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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 46
Median score: 49.2
Top ranked: Iceland

Year1971

Showing 1971 snapshot.

Year

1971

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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 · 1971

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1971

Snapshot: 1971

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Iceland Europe	Europe	78.5 ± 5
2	Barbados North America	North America	75.7 ± 5
3	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	75.7 ± 5
4	Argentina South America	South America	73.6 ± 5
5	Uruguay South America	South America	72.7 ± 5
6	Canada North America	North America	71.2 ± 5
7	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	69.3 ± 5
8	Kuwait Asia	Asia	67.0 ± 5
9	Malaysia Asia	Asia	65.2 ± 5
10	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	65.1 ± 5
11	Paraguay South America	South America	60.7 ± 5
12	Panama North America	North America	60.2 ± 5
13	United States North America	North America	59.4 ± 5
14	Peru South America	South America	57.1 ± 5
15	Guyana South America	South America	56.3 ± 5
16	Algeria Africa	Africa	54.7 ± 5
17	Nicaragua North America	North America	53.4 ± 5
18	Kenya Africa	Africa	52.4 ± 5
19	Thailand Asia	Asia	52.3 ± 5
20	Dominican Republic North America	North America	52.0 ± 5
21	Tunisia Africa	Africa	51.5 ± 5
22	Guatemala North America	North America	50.3 ± 5
23	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	49.4 ± 5
24	Ghana Africa	Africa	49.0 ± 5
25	Madagascar Africa	Africa	47.6 ± 5
26	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	45.3 ± 5
27	Benin Africa	Africa	44.9 ± 5
28	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	44.7 ± 5
29	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	44.6 ± 5
30	Togo Africa	Africa	44.0 ± 5
31	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	43.4 ± 5
32	Lesotho Africa	Africa	43.3 ± 5
33	Cameroon Africa	Africa	42.6 ± 5
34	Morocco Africa	Africa	42.1 ± 5
35	Uganda Africa	Africa	41.7 ± 5
36	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	40.6 ± 5
37	India Asia	Asia	39.8 ± 5
38	Indonesia Asia	Asia	39.1 ± 5
39	Tanzania Africa	Africa	37.9 ± 5
40	Mali Africa	Africa	37.0 ± 5
41	Iraq Asia	Asia	34.8 ± 5
42	Pakistan Asia	Asia	30.1 ± 5
43	Rwanda Africa	Africa	28.6 ± 5
44	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	25.2 ± 5
45	Senegal Africa	Africa	20.8 ± 5
46	Niger Africa	Africa	9.3 ± 5
—	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Albania Europe	Europe	⚠ 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
—	Armenia Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Aruba North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Australia Oceania	Oceania	⚠ 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
—	Belarus Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Belgium Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Belize North America	North America	⚠ 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
—	Brazil South America	South America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	British Virgin Islands North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Burundi Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Cambodia Asia	Asia	⚠ 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
—	Colombia South America	South America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Comoros Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Costa Rica North America	North America	⚠ 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
—	Ecuador South America	South 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