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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 101
Median score: 52.4
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1984

Showing 1984 snapshot.

Year

1984

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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 · 1984

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1984

Snapshot: 1984

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	84.1 ± 5
2	Norway Europe	Europe	83.5 ± 5
3	Finland Europe	Europe	83.0 ± 5
4	Japan Asia	Asia	81.2 ± 5
5	Netherlands Europe	Europe	72.3 ± 5
6	Canada North America	North America	71.0 ± 5
7	Singapore Asia	Asia	70.9 ± 5
8	Australia Oceania	Oceania	69.9 ± 5
9	Iceland Europe	Europe	69.7 ± 5
10	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	69.5 ± 5
11	United States North America	North America	69.3 ± 5
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	69.3 ± 5
13	Argentina South America	South America	67.7 ± 5
14	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	67.2 ± 5
15	Spain Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 5
16	Barbados North America	North America	67.0 ± 5
17	Austria Europe	Europe	66.9 ± 5
18	France Europe	Europe	66.4 ± 5
19	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	65.8 ± 5
20	Kuwait Asia	Asia	65.3 ± 5
21	Bahrain Asia	Asia	64.3 ± 5
22	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	63.3 ± 5
23	Jamaica North America	North America	63.2 ± 5
24	Italy Europe	Europe	63.0 ± 5
25	Libya Africa	Africa	62.9 ± 5
26	Uruguay South America	South America	62.5 ± 2
27	Greece Europe	Europe	61.6 ± 5
28	Portugal Europe	Europe	61.5 ± 5
29	Philippines Asia	Asia	60.8 ± 5
30	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	60.0 ± 5
31	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	59.6 ± 5
32	Malaysia Asia	Asia	59.4 ± 5
33	Mexico North America	North America	58.9 ± 5
34	Mauritius Africa	Africa	58.5 ± 5
35	Malta Europe	Europe	58.1 ± 5
36	Albania Europe	Europe	57.4 ± 5
37	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	57.2 ± 5
38	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	57.2 ± 5
39	Panama North America	North America	56.9 ± 5
40	Colombia South America	South America	56.6 ± 5
41	Algeria Africa	Africa	56.1 ± 5
42	Paraguay South America	South America	56.0 ± 5
43	Jordan Asia	Asia	55.7 ± 5
44	Guyana South America	South America	54.6 ± 5
45	Gabon Africa	Africa	54.2 ± 5
46	Dominican Republic North America	North America	54.1 ± 5
47	Botswana Africa	Africa	54.0 ± 5
48	South Africa Africa	Africa	53.9 ± 5
49	Chile South America	South America	53.6 ± 5
50	Tunisia Africa	Africa	53.0 ± 5
51	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	52.4 ± 5
52	Peru South America	South America	52.0 ± 5
53	Thailand Asia	Asia	51.6 ± 5
54	Eswatini Africa	Africa	51.3 ± 5
55	Costa Rica North America	North America	51.0 ± 5
56	Nicaragua North America	North America	51.0 ± 5
57	Qatar Asia	Asia	50.8 ± 5
58	Indonesia Asia	Asia	50.7 ± 2
59	Lesotho Africa	Africa	50.2 ± 5
60	Honduras North America	North America	49.9 ± 5
61	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	49.3 ± 5
62	Israel Asia	Asia	47.8 ± 5
63	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	47.5 ± 5
64	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	46.9 ± 5
65	China Asia	Asia	46.3 ± 5
66	Kenya Africa	Africa	45.5 ± 5
67	Guatemala North America	North America	44.1 ± 5
68	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	44.0 ± 5
69	Zambia Africa	Africa	43.4 ± 5
70	El Salvador North America	North America	43.2 ± 5
71	Morocco Africa	Africa	43.1 ± 5
72	Rwanda Africa	Africa	42.0 ± 5
73	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	41.7 ± 5
74	Ghana Africa	Africa	41.5 ± 5
75	Cameroon Africa	Africa	40.8 ± 5
76	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	40.6 ± 5
77	Madagascar Africa	Africa	40.0 ± 5
78	Iraq Asia	Asia	39.1 ± 5
79	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	39.1 ± 5
80	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	38.9 ± 5
81	India Asia	Asia	36.8 ± 5
82	Tanzania Africa	Africa	36.5 ± 5
83	Senegal Africa	Africa	35.0 ± 5
84	Togo Africa	Africa	34.1 ± 5
85	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	33.8 ± 5
86	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	33.4 ± 5
87	Nepal Asia	Asia	33.2 ± 5
88	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	33.0 ± 5
89	Benin Africa	Africa	32.5 ± 5
90	Uganda Africa	Africa	31.9 ± 5
91	Burundi Africa	Africa	31.1 ± 5
92	Niger Africa	Africa	27.3 ± 5
93	Chad Africa	Africa	27.1 ± 5
94	Comoros Africa	Africa	27.0 ± 5
95	Burkina Faso Africa	Africa	26.2 ± 5
96	Oman Asia	Asia	26.0 ± 5
97	Pakistan Asia	Asia	26.0 ± 5
98	Mali Africa	Africa	25.6 ± 5
99	Ethiopia Africa	Africa	16.3 ± 5
100	Bhutan Asia	Asia	15.1 ± 5