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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 96
Median score: 59.6
Top ranked: Finland

Year1983

Showing 1983 snapshot.

Year

1983

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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.

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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 · 1983

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1983

Snapshot: 1983

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Finland Europe	Europe	82.6 ± 5
2	Norway Europe	Europe	82.1 ± 5
3	Netherlands Europe	Europe	81.3 ± 5
4	Sweden Europe	Europe	81.2 ± 5
5	Japan Asia	Asia	79.5 ± 5
6	Canada North America	North America	78.3 ± 5
7	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	76.9 ± 5
8	Singapore Asia	Asia	76.8 ± 5
9	Austria Europe	Europe	76.4 ± 5
10	Belgium Europe	Europe	75.9 ± 5
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	75.7 ± 5
12	Australia Oceania	Oceania	75.5 ± 5
13	Barbados North America	North America	75.5 ± 5
14	Italy Europe	Europe	74.1 ± 5
15	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	73.0 ± 5
16	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	72.7 ± 5
17	Spain Europe	Europe	72.7 ± 5
18	Iceland Europe	Europe	72.5 ± 5
19	Portugal Europe	Europe	72.0 ± 5
20	France Europe	Europe	71.3 ± 5
21	Albania Europe	Europe	71.0 ± 5
22	Argentina South America	South America	69.8 ± 5
23	Jamaica North America	North America	69.6 ± 5
24	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	69.5 ± 5
25	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	69.3 ± 5
26	Kuwait Asia	Asia	68.8 ± 5
27	Philippines Asia	Asia	68.6 ± 5
28	Greece Europe	Europe	67.7 ± 5
29	Bahrain Asia	Asia	67.7 ± 5
30	Malaysia Asia	Asia	67.5 ± 5
31	United States North America	North America	66.0 ± 5
32	Libya Africa	Africa	65.7 ± 5
33	Mauritius Africa	Africa	65.2 ± 5
34	Panama North America	North America	65.0 ± 5
35	Uruguay South America	South America	64.6 ± 2
36	Botswana Africa	Africa	64.0 ± 5
37	Guyana South America	South America	63.0 ± 5
38	Algeria Africa	Africa	62.7 ± 5
39	Mexico North America	North America	62.3 ± 5
40	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	62.2 ± 5
41	Paraguay South America	South America	61.9 ± 5
42	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	61.0 ± 5
43	Dominican Republic North America	North America	60.9 ± 5
44	South Africa Africa	Africa	60.9 ± 5
45	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	60.8 ± 5
46	Colombia South America	South America	60.4 ± 5
47	Lesotho Africa	Africa	60.1 ± 5
48	Thailand Asia	Asia	59.8 ± 5
49	Eswatini Africa	Africa	59.3 ± 5
50	Gabon Africa	Africa	59.2 ± 5
51	Costa Rica North America	North America	58.5 ± 5
52	Jordan Asia	Asia	58.3 ± 5
53	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	56.0 ± 5
54	Honduras North America	North America	55.7 ± 5
55	Nicaragua North America	North America	55.5 ± 5
56	Indonesia Asia	Asia	55.1 ± 5
57	Chile South America	South America	53.9 ± 5
58	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	53.6 ± 5
59	Tunisia Africa	Africa	53.5 ± 5
60	El Salvador North America	North America	52.5 ± 5
61	Peru South America	South America	51.7 ± 5
62	China Asia	Asia	51.5 ± 5
63	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	50.8 ± 5
64	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	50.3 ± 5
65	Rwanda Africa	Africa	50.2 ± 5
66	Guatemala North America	North America	50.0 ± 5
67	Qatar Asia	Asia	49.9 ± 5
68	Ghana Africa	Africa	48.4 ± 5
69	Israel Asia	Asia	47.8 ± 5
70	Cameroon Africa	Africa	45.9 ± 5
71	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	45.5 ± 5
72	Morocco Africa	Africa	45.3 ± 5
73	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	43.0 ± 5
74	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	42.9 ± 5
75	Madagascar Africa	Africa	42.6 ± 5
76	Tanzania Africa	Africa	42.4 ± 5
77	India Asia	Asia	41.3 ± 5
78	Togo Africa	Africa	40.9 ± 5
79	Uganda Africa	Africa	38.8 ± 5
80	Iraq Asia	Asia	38.7 ± 5
81	Burundi Africa	Africa	38.5 ± 5
82	Senegal Africa	Africa	38.3 ± 5
83	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	37.5 ± 5
84	Benin Africa	Africa	37.4 ± 5
85	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	35.4 ± 5
86	Nepal Asia	Asia	35.3 ± 5
87	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	32.5 ± 5
88	Niger Africa	Africa	32.3 ± 5
89	Chad Africa	Africa	32.3 ± 5
90	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	31.6 ± 5
91	Mali Africa	Africa	29.7 ± 5
92	Pakistan Asia	Asia	29.1 ± 5
93	Oman Asia	Asia	21.1 ± 5
94	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	19.3 ± 5
95	Bhutan Asia	Asia	16.4 ± 5
96	Central African Republic Africa	Africa	13.8 ± 5
—	Afghanistan Asia	Asia	⚠ Insufficient data
—	American Samoa Oceania	Oceania	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Andorra Europe	Europe	⚠ Insufficient data
—	Angola Africa	Africa	⚠ Insufficient data