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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 88
Median score: 57.7
Top ranked: Finland

Year1981

Showing 1981 snapshot.

Year

1981

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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 · 1981

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1981

Snapshot: 1981

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Finland Europe	Europe	82.1 ± 5
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	79.8 ± 5
3	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.4 ± 5
4	Japan Asia	Asia	79.0 ± 5
5	Norway Europe	Europe	77.4 ± 5
6	Australia Oceania	Oceania	76.8 ± 5
7	Austria Europe	Europe	75.8 ± 5
8	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	74.6 ± 5
9	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	74.5 ± 5
10	Barbados North America	North America	74.3 ± 5
11	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	73.8 ± 5
12	Iceland Europe	Europe	73.5 ± 5
13	Belgium Europe	Europe	73.3 ± 5
14	Singapore Asia	Asia	73.2 ± 5
15	France Europe	Europe	72.9 ± 5
16	Italy Europe	Europe	72.8 ± 5
17	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	72.8 ± 5
18	Spain Europe	Europe	71.1 ± 5
19	Kuwait Asia	Asia	70.9 ± 5
20	Mauritius Africa	Africa	70.7 ± 5
21	Jamaica North America	North America	70.5 ± 5
22	Portugal Europe	Europe	70.4 ± 5
23	Philippines Asia	Asia	69.5 ± 5
24	Albania Europe	Europe	69.2 ± 5
25	Argentina South America	South America	68.4 ± 5
26	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	68.4 ± 5
27	United States North America	North America	67.3 ± 5
28	Panama North America	North America	67.3 ± 5
29	Greece Europe	Europe	66.2 ± 5
30	Malaysia Asia	Asia	66.1 ± 5
31	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	65.1 ± 5
32	Libya Africa	Africa	65.0 ± 5
33	Mexico North America	North America	65.0 ± 5
34	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	65.0 ± 5
35	Guyana South America	South America	64.7 ± 5
36	Uruguay South America	South America	63.5 ± 2
37	Botswana Africa	Africa	62.6 ± 5
38	Paraguay South America	South America	60.9 ± 5
39	Bahrain Asia	Asia	60.8 ± 5
40	Algeria Africa	Africa	60.1 ± 5
41	Dominican Republic North America	North America	60.0 ± 5
42	Lesotho Africa	Africa	59.1 ± 5
43	Colombia South America	South America	58.7 ± 5
44	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.7 ± 5
45	Jordan Asia	Asia	57.6 ± 5
46	Eswatini Africa	Africa	57.3 ± 5
47	Costa Rica North America	North America	56.0 ± 5
48	Tunisia Africa	Africa	55.3 ± 5
49	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	55.1 ± 5
50	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	54.8 ± 5
51	Peru South America	South America	54.2 ± 5
52	Honduras North America	North America	53.5 ± 5
53	Nicaragua North America	North America	53.0 ± 5
54	Indonesia Asia	Asia	52.6 ± 5
55	El Salvador North America	North America	52.0 ± 5
56	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	51.9 ± 5
57	Qatar Asia	Asia	49.8 ± 5
58	Guatemala North America	North America	49.4 ± 5
59	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	48.6 ± 5
60	Ghana Africa	Africa	48.1 ± 5
61	Israel Asia	Asia	47.6 ± 5
62	Rwanda Africa	Africa	47.0 ± 5
63	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	45.5 ± 5
64	Cameroon Africa	Africa	44.4 ± 5
65	China Asia	Asia	43.5 ± 5
66	Madagascar Africa	Africa	42.5 ± 5
67	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	42.1 ± 5
68	Nepal Asia	Asia	41.8 ± 5
69	Tanzania Africa	Africa	40.9 ± 5
70	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	40.8 ± 5
71	Morocco Africa	Africa	40.4 ± 5
72	India Asia	Asia	40.1 ± 5
73	Togo Africa	Africa	40.0 ± 5
74	Uganda Africa	Africa	38.6 ± 5
75	Iraq Asia	Asia	37.9 ± 5
76	Burundi Africa	Africa	37.4 ± 5
77	Senegal Africa	Africa	37.3 ± 5
78	Benin Africa	Africa	35.5 ± 5
79	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	35.1 ± 5
80	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	34.9 ± 5
81	Niger Africa	Africa	32.9 ± 5
82	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	31.9 ± 5
83	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	31.7 ± 5
84	Pakistan Asia	Asia	29.7 ± 5
85	Mali Africa	Africa	29.4 ± 5
86	Oman Asia	Asia	16.6 ± 5
87	Bhutan Asia	Asia	16.5 ± 5
88	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	14.4 ± 5
—	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	⚠ 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
—	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bahamas, The North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Belarus Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Belize North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Bermuda North America	North America	⚠ Insufficient data