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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 141
Median score: 55.5
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1990

Showing 1990 snapshot.

Year

1990

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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 · 1990

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1990

Snapshot: 1990

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	81.0 ± 5
2	Finland Europe	Europe	80.4 ± 5
3	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.3 ± 5
4	Norway Europe	Europe	77.0 ± 5
5	Canada North America	North America	75.8 ± 5
6	Australia Oceania	Oceania	75.5 ± 5
7	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	75.5 ± 5
8	Denmark Europe	Europe	75.1 ± 5
9	Iceland Europe	Europe	74.5 ± 5
10	Netherlands Europe	Europe	73.0 ± 5
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	72.9 ± 5
12	Seychelles Africa	Africa	72.5 ± 5
13	Japan Asia	Asia	72.0 ± 5
14	Austria Europe	Europe	70.2 ± 5
15	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	70.1 ± 5
16	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	69.9 ± 5
17	United States North America	North America	69.8 ± 5
18	France Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 5
19	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	69.2 ± 5
20	Belgium Europe	Europe	69.0 ± 5
21	Ireland Europe	Europe	68.9 ± 5
22	Belize North America	North America	68.8 ± 5
23	Guyana South America	South America	68.2 ± 5
24	Hungary Europe	Europe	67.9 ± 5
25	Singapore Asia	Asia	67.8 ± 5
26	Barbados North America	North America	67.5 ± 5
27	Italy Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 5
28	Poland Europe	Europe	67.0 ± 5
29	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	66.4 ± 5
30	Malta Europe	Europe	66.3 ± 5
31	Portugal Europe	Europe	65.9 ± 5
32	St. Lucia North America	North America	65.8 ± 5
33	Spain Europe	Europe	65.7 ± 5
34	Cuba North America	North America	65.5 ± 5
35	Mauritius Africa	Africa	65.2 ± 5
36	Uruguay South America	South America	65.1 ± 2
37	Suriname South America	South America	64.9 ± 5
38	Argentina South America	South America	64.2 ± 2
39	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	64.0 ± 5
40	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	63.5 ± 5
41	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	63.3 ± 5
42	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	62.8 ± 5
43	Greece Europe	Europe	62.3 ± 5
44	Romania Europe	Europe	61.8 ± 5
45	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	61.8 ± 5
46	Bahamas, The North America	North America	61.6 ± 5
47	Colombia South America	South America	61.6 ± 5
48	Lesotho Africa	Africa	61.5 ± 5
49	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.3 ± 2
50	Panama North America	North America	60.6 ± 2
51	Jamaica North America	North America	60.6 ± 5
52	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	60.5 ± 5
53	Bahrain Asia	Asia	60.2 ± 5
54	Paraguay South America	South America	60.1 ± 2
55	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	59.9 ± 5
56	Albania Europe	Europe	59.3 ± 5
57	Mongolia Asia	Asia	59.2 ± 5
58	Mexico North America	North America	59.1 ± 5
59	Chile