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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 122
Median score: 54.1
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1987

Showing 1987 snapshot.

Year

1987

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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 · 1987

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1987

Snapshot: 1987

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	84.7 ± 5
2	Finland Europe	Europe	84.6 ± 5
3	Denmark Europe	Europe	83.5 ± 5
4	Iceland Europe	Europe	81.1 ± 5
5	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	80.6 ± 5
6	Norway Europe	Europe	80.1 ± 5
7	Canada North America	North America	77.6 ± 5
8	Kuwait Asia	Asia	75.3 ± 5
9	Japan Asia	Asia	75.2 ± 5
10	Switzerland Europe	Europe	75.2 ± 5
11	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	75.2 ± 5
12	Netherlands Europe	Europe	75.1 ± 5
13	Austria Europe	Europe	75.0 ± 5
14	Singapore Asia	Asia	72.2 ± 5
15	Australia Oceania	Oceania	71.9 ± 5
16	Bahrain Asia	Asia	71.8 ± 5
17	Belgium Europe	Europe	71.7 ± 5
18	Italy Europe	Europe	71.3 ± 5
19	Malta Europe	Europe	71.3 ± 5
20	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	70.5 ± 5
21	Ireland Europe	Europe	69.9 ± 5
22	United States North America	North America	69.0 ± 5
23	Spain Europe	Europe	68.8 ± 5
24	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	68.0 ± 5
25	France Europe	Europe	67.8 ± 5
26	Argentina South America	South America	67.5 ± 5
27	Uruguay South America	South America	67.2 ± 2
28	Barbados North America	North America	67.0 ± 5
29	Seychelles Africa	Africa	66.7 ± 5
30	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	66.1 ± 5
31	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	64.6 ± 5
32	Portugal Europe	Europe	64.0 ± 5
33	Libya Africa	Africa	64.0 ± 5
34	Belize North America	North America	64.0 ± 5
35	Panama North America	North America	64.0 ± 5
36	Greece Europe	Europe	63.4 ± 5
37	Malaysia Asia	Asia	63.1 ± 5
38	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	62.7 ± 5
39	Jamaica North America	North America	62.7 ± 5
40	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.8 ± 5
41	Mexico North America	North America	61.8 ± 5
42	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	61.4 ± 5
43	Chile South America	South America	61.0 ± 5
44	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	60.5 ± 5
45	Bahamas, The North America	North America	59.8 ± 5
46	Algeria Africa	Africa	59.8 ± 5
47	Colombia South America	South America	58.9 ± 5
48	Albania Europe	Europe	58.5 ± 5
49	Philippines Asia	Asia	58.4 ± 5
50	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	57.8 ± 5
51	Guyana South America	South America	57.0 ± 5
52	Dominican Republic North America	North America	56.8 ± 5
53	Paraguay South America	South America	56.6 ± 5
54	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	56.5 ± 5
55	Tunisia Africa	Africa	56.4 ± 2
56	Peru South America	South America	55.9 ± 2
57	Jordan Asia	Asia	55.5 ± 2
58	Thailand Asia	Asia	55.1 ± 5
59	Botswana Africa	Africa	54.6 ± 5
60	Nicaragua North America	North America	54.5 ± 5
61	Eswatini Africa	Africa	54.1 ± 5
62	Ecuador South America	South America	54.0 ± 5
63	South Africa Africa	Africa	54.0 ± 5
64	Costa Rica North America	North America	53.8 ± 5
65	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	52.8 ± 2
66	Qatar Asia	Asia	52.6 ± 5
67	Gabon Africa	Africa	52.5 ± 5
68	Bolivia South America	South America	52.0 ± 5
69	Indonesia Asia	Asia	51.9 ± 2
70	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	51.5 ± 5
71	Lesotho Africa	Africa	51.4 ± 2
72	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	50.6 ± 5
73	Israel Asia	Asia	50.5 ± 5
74	Honduras North America	North America	50.3 ± 5
75	El Salvador North America	North America	49.1 ± 5
76	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	49.1 ± 5
77	China Asia	Asia	47.5 ± 5
78	Myanmar Asia	Asia	47.4 ± 5
79	Kenya Africa	Africa	47.4 ± 5
80	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	45.5 ± 5
81	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	45.3 ± 5
82	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	45.3 ± 5
83	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	45.0 ± 5
84	Morocco Africa	Africa	44.9 ± 5
85	Iraq Asia	Asia	43.8 ± 5
86	Guatemala North America	North America	43.7 ± 5
87	Zambia Africa	Africa	43.4 ± 5
88	Cameroon Africa	Africa	43.0 ± 5
89	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	42.9 ± 5
90	Ghana Africa	Africa	42.6 ± 5
91	Madagascar Africa	Africa	42.2 ± 5
92	Rwanda Africa	Africa	42.0 ± 5
93	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	41.6 ± 5
94	Oman Asia	Asia	40.1 ± 5
95	Nigeria Africa	Africa	40.1 ± 5
96	Tanzania Africa	Africa	39.7 ± 5
97	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	39.4 ± 5
98	Guinea-Bissau Africa	Africa	39.0 ± 5
99	Senegal Africa	Africa	38.1 ± 5
100	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	37.4 ± 5