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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 117
Median score: 54.2
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1986

Showing 1986 snapshot.

Year

1986

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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 · 1986

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1986

Snapshot: 1986

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	84.6 ± 5
2	Finland Europe	Europe	83.0 ± 5
3	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	82.4 ± 5
4	Norway Europe	Europe	81.5 ± 5
5	Iceland Europe	Europe	81.3 ± 5
6	Canada North America	North America	78.9 ± 5
7	Austria Europe	Europe	77.5 ± 5
8	Netherlands Europe	Europe	76.3 ± 5
9	Japan Asia	Asia	75.8 ± 5
10	Kuwait Asia	Asia	74.0 ± 5
11	Switzerland Europe	Europe	73.8 ± 5
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	73.2 ± 5
13	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	73.1 ± 5
14	Italy Europe	Europe	72.0 ± 5
15	Australia Oceania	Oceania	71.4 ± 5
16	Singapore Asia	Asia	70.2 ± 5
17	Malta Europe	Europe	70.1 ± 5
18	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	69.8 ± 5
19	Bahrain Asia	Asia	69.7 ± 5
20	United States North America	North America	69.4 ± 5
21	Spain Europe	Europe	69.1 ± 5
22	Argentina South America	South America	68.3 ± 5
23	France Europe	Europe	67.8 ± 5
24	Ireland Europe	Europe	67.8 ± 5
25	Barbados North America	North America	67.2 ± 5
26	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	67.0 ± 5
27	Uruguay South America	South America	65.6 ± 2
28	Belize North America	North America	65.2 ± 5
29	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	64.7 ± 5
30	Libya Africa	Africa	64.3 ± 5
31	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	63.9 ± 5
32	Seychelles Africa	Africa	63.9 ± 5
33	Malaysia Asia	Asia	63.3 ± 5
34	Portugal Europe	Europe	63.3 ± 5
35	Greece Europe	Europe	63.1 ± 5
36	Jamaica North America	North America	62.6 ± 5
37	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	62.3 ± 5
38	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	62.0 ± 5
39	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.8 ± 5
40	Mexico North America	North America	61.0 ± 5
41	Bahamas, The North America	North America	59.6 ± 5
42	Algeria Africa	Africa	59.5 ± 5
43	Panama North America	North America	59.1 ± 5
44	Colombia South America	South America	59.0 ± 5
45	Albania Europe	Europe	58.8 ± 5
46	Philippines Asia	Asia	58.4 ± 5
47	Chile South America	South America	58.2 ± 5
48	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	57.8 ± 5
49	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	57.6 ± 5
50	Dominican Republic North America	North America	56.1 ± 5
51	Peru South America	South America	55.9 ± 2
52	Botswana Africa	Africa	55.9 ± 5
53	Jordan Asia	Asia	55.5 ± 2
54	Paraguay South America	South America	55.0 ± 5
55	Tunisia Africa	Africa	54.9 ± 2
56	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	54.8 ± 5
57	Eswatini Africa	Africa	54.4 ± 5
58	South Africa Africa	Africa	54.3 ± 5
59	Thailand Asia	Asia	54.2 ± 5
60	Guyana South America	South America	54.0 ± 5
61	Costa Rica North America	North America	53.9 ± 5
62	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	53.7 ± 5
63	Nicaragua North America	North America	53.5 ± 5
64	Israel Asia	Asia	53.5 ± 5
65	Gabon Africa	Africa	52.1 ± 5
66	Bolivia South America	South America	52.1 ± 5
67	Honduras North America	North America	51.5 ± 5
68	Qatar Asia	Asia	51.5 ± 5
69	Indonesia Asia	Asia	51.4 ± 2
70	Lesotho Africa	Africa	50.4 ± 5
71	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	50.0 ± 5
72	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	49.1 ± 5
73	El Salvador North America	North America	49.1 ± 5
74	Kenya Africa	Africa	47.9 ± 5
75	China Asia	Asia	46.9 ± 5
76	Myanmar Asia	Asia	46.1 ± 5
77	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	45.7 ± 5
78	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	45.4 ± 5
79	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	45.0 ± 5
80	Morocco Africa	Africa	44.8 ± 5
81	Guatemala North America	North America	44.5 ± 5
82	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	44.2 ± 5
83	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	44.2 ± 5
84	Iraq Asia	Asia	43.3 ± 5
85	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	43.2 ± 5
86	Ghana Africa	Africa	43.0 ± 5
87	Cameroon Africa	Africa	42.9 ± 5
88	Rwanda Africa	Africa	42.6 ± 5
89	Zambia Africa	Africa	42.5 ± 5
90	Madagascar Africa	Africa	41.8 ± 5
91	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	41.0 ± 5
92	Guinea-Bissau Africa	Africa	39.0 ± 5
93	Nigeria Africa	Africa	39.0 ± 5
94	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	38.4 ± 5
95	Senegal Africa	Africa	38.2 ± 5
96	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	37.1 ± 5
97	India Asia	Asia	37.1 ± 5
98	Tanzania Africa	Africa	36.8 ± 5
99	Mauritania Africa	Africa	35.3 ± 5
100	Oman Asia	Asia	35.0 ± 5