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World map
Every country, colored by Sworn Score.
Hover for a tooltip with score and rank. Click to open the country profile.
- Countries covered
- 217
- Scored
- 192
- Median score
- 54.7
- Top ranked
- Sweden
Drag to scrub through history. Far right = today.
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.
Green list
59 countries improvedTop 10 that improved the most
- 1
▲ 14.2AndorraEurope · 69.5 → 83.6 · rank +31 - 2
▲ 4.8South SudanAfrica · 20.1 → 24.9 · rank +3 - 3
▲ 3.5Bahamas, TheNorth America · 56.1 → 59.6 · rank +35 - 4
▲ 3.4MauritaniaAfrica · 36.3 → 39.7 · rank +9 - 5
▲ 3.2Gambia, TheAfrica · 41.3 → 44.6 · rank +9 - 6
▲ 2.9Venezuela, RBSouth America · 45.3 → 48.1 · rank +12 - 7
▲ 2.9GuyanaSouth America · 53.0 → 55.8 · rank +18 - 8
▲ 2.4RwandaAfrica · 47.2 → 49.6 · rank +10 - 9
▲ 2.3Dominican RepublicNorth America · 55.4 → 57.7 · rank +20 - 10
▲ 2.2Cabo VerdeAfrica · 56.9 → 59.1 · rank +19
Red list
133 countries declinedTop 10 that fell the most
- 1
▼ 5.6NorwayEurope · 80.2 → 74.6 · rank -7 - 2
▼ 5.6BoliviaSouth America · 54.4 → 48.8 · rank -19 - 3
▼ 5.5AustriaEurope · 77.0 → 71.6 · rank -6 - 4
▼ 5.3West Bank and GazaAsia · 50.2 → 44.9 · rank -19 - 5
▼ 5.2SingaporeAsia · 73.4 → 68.2 · rank -9 - 6
▼ 5.1SudanAfrica · 29.3 → 24.2 · rank -4 - 7
▼ 4.9Russian FederationEurope · Asia · 58.7 → 53.8 · rank -32 - 8
▼ 4.7HungaryEurope · 67.2 → 62.5 · rank -8 - 9
▼ 4.4BelarusEurope · 63.6 → 59.3 · rank -12 - 10
▼ 4.3CanadaNorth America · 72.4 → 68.1 · rank -8
Rankings · Live
Sortable country leaderboard
Click a country for its full profile. Click a column header to sort.
| # | Country | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Sweden— | — | 79.6 ± 2 |
| 2 |  Denmark— | — | 79.1 ± 2 |
| 3 |  Netherlands— | — | 77.6 ± 2 |
| 4 |  Finland— | — | 77.0 ± 2 |
| 5 | Norway — | — | 76.9 ± 2 |
| 6 |  Hong Kong SAR, China— | — | 76.6 ± 5 |
| 7 |  San Marino— | — | 76.5 ± 5 |
| 8 |  Iceland— | — | 76.5 ± 2 |
| 9 |  Switzerland— | — | 76.1 ± 2 |
| 10 |  Luxembourg— | — | 75.5 ± 2 |
| 11 |  New Zealand— | — | 75.1 ± 2 |
| 12 |  Germany— | — | 75.0 ± 2 |
| 13 |  Australia— | — | 74.8 ± 2 |
| 14 |  Belgium— | — | 74.3 ± 2 |
| 15 | Austria — | — | 73.7 ± 2 |
| 16 |  Ireland— | — | 73.2 ± 2 |
| 17 |  United Kingdom— | — | 72.9 ± 2 |
| 18 |  Estonia— | — | 72.0 ± 2 |
| 19 | Andorra — | — | 71.5 ± 5 |
| 20 | Singapore — | — | 71.2 ± 2 |
| 21 |  Slovenia— | — | 71.1 ± 2 |
| 22 |  France— | — | 70.9 ± 2 |
| 23 |  Japan— | — | 70.4 ± 2 |
| 24 |  Malta— | — | 70.3 ± 2 |
| 25 |  Spain— | — | 70.2 ± 2 |
| 26 |  Lithuania— | — | 69.9 ± 2 |
| 27 | Canada — | — | 69.8 ± 2 |
