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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 75
Median score: 57.3
Top ranked: Finland

Year1980

Showing 1980 snapshot.

Year

1980

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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 · 1980

Sortable country leaderboard

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

Year1980

Snapshot: 1980

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Finland Europe	Europe	83.1 ± 5
2	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.5 ± 5
3	Sweden Europe	Europe	79.4 ± 5
4	Austria Europe	Europe	78.0 ± 5
5	Japan Asia	Asia	77.9 ± 5
6	Norway Europe	Europe	76.7 ± 5
7	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	73.6 ± 5
8	France Europe	Europe	72.8 ± 5
9	Italy Europe	Europe	72.5 ± 5
10	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.8 ± 5
11	Barbados North America	North America	71.6 ± 5
12	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	71.4 ± 5
13	Mauritius Africa	Africa	71.1 ± 5
14	Iceland Europe	Europe	70.8 ± 5
15	Jamaica North America	North America	70.7 ± 5
16	Kuwait Asia	Asia	70.5 ± 5
17	Uruguay South America	South America	69.7 ± 5
18	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	69.1 ± 5
19	Spain Europe	Europe	69.0 ± 5
20	Malaysia Asia	Asia	68.5 ± 5
21	Argentina South America	South America	68.1 ± 5
22	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	68.0 ± 5
23	Greece Europe	Europe	67.9 ± 5
24	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	67.7 ± 5
25	United States North America	North America	65.7 ± 5
26	Panama North America	North America	65.6 ± 5
27	Mexico North America	North America	64.6 ± 5
28	Guyana South America	South America	64.5 ± 5
29	Libya Africa	Africa	61.2 ± 5
30	Paraguay South America	South America	60.8 ± 5
31	Botswana Africa	Africa	60.7 ± 5
32	Thailand Asia	Asia	60.0 ± 5
33	Bahrain Asia	Asia	59.1 ± 5
34	Qatar Asia	Asia	58.8 ± 5
35	Lesotho Africa	Africa	58.8 ± 5
36	Algeria Africa	Africa	58.2 ± 5
37	Colombia South America	South America	58.0 ± 5
38	Dominican Republic North America	North America	57.3 ± 5
39	Tunisia Africa	Africa	55.2 ± 5
40	Costa Rica North America	North America	54.6 ± 5
41	Nicaragua North America	North America	53.9 ± 5
42	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	53.8 ± 5
43	Honduras North America	North America	53.5 ± 5
44	Jordan Asia	Asia	53.1 ± 5
45	El Salvador North America	North America	53.1 ± 5
46	Indonesia Asia	Asia	52.7 ± 5
47	Peru South America	South America	51.7 ± 5
48	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	51.6 ± 5
49	Guatemala North America	North America	50.6 ± 5
50	Ghana Africa	Africa	47.8 ± 5
51	Iraq Asia	Asia	47.0 ± 5
52	Israel Asia	Asia	46.7 ± 5
53	Cameroon Africa	Africa	45.8 ± 5
54	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	45.4 ± 5
55	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	45.1 ± 5
56	Rwanda Africa	Africa	44.9 ± 5
57	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	44.2 ± 5
58	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	43.6 ± 5
59	Madagascar Africa	Africa	43.4 ± 5
60	Togo Africa	Africa	41.6 ± 5
61	Tanzania Africa	Africa	41.4 ± 5
62	Morocco Africa	Africa	40.4 ± 5
63	India Asia	Asia	38.7 ± 5
64	Uganda Africa	Africa	38.2 ± 5
65	Senegal Africa	Africa	37.4 ± 5
66	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	35.7 ± 5
67	Benin Africa	Africa	34.6 ± 5
68	Niger Africa	Africa	32.5 ± 5
69	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	32.4 ± 5
70	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	31.8 ± 5
71	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	31.2 ± 5
72	Pakistan Asia	Asia	30.4 ± 5
73	Mali Africa	Africa	29.2 ± 5
74	Oman Asia	Asia	17.3 ± 5
75	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	15.2 ± 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
—	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bahamas, The North America	North America	⚠ 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