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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 66
Median score: 52.9
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1978

Showing 1978 snapshot.

Year

1978

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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 · 1978

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1978

Snapshot: 1978

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	78.6 ± 5
2	Italy Europe	Europe	77.5 ± 5
3	Barbados North America	North America	74.8 ± 5
4	France Europe	Europe	74.5 ± 5
5	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	73.1 ± 5
6	Jamaica North America	North America	72.5 ± 5
7	Argentina South America	South America	71.7 ± 5
8	Spain Europe	Europe	70.8 ± 5
9	Malaysia Asia	Asia	69.9 ± 5
10	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	68.6 ± 5
11	Iceland Europe	Europe	68.4 ± 5
12	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	68.2 ± 5
13	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	67.8 ± 5
14	Panama North America	North America	67.1 ± 5
15	Uruguay South America	South America	67.1 ± 5
16	Greece Europe	Europe	66.0 ± 5
17	Kuwait Asia	Asia	66.0 ± 5
18	United States North America	North America	65.7 ± 5
19	Guyana South America	South America	65.5 ± 5
20	Mauritius Africa	Africa	64.0 ± 5
21	Gabon Africa	Africa	62.9 ± 5
22	Paraguay South America	South America	62.1 ± 5
23	Lesotho Africa	Africa	60.5 ± 5
24	Botswana Africa	Africa	59.2 ± 5
25	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	59.0 ± 5
26	Algeria Africa	Africa	58.6 ± 5
27	Libya Africa	Africa	57.7 ± 5
28	Eswatini Africa	Africa	56.6 ± 5
29	Thailand Asia	Asia	54.7 ± 5
30	El Salvador North America	North America	54.6 ± 5
31	Honduras North America	North America	54.1 ± 5
32	Nicaragua North America	North America	53.6 ± 5
33	Tunisia Africa	Africa	53.2 ± 5
34	Dominican Republic North America	North America	52.6 ± 5
35	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	52.2 ± 5
36	Guatemala North America	North America	51.5 ± 5
37	Ghana Africa	Africa	51.4 ± 5
38	Myanmar Asia	Asia	50.6 ± 5
39	Madagascar Africa	Africa	50.1 ± 5
40	Indonesia Asia	Asia	49.6 ± 5
41	Kenya Africa	Africa	49.0 ± 5
42	Jordan Asia	Asia	48.2 ± 5
43	Peru South America	South America	48.1 ± 5
44	Cameroon Africa	Africa	46.5 ± 5
45	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	45.5 ± 5
46	Rwanda Africa	Africa	45.4 ± 5
47	Iraq Asia	Asia	44.6 ± 5
48	Benin Africa	Africa	44.4 ± 5
49	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	43.7 ± 5
50	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	41.0 ± 5
51	Morocco Africa	Africa	41.0 ± 5
52	Uganda Africa	Africa	40.0 ± 5
53	India Asia	Asia	40.0 ± 5
54	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	39.8 ± 5
55	Togo Africa	Africa	38.4 ± 5
56	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	37.6 ± 5
57	Nigeria Africa	Africa	37.3 ± 5
58	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	36.7 ± 5
59	Niger Africa	Africa	34.4 ± 5
60	Pakistan Asia	Asia	33.7 ± 5
61	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	31.1 ± 5
62	Tanzania Africa	Africa	29.5 ± 5
63	Mali Africa	Africa	28.3 ± 5
64	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	20.6 ± 5
65	Senegal Africa	Africa	20.5 ± 5
66	Oman Asia	Asia	15.4 ± 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
—	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
—	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
—	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