| 28 |  Czechia— | — | 69.6 ± 2 |
| 29 |  Portugal— | — | 69.2 ± 2 |
| 30 |  Korea, Rep.— | — | 69.0 ± 2 |
| 31 |  Palau— | — | 69.0 ± 5 |
| 32 |  Cyprus— | — | 69.0 ± 2 |
| 33 |  United States— | — | 68.9 ± 2 |
| 34 |  Latvia— | — | 67.6 ± 2 |
| 35 |  St. Kitts and Nevis— | — | 67.2 ± 5 |
| 36 |  Poland— | — | 67.2 ± 2 |
| 37 |  Uruguay— | — | 67.0 ± 2 |
| 38 |  Seychelles— | — | 66.4 ± 5 |
| 39 |  Italy— | — | 66.3 ± 2 |
| 40 |  Croatia— | — | 66.1 ± 2 |
| 41 |  Slovak Republic— | — | 65.7 ± 2 |
| 42 |  United Arab Emirates— | — | 65.5 ± 2 |
| 43 |  Israel— | — | 65.1 ± 2 |
| 44 | Hungary — | — | 64.6 ± 2 |
| 45 |  St. Vincent and the Grenadines— | — | 64.4 ± 5 |
| 46 |  Chile— | — | 64.3 ± 2 |
| 47 |  Greece— | — | 63.9 ± 2 |
| 48 |  Costa Rica— | — | 63.5 ± 2 |
| 49 |  Tuvalu— | — | 63.1 ± 5 |
| 50 |  Bulgaria— | — | 62.7 ± 2 |
| 51 |  Brunei Darussalam— | — | 62.4 ± 5 |
| 52 |  Qatar— | — | 62.3 ± 2 |
| 53 |  Antigua and Barbuda— | — | 61.7 ± 5 |
| 54 |  Barbados— | — | 61.6 ± 5 |
| 55 |  Montenegro— | — | 60.8 ± 2 |
| 56 |  Malaysia— | — | 60.5 ± 2 |
| 57 |  Moldova— | — | 60.1 ± 2 |
| 58 | Belarus — | — | 60.0 ± 2 |
| 59 |  Georgia— | — | 59.9 ± 2 |
| 60 |  Serbia— | — | 59.9 ± 2 |
| 61 |  Albania— | — | 59.5 ± 2 |
| 62 |  Kazakhstan— | — | 59.4 ± 2 |
| 63 |  Mauritius— | — | 59.4 ± 2 |
| 64 |  Cuba— | — | 59.3 ± 5 |
| 65 |  China— | — | 59.2 ± 2 |
| 66 |  Grenada— | — | 59.1 ± 5 |
| 67 |  Dominica— | — | 59.1 ± 5 |
| 68 |  Argentina— | — | 59.0 ± 2 |
| 69 |  Romania— | — | 58.6 ± 2 |
| 70 |  Maldives— | — | 58.4 ± 5 |
| 71 |  St. Lucia— | — | 58.3 ± 5 |
| 72 |  North Macedonia— | — | 58.2 ± 2 |
| 73 |  Kuwait— | — | 58.1 ± 2 |
| 74 |  Bahrain— | — | 57.7 ± 2 |
| 75 |  Brazil— | — | 57.3 ± 2 |
| 76 |  Saudi Arabia— | — | 57.1 ± 2 |
| 77 |  Bhutan— | — | 57.1 ± 2 |
| 78 |  Armenia— | — | 57.0 ± 2 |
| 79 |  Oman— | — | 56.9 ± 2 |
| 80 |  Panama— | — | 56.6 ± 2 |
| 81 | Bahamas, The — | — | 56.5 ± 5 |
| 82 |  Marshall Islands— | — | 56.5 ± 5 |
| 83 |  Jamaica— | — | 56.5 ± 2 |
| 84 | Cabo Verde — | — | 56.1 ± 2 |
| 85 |  Mongolia— | — | 56.1 ± 2 |
| 86 |  Samoa— | — | 55.9 ± 5 |
| 86 |  Thailand— | — | 55.9 ± 2 |
| 88 |  Bosnia and Herzegovina— | — | 55.9 ± 2 |
| 89 |  Peru— | — | 55.8 ± 2 |
| 90 | Russian Federation — | — | 55.6 ± 2 |
| 90 |  Tonga— | — | 55.6 ± 5 |
| 92 |  Viet Nam— | — | 55.2 ± 2 |
| 93 |  Colombia— | — | 55.1 ± 2 |
| 94 | Guyana — | — | 55.0 ± 2 |
| 95 |  Belize— | — | 54.9 ± 5 |
| 96 | Dominican Republic — | — | 54.8 ± 2 |
| 97 |  Turkiye— | — | 54.6 ± 2 |
| 98 |  Paraguay— | — | 54.6 ± 2 |
| 99 |  Mexico— | — | 54.5 ± 2 |
| 100 |  Ukraine— | — | 54.4 ± 2 |