.1 ± 5
159	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	32.9 ± 2
158	Guinea Africa	Africa	32.9 ± 2
157	Rwanda Africa	Africa	33.2 ± 5
156	Guinea-Bissau Africa	Africa	33.4 ± 5
155	Mauritania Africa	Africa	34.5 ± 5
154	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	35.1 ± 5
153	Togo Africa	Africa	35.3 ± 5
152	Comoros Africa	Africa	35.7 ± 5
151	Nigeria Africa	Africa	36.6 ± 5
150	Nepal Asia	Asia	36.8 ± 2
149	Myanmar Asia	Asia	37.1 ± 5
148	Senegal Africa	Africa	37.1 ± 2
147	Cambodia Asia	Asia	37.4 ± 5
146	Djibouti Africa	Africa	37.6 ± 5
145	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	37.7 ± 5
144	Cameroon Africa	Africa	37.8 ± 2
143	Benin Africa	Africa	38.0 ± 5
142	Haiti North America	North America	39.0 ± 5
141	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	39.1 ± 2
140	Mozambique Africa	Africa	39.1 ± 2
139	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	39.2 ± 5
138	Uganda Africa	Africa	39.6 ± 2
137	Burundi Africa	Africa	39.7 ± 5
136	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	39.8 ± 5
135	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	39.8 ± 5
134	Eritrea Africa	Africa	39.9 ± 5
133	India Asia	Asia	40.1 ± 2
132	Zambia Africa	Africa	40.3 ± 2
131	Malawi Africa	Africa	40.9 ± 5
130	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	41.2 ± 2
129	Madagascar Africa	Africa	42.1 ± 2
128	Kenya Africa	Africa	42.1 ± 5
127	Libya Africa	Africa	42.9 ± 5
126	Eswatini Africa	Africa	43.2 ± 5
125	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	43.2 ± 2
124	Tanzania Africa	Africa	43.5 ± 2
123	Ghana Africa	Africa	43.8 ± 2
122	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	43.9 ± 5
121	Algeria Africa	Africa	44.9 ± 2
120	Guatemala North America	North America	45.0 ± 2
119	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	45.3 ± 5
118	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	45.4 ± 2