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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 123
Median score: 54.2
Top ranked: Finland

Year1988

Showing 1988 snapshot.

Year

1988

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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 · 1988

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1988

Snapshot: 1988

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Finland Europe	Europe	85.2 ± 5
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	84.7 ± 5
3	Denmark Europe	Europe	82.9 ± 5
4	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	80.6 ± 5
5	Iceland Europe	Europe	79.8 ± 5
6	Norway Europe	Europe	79.8 ± 5
7	Canada North America	North America	79.5 ± 5
8	Switzerland Europe	Europe	79.0 ± 5
9	Singapore Asia	Asia	77.7 ± 5
10	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	76.2 ± 5
11	Japan Asia	Asia	75.2 ± 5
12	Australia Oceania	Oceania	74.9 ± 5
13	Netherlands Europe	Europe	74.9 ± 5
14	Austria Europe	Europe	74.8 ± 5
15	Belgium Europe	Europe	73.8 ± 5
16	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	73.0 ± 5
17	Kuwait Asia	Asia	72.3 ± 5
18	Bahrain Asia	Asia	72.3 ± 5
19	Malta Europe	Europe	72.2 ± 5
20	Italy Europe	Europe	71.1 ± 5
21	Ireland Europe	Europe	70.1 ± 5
22	United States North America	North America	69.7 ± 5
23	Spain Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 5
24	France Europe	Europe	68.5 ± 5
25	Argentina South America	South America	68.2 ± 5
26	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	68.2 ± 5
27	Seychelles Africa	Africa	66.9 ± 5
28	Bahamas, The North America	North America	66.7 ± 5
29	Barbados North America	North America	66.7 ± 5
30	Uruguay South America	South America	66.2 ± 2
31	Malaysia Asia	Asia	65.1 ± 5
32	Libya Africa	Africa	64.5 ± 5
33	Portugal Europe	Europe	64.4 ± 5
34	Greece Europe	Europe	64.1 ± 5
35	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	63.7 ± 5
36	Belize North America	North America	63.2 ± 5
37	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	63.0 ± 5
38	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	63.0 ± 5
39	Jamaica North America	North America	62.9 ± 5
40	Chile South America	South America	62.5 ± 5
41	Mexico North America	North America	62.5 ± 5
42	Panama North America	North America	62.4 ± 5
43	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	61.7 ± 5
44	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.7 ± 5
45	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	59.8 ± 5
46	Albania Europe	Europe	59.7 ± 5
47	Colombia South America	South America	59.5 ± 5
48	Philippines Asia	Asia	59.0 ± 5
49	Algeria Africa	Africa	58.8 ± 2
50	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	58.4 ± 5
51	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	57.8 ± 5
52	Guyana South America	South America	57.1 ± 5
53	Tunisia Africa	Africa	56.5 ± 2
54	Paraguay South America	South America	56.4 ± 5
55	Ecuador South America	South America	56.3 ± 5
56	Jordan Asia	Asia	55.9 ± 2
57	Peru South America	South America	55.8 ± 2
58	Thailand Asia	Asia	55.8 ± 2
59	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.7 ± 5
60	Eswatini Africa	Africa	55.3 ± 5
61	Nicaragua North America	North America	55.1 ± 5
62	South Africa Africa	Africa	54.2 ± 5
63	Lesotho Africa	Africa	53.7 ± 2
64	Botswana Africa	Africa	53.7 ± 5
65	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	53.6 ± 2
66	Costa Rica North America	North America	53.6 ± 5
67	Indonesia Asia	Asia	52.9 ± 2
68	Gabon Africa	Africa	52.8 ± 5
69	Bolivia South America	South America	52.7 ± 5
70	Qatar Asia	Asia	52.7 ± 5
71	Honduras North America	North America	52.2 ± 5
72	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	51.4 ± 5
73	El Salvador North America	North America	51.2 ± 5
74	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	50.3 ± 5
75	Israel Asia	Asia	50.1 ± 5
76	China Asia	Asia	48.7 ± 5
77	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	48.7 ± 5
78	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	48.6 ± 5
79	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	48.4 ± 5
80	Myanmar Asia	Asia	48.3 ± 5
81	Kenya Africa	Africa	48.2 ± 5
82	Morocco Africa	Africa	46.5 ± 5
83	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	46.1 ± 5
84	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	45.9 ± 5
85	Guatemala North America	North America	45.1 ± 5
86	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	44.8 ± 5
87	Zambia Africa	Africa	44.8 ± 5
88	Cameroon Africa	Africa	43.7 ± 5
89	Ghana Africa	Africa	43.7 ± 5
90	Haiti North America	North America	43.1 ± 5
91	Tanzania Africa	Africa	43.1 ± 5
92	Iraq Asia	Asia	43.1 ± 5
93	Rwanda Africa	Africa	42.7 ± 5
94	Madagascar Africa	Africa	42.1 ± 5
95	Oman Asia	Asia	40.5 ± 5
96	Nigeria Africa	Africa	40.5 ± 5
97	Cote d'Ivoire Africa	Africa	40.0 ± 5
98	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	39.4 ± 5
99	India Asia	Asia	39.4 ± 5
100	Congo, Dem. Rep. Africa	Africa	39.1 ± 5