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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 110
Median score: 53.2
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1985

Showing 1985 snapshot.

Year

1985

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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 · 1985

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1985

Snapshot: 1985

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	84.2 ± 5
2	Norway Europe	Europe	83.3 ± 5
3	Finland Europe	Europe	82.9 ± 5
4	Japan Asia	Asia	78.5 ± 5
5	Austria Europe	Europe	77.7 ± 5
6	Canada North America	North America	76.5 ± 5
7	Netherlands Europe	Europe	76.3 ± 5
8	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	74.4 ± 5
9	Italy Europe	Europe	72.8 ± 5
10	Belgium Europe	Europe	71.9 ± 5
11	Australia Oceania	Oceania	70.8 ± 5
12	Iceland Europe	Europe	70.1 ± 5
13	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	69.8 ± 5
14	United States North America	North America	69.5 ± 5
15	Singapore Asia	Asia	68.6 ± 5
16	Ireland Europe	Europe	67.9 ± 5
17	Barbados North America	North America	67.9 ± 5
18	Spain Europe	Europe	67.6 ± 5
19	Malta Europe	Europe	67.6 ± 5
20	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	67.4 ± 5
21	Argentina South America	South America	67.2 ± 5
22	Kuwait Asia	Asia	67.2 ± 5
23	France Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 5
24	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	67.1 ± 5
25	Bahrain Asia	Asia	66.9 ± 5
26	Libya Africa	Africa	63.8 ± 5
27	Uruguay South America	South America	63.6 ± 2
28	Seychelles Africa	Africa	63.5 ± 5
29	Jamaica North America	North America	63.5 ± 5
30	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	63.1 ± 5
31	Portugal Europe	Europe	62.4 ± 5
32	Greece Europe	Europe	62.3 ± 5
33	Mexico North America	North America	61.5 ± 5
34	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.0 ± 5
35	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	61.0 ± 5
36	Malaysia Asia	Asia	60.6 ± 5
37	Algeria Africa	Africa	59.7 ± 5
38	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	59.5 ± 5
39	Panama North America	North America	59.0 ± 5
40	Albania Europe	Europe	59.0 ± 5
41	Colombia South America	South America	58.3 ± 5
42	Philippines Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 5
43	Botswana Africa	Africa	57.2 ± 5
44	Dominican Republic North America	North America	56.8 ± 5
45	Jordan Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 5
46	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 5
47	Chile South America	South America	56.1 ± 5
48	Paraguay South America	South America	55.6 ± 5
49	Tunisia Africa	Africa	55.1 ± 2
50	Peru South America	South America	55.1 ± 2
51	South Africa Africa	Africa	54.5 ± 5
52	Nicaragua North America	North America	53.6 ± 5
53	Gabon Africa	Africa	53.6 ± 5
54	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	53.4 ± 5
55	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	53.3 ± 5
56	Thailand Asia	Asia	53.0 ± 5
57	Eswatini Africa	Africa	52.8 ± 5
58	Honduras North America	North America	51.6 ± 5
59	Lesotho Africa	Africa	51.3 ± 5
60	Costa Rica North America	North America	50.9 ± 5
61	Bolivia South America	South America	50.9 ± 5
62	Indonesia Asia	Asia	50.5 ± 2
63	Guyana South America	South America	50.3 ± 5
64	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	49.5 ± 5
65	Israel Asia	Asia	48.6 ± 5
66	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	48.6 ± 5
67	Qatar Asia	Asia	48.5 ± 5
68	Kenya Africa	Africa	47.6 ± 5
69	China Asia	Asia	47.3 ± 5
70	El Salvador North America	North America	47.0 ± 5
71	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	45.5 ± 5
72	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	45.1 ± 5
73	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	45.0 ± 5
74	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	45.0 ± 5
75	Guatemala North America	North America	44.7 ± 5
76	Zambia Africa	Africa	44.7 ± 5
77	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	43.5 ± 5
78	Cameroon Africa	Africa	43.1 ± 5
79	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	43.1 ± 5
80	Morocco Africa	Africa	42.7 ± 5
81	Iraq Asia	Asia	42.5 ± 5
82	Rwanda Africa	Africa	42.1 ± 5
83	Ghana Africa	Africa	41.7 ± 5
84	Madagascar Africa	Africa	40.8 ± 5
85	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	39.0 ± 5
86	India Asia	Asia	37.7 ± 5
87	Nigeria Africa	Africa	37.3 ± 5
88	Guinea-Bissau Africa	Africa	37.2 ± 5
89	Tanzania Africa	Africa	36.8 ± 5
90	Senegal Africa	Africa	36.1 ± 5
91	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	35.9 ± 5
92	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	35.9 ± 5
93	Togo Africa	Africa	35.0 ± 5
94	Nepal Asia	Asia	34.1 ± 5
95	Bangladesh Asia	Asia	34.0 ± 5
96	Benin Africa	Africa	33.4 ± 5
97	Uganda Africa	Africa	33.4 ± 5
98	Mauritania Africa	Africa	33.4 ± 5
99	Burundi Africa	Africa	32.1 ± 5
100	Oman Asia	Asia	31.9 ± 5