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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 35
Median score: 50.5
Top ranked: Uruguay

Year1972

Showing 1972 snapshot.

Year

1972

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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 · 1972

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1972

Snapshot: 1972

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Uruguay South America	South America	78.3 ± 5
2	Iceland Europe	Europe	77.5 ± 5
3	Argentina South America	South America	72.9 ± 5
4	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	68.5 ± 5
5	Kuwait Asia	Asia	66.6 ± 5
6	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	65.0 ± 5
7	Panama North America	North America	60.6 ± 5
8	United States North America	North America	59.1 ± 5
9	Paraguay South America	South America	58.8 ± 5
10	Peru South America	South America	56.6 ± 5
11	Algeria Africa	Africa	55.9 ± 5
12	Guyana South America	South America	55.3 ± 5
13	Thailand Asia	Asia	52.7 ± 5
14	Kenya Africa	Africa	52.0 ± 5
15	Tunisia Africa	Africa	51.6 ± 5
16	Dominican Republic North America	North America	51.1 ± 5
17	Nicaragua North America	North America	51.0 ± 5
18	Guatemala North America	North America	50.5 ± 5
19	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	49.5 ± 5
20	Madagascar Africa	Africa	49.2 ± 5
21	Ghana Africa	Africa	48.5 ± 5
22	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	47.0 ± 5
23	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	43.8 ± 5
24	Cameroon Africa	Africa	43.1 ± 5
25	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	43.1 ± 5
26	Morocco Africa	Africa	41.7 ± 5
27	India Asia	Asia	39.4 ± 5
28	Togo Africa	Africa	38.6 ± 5
29	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	37.4 ± 5
30	Indonesia Asia	Asia	37.3 ± 5
31	Iraq Asia	Asia	34.5 ± 5
32	Pakistan Asia	Asia	30.6 ± 5
33	Rwanda Africa	Africa	28.5 ± 5
34	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	27.1 ± 5
35	Senegal Africa	Africa	20.8 ± 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
—	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
—	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
—	Canada North America	North America	⚠ 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
—	Congo, 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
—	Faroe Islands Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Finland Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	France Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	French Polynesia Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Gabon Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data