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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 70
Median score: 53.3
Top ranked: Norway

Year1979

Showing 1979 snapshot.

Year

1979

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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 · 1979

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1979

Snapshot: 1979

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Norway Europe	Europe	81.0 ± 5
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	79.2 ± 5
3	Italy Europe	Europe	79.0 ± 5
4	France Europe	Europe	76.6 ± 5
5	Barbados North America	North America	74.9 ± 5
6	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	73.3 ± 5
7	Jamaica North America	North America	72.1 ± 5
8	Argentina South America	South America	71.7 ± 5
9	Spain Europe	Europe	71.4 ± 5
10	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	68.9 ± 5
11	Iceland Europe	Europe	68.7 ± 5
12	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	68.2 ± 5
13	Kuwait Asia	Asia	68.2 ± 5
14	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	67.5 ± 5
15	United States North America	North America	66.6 ± 5
16	Guyana South America	South America	66.5 ± 5
17	Malaysia Asia	Asia	66.5 ± 5
18	Greece Europe	Europe	66.0 ± 5
19	Uruguay South America	South America	64.8 ± 5
20	Mauritius Africa	Africa	64.2 ± 5
21	Paraguay South America	South America	63.6 ± 5
22	Panama North America	North America	62.3 ± 5
23	Gabon Africa	Africa	61.4 ± 5
24	Lesotho Africa	Africa	60.0 ± 5
25	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	59.4 ± 5
26	Libya Africa	Africa	59.2 ± 5
27	Botswana Africa	Africa	59.2 ± 5
28	Algeria Africa	Africa	58.4 ± 5
29	Eswatini Africa	Africa	56.7 ± 5
30	Nicaragua North America	North America	55.0 ± 5
31	Peru South America	South America	54.3 ± 5
32	Honduras North America	North America	54.3 ± 5
33	El Salvador North America	North America	53.8 ± 5
34	Thailand Asia	Asia	53.8 ± 5
35	Tunisia Africa	Africa	53.5 ± 5
36	Dominican Republic North America	North America	53.1 ± 5
37	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	52.2 ± 5
38	Myanmar Asia	Asia	51.5 ± 5
39	Guatemala North America	North America	51.3 ± 5
40	Jordan Asia	Asia	51.1 ± 5
41	Kenya Africa	Africa	50.0 ± 5
42	Indonesia Asia	Asia	49.7 ± 5
43	Ghana Africa	Africa	49.5 ± 5
44	Iraq Asia	Asia	49.3 ± 5
45	Madagascar Africa	Africa	48.2 ± 5
46	Israel Asia	Asia	48.1 ± 5
47	Cameroon Africa	Africa	46.1 ± 5
48	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	45.8 ± 5
49	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	45.5 ± 5
50	Rwanda Africa	Africa	45.2 ± 5
51	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	44.4 ± 5
52	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	44.0 ± 5
53	Morocco Africa	Africa	41.6 ± 5
54	Togo Africa	Africa	41.2 ± 5
55	Uganda Africa	Africa	40.1 ± 5
56	Nigeria Africa	Africa	39.8 ± 5
57	India Asia	Asia	39.1 ± 5
58	Burundi Africa	Africa	37.9 ± 5
59	Senegal Africa	Africa	36.4 ± 5
60	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	36.2 ± 5
61	Niger Africa	Africa	35.1 ± 5
62	Benin Africa	Africa	35.1 ± 5
63	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	33.8 ± 5
64	Pakistan Asia	Asia	32.9 ± 5
65	Tanzania Africa	Africa	32.4 ± 5
66	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	31.9 ± 5
67	Mali Africa	Africa	28.1 ± 5
68	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	27.7 ± 5
69	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	17.3 ± 5
70	Oman Asia	Asia	17.1 ± 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
—	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