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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 34
Median score: 57.9
Top ranked: Australia

Year1965

Showing 1965 snapshot.

Year

1965

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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 · 1965

Sortable country leaderboard

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

Year1965

Snapshot: 1965

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Australia Oceania	Oceania	80.8 ± 5
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	77.2 ± 5
3	France Europe	Europe	76.3 ± 5
4	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	74.9 ± 5
5	Greece Europe	Europe	74.9 ± 5
6	Uruguay South America	South America	72.7 ± 5
7	Canada North America	North America	68.6 ± 5
8	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	67.3 ± 5
9	Paraguay South America	South America	63.5 ± 5
10	Kenya Africa	Africa	61.3 ± 5
11	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.3 ± 5
12	Costa Rica North America	North America	60.9 ± 5
13	Ecuador South America	South America	60.0 ± 5
14	Tunisia Africa	Africa	59.9 ± 5
15	Thailand Asia	Asia	59.3 ± 5
16	Colombia South America	South America	59.0 ± 5
17	Honduras North America	North America	57.9 ± 5
18	Guatemala North America	North America	57.8 ± 5
19	Brazil South America	South America	55.7 ± 5
20	Panama North America	North America	55.1 ± 5
21	Ghana Africa	Africa	54.5 ± 5
22	Peru South America	South America	53.8 ± 5
23	United States North America	North America	53.7 ± 5
24	Togo Africa	Africa	51.8 ± 5
25	Dominican Republic North America	North America	50.3 ± 5
26	Morocco Africa	Africa	49.9 ± 5
27	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	47.0 ± 5
28	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	47.0 ± 5
29	India Asia	Asia	40.5 ± 5
30	Pakistan Asia	Asia	31.3 ± 5
31	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	28.0 ± 5
32	Indonesia Asia	Asia	24.4 ± 5
33	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	14.3 ± 5
34	Nepal Asia	Asia	11.2 ± 5
—	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Albania Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Algeria Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	American Samoa Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Andorra Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Angola Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Argentina South America	South America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Armenia Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Aruba North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Austria Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bahamas, The North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bahrain Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Barbados North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Belarus Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Belgium Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Belize North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Benin Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bermuda North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bhutan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bolivia South America	South America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Botswana Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	British Virgin Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Burundi Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cambodia Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cameroon Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cayman Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Chad Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Channel Islands Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Chile South America	South America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	China Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Comoros Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Croatia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cuba North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Curacao North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Czechia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Denmark Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Djibouti Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Dominica North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	El Salvador North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Equatorial Guinea Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Eritrea Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Estonia Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Eswatini Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Faroe Islands Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Finland Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	French Polynesia Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Gabon Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	⚠ 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