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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 90
Median score: 57.7
Top ranked: Finland

Year1982

Showing 1982 snapshot.

Year

1982

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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 · 1982

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1982

Snapshot: 1982

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Finland Europe	Europe	82.5 ± 5
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	80.4 ± 5
3	Japan Asia	Asia	79.3 ± 5
4	Netherlands Europe	Europe	78.7 ± 5
5	Australia Oceania	Oceania	77.0 ± 5
6	Norway Europe	Europe	76.8 ± 5
7	Austria Europe	Europe	76.3 ± 5
8	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	75.5 ± 5
9	Barbados North America	North America	75.2 ± 5
10	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	74.9 ± 5
11	Iceland Europe	Europe	74.8 ± 5
12	Singapore Asia	Asia	74.7 ± 5
13	Belgium Europe	Europe	74.7 ± 5
14	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	73.5 ± 5
15	France Europe	Europe	73.5 ± 5
16	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	73.3 ± 5
17	Italy Europe	Europe	73.3 ± 5
18	Spain Europe	Europe	72.4 ± 5
19	Portugal Europe	Europe	71.4 ± 5
20	Albania Europe	Europe	70.4 ± 5
21	Argentina South America	South America	69.4 ± 5
22	Kuwait Asia	Asia	68.8 ± 5
23	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	68.8 ± 5
24	Jamaica North America	North America	68.3 ± 5
25	Malaysia Asia	Asia	68.0 ± 5
26	Philippines Asia	Asia	67.8 ± 5
27	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	67.7 ± 5
28	Greece Europe	Europe	67.0 ± 5
29	Panama North America	North America	66.5 ± 5
30	United States North America	North America	65.2 ± 5
31	Libya Africa	Africa	64.4 ± 5
32	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	64.0 ± 5
33	Mexico North America	North America	63.5 ± 5
34	Botswana Africa	Africa	63.4 ± 5
35	Guyana South America	South America	63.3 ± 5
36	Mauritius Africa	Africa	63.2 ± 5
37	Uruguay South America	South America	62.9 ± 2
38	Algeria Africa	Africa	61.0 ± 5
39	Paraguay South America	South America	60.7 ± 5
40	Dominican Republic North America	North America	60.4 ± 5
41	Bahrain Asia	Asia	60.1 ± 5
42	Colombia South America	South America	59.6 ± 5
43	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.9 ± 5
44	Eswatini Africa	Africa	58.2 ± 5
45	Lesotho Africa	Africa	57.8 ± 5
46	Jordan Asia	Asia	57.7 ± 5
47	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 5
48	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	55.9 ± 5
49	Nicaragua North America	North America	55.4 ± 5
50	Honduras North America	North America	55.1 ± 5
51	Costa Rica North America	North America	54.1 ± 5
52	Indonesia Asia	Asia	53.7 ± 5
53	Tunisia Africa	Africa	53.3 ± 5
54	Peru South America	South America	53.2 ± 5
55	El Salvador North America	North America	52.6 ± 5
56	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	51.9 ± 5
57	Chile South America	South America	51.1 ± 5
58	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	49.4 ± 5
59	Rwanda Africa	Africa	48.7 ± 5
60	Guatemala North America	North America	48.6 ± 5
61	Ghana Africa	Africa	48.4 ± 5
62	Israel Asia	Asia	47.6 ± 5
63	China Asia	Asia	47.1 ± 5
64	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	45.6 ± 5
65	Cameroon Africa	Africa	44.8 ± 5
66	Qatar Asia	Asia	44.2 ± 5
67	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	43.8 ± 5
68	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	42.5 ± 5
69	Nepal Asia	Asia	42.1 ± 5
70	Madagascar Africa	Africa	41.8 ± 5
71	Tanzania Africa	Africa	41.6 ± 5
72	Morocco Africa	Africa	40.9 ± 5
73	Togo Africa	Africa	40.6 ± 5
74	India Asia	Asia	40.3 ± 5
75	Uganda Africa	Africa	39.3 ± 5
76	Iraq Asia	Asia	38.7 ± 5
77	Senegal Africa	Africa	38.6 ± 5
78	Burundi Africa	Africa	37.5 ± 5
79	Benin Africa	Africa	37.3 ± 5
80	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	35.0 ± 5
81	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	34.6 ± 5
82	Niger Africa	Africa	32.6 ± 5
83	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	31.7 ± 5
84	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	30.4 ± 5
85	Mali Africa	Africa	29.2 ± 5
86	Pakistan Asia	Asia	29.0 ± 5
87	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	19.6 ± 5
88	Oman Asia	Asia	18.8 ± 5
89	Bhutan Asia	Asia	16.1 ± 5
90	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	14.6 ± 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