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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 180
Median score: 54.2
Top ranked: Iceland

Year2004

Showing 2004 snapshot.

Year

2004

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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 · 2004

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2004

Snapshot: 2004

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
—	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
—	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
—	Guam Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Isle of Man Europe	Europe	⚠ 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
—	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
—	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
180	Somalia, Fed. Rep. Africa	Africa	23.9 ± 5
179	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	24.4 ± 5
178	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	25.0 ± 2
177	Chad Africa	Africa	26.9 ± 2
176	Niger Africa	Africa	28.4 ± 2
175	Guinea-Bissau Africa	Africa	29.4 ± 2
174	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	29.6 ± 2
173	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	29.6 ± 2
172	Sudan Africa	Africa	30.0 ± 5
171	Guinea Africa	Africa	30.4 ± 2
170	Liberia Africa	Africa	32.4 ± 5
169	Pakistan Asia	Asia	32.5 ± 2
168	Equatorial Guinea Africa	Africa	32.9 ± 5
167	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	32.9 ± 2
166	Mali Africa	Africa	32.9 ± 2
165	Haiti North America	North America	33.1 ± 2
164	Sierra Leone Africa	Africa	33.3 ± 2
163	Yemen, Rep. Asia	Asia	33.5 ± 5
162	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	33.6 ± 2
161	Djibouti Africa	Africa	34.4 ± 5
160	Mauritania Africa	Africa	34.7 ± 2
159	Togo Africa	Africa	34.8 ± 2
158	Nepal Asia	Asia	35.7 ± 2
157	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	35.8 ± 2
156	Benin Africa	Africa	35.8 ± 2
155	Eritrea Africa	Africa	36.0 ± 5
154	Angola Africa	Africa	36.0 ± 2
153	Burundi Africa	Africa	36.1 ± 5
152	Zambia Africa	Africa	36.9 ± 2
151	Myanmar Asia	Asia	37.4 ± 5
150	Mozambique Africa	Africa	38.1 ± 2
149	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	38.2 ± 2
148	Senegal Africa	Africa	38.6 ± 2
147	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	38.7 ± 5
146	Comoros Africa	Africa	38.9 ± 2
145	Nigeria Africa	Africa	39.0 ± 2
144	Iraq Asia	Asia	39.2 ± 2
143	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	39.5 ± 2
142	Lao PDR Asia	Asia	40.0 ± 2
141	Malawi Africa	Africa	40.5 ± 2
140	Rwanda Africa	Africa	41.2 ± 2
139	Uganda Africa	Africa	41.2 ± 2
138	Cameroon Africa	Africa	41.4 ± 2
137	Cambodia Asia	Asia	41.7 ± 2
136	Tanzania Africa	Africa	42.3 ± 2
135	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	42.5 ± 2
134	India Asia	Asia	42.8 ± 2
133	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	42.9 ± 2
132	Eswatini Africa	Africa	43.1 ± 2
131	Madagascar Africa	Africa	43.1 ± 2
130	Turkmenistan Asia	Asia	43.4 ± 5
129	Kenya Africa	Africa	43.7 ± 2
128	Timor-Leste Asia	Asia	44.9 ± 5
127	Ghana Africa	Africa	45.2 ± 2
126	Lesotho Africa	Africa	45.5 ± 2
125	Gabon Africa	Africa	46.8 ± 2
124	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	46.8 ± 5
123	Libya Africa	Africa	46.9 ± 5
122	Sao Tome and Principe Africa	Africa	47.8 ± 5
121	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	48.0 ± 2
120	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	48.2 ± 2
119	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	48.3 ± 5
118	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	48.4 ± 2