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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 128
Median score: 55.7
Top ranked: Finland

Year1989

Showing 1989 snapshot.

Year

1989

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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 · 1989

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1989

Snapshot: 1989

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Finland Europe	Europe	85.0 ± 5
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	84.7 ± 5
3	Denmark Europe	Europe	83.2 ± 5
4	Switzerland Europe	Europe	82.9 ± 5
5	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	80.9 ± 5
6	Singapore Asia	Asia	80.3 ± 5
7	Canada North America	North America	80.0 ± 5
8	Iceland Europe	Europe	80.0 ± 5
9	Norway Europe	Europe	79.8 ± 5
10	Australia Oceania	Oceania	77.4 ± 5
11	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	76.5 ± 5
12	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	76.5 ± 5
13	Netherlands Europe	Europe	75.9 ± 5
14	Japan Asia	Asia	75.8 ± 5
15	Belgium Europe	Europe	75.2 ± 5
16	Austria Europe	Europe	74.6 ± 5
17	Malta Europe	Europe	72.8 ± 5
18	Ireland Europe	Europe	72.0 ± 5
19	Bahrain Asia	Asia	71.7 ± 5
20	Italy Europe	Europe	71.3 ± 5
21	Spain Europe	Europe	70.6 ± 5
22	Kuwait Asia	Asia	69.9 ± 5
23	United States North America	North America	69.7 ± 5
24	France Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 5
25	Barbados North America	North America	68.9 ± 5
26	Argentina South America	South America	67.5 ± 5
27	Seychelles Africa	Africa	67.0 ± 5
28	Bahamas, The North America	North America	66.8 ± 5
29	Lebanon Asia	Asia	66.8 ± 5
30	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	66.7 ± 5
31	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	66.4 ± 5
32	Uruguay South America	South America	66.0 ± 2
33	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.0 ± 5
34	Portugal Europe	Europe	65.9 ± 5
35	Malaysia Asia	Asia	65.4 ± 5
36	Belize North America	North America	64.6 ± 5
37	Mexico North America	North America	64.4 ± 5
38	Libya Africa	Africa	64.3 ± 5
39	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	64.1 ± 5
40	Chile South America	South America	64.0 ± 5
41	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	63.5 ± 5
42	Jamaica North America	North America	63.3 ± 5
43	Greece Europe	Europe	63.1 ± 5
44	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	62.5 ± 5
45	Panama North America	North America	61.4 ± 5
46	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.1 ± 5
47	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	60.7 ± 5
48	Albania Europe	Europe	60.2 ± 5
49	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	60.2 ± 5
50	Algeria Africa	Africa	60.1 ± 2
51	Colombia South America	South America	59.9 ± 5
52	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	59.3 ± 5
53	Philippines Asia	Asia	59.0 ± 5
54	Guyana South America	South America	59.0 ± 5
55	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	58.0 ± 5
56	Paraguay South America	South America	57.3 ± 5
57	Qatar Asia	Asia	57.3 ± 5
58	South Africa Africa	Africa	57.1 ± 5
59	Tunisia Africa	Africa	57.1 ± 2
60	Botswana Africa	Africa	56.3 ± 5
61	Ecuador South America	South America	56.1 ± 5
62	Israel Asia	Asia	56.1 ± 5
63	Thailand Asia	Asia	56.0 ± 2
64	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.7 ± 5
65	Jordan Asia	Asia	55.7 ± 2
66	Peru South America	South America	55.4 ± 2
67	Nicaragua North America	North America	55.3 ± 5
68	Eswatini Africa	Africa	54.9 ± 5
69	China Asia	Asia	54.4 ± 2
70	Gabon Africa	Africa	54.1 ± 5
71	Bolivia South America	South America	53.5 ± 5
72	Indonesia Asia	Asia	53.0 ± 2
73	Costa Rica North America	North America	52.7 ± 5
74	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	52.5 ± 2
75	Honduras North America	North America	52.2 ± 5
76	Lesotho Africa	Africa	51.3 ± 2
77	Egypt, Arab Rep. Africa · Asia	Africa · Asia	50.7 ± 5
78	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	50.5 ± 5
79	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	50.2 ± 5
80	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	50.0 ± 5
81	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	49.5 ± 2
82	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	48.4 ± 5
83	Kiribati Oceania	Oceania	48.4 ± 5
84	Kenya Africa	Africa	48.0 ± 5
85	El Salvador North America	North America	47.9 ± 5
86	Myanmar Asia	Asia	47.4 ± 5
87	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	45.5 ± 5
88	Morocco Africa	Africa	45.4 ± 5
89	Guatemala North America	North America	44.4 ± 5
90	Madagascar Africa	Africa	44.4 ± 5
91	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	44.1 ± 5
92	Ghana Africa	Africa	43.8 ± 5
93	Oman Asia	Asia	43.7 ± 5
94	Cameroon Africa	Africa	43.7 ± 5
95	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	42.3 ± 5
96	Rwanda Africa	Africa	42.2 ± 5
97	Iraq Asia	Asia	42.1 ± 5
98	Nigeria Africa	Africa	42.1 ± 5
99	Haiti North America	North America	42.0 ± 5
100	Zambia Africa	Africa	41.7 ± 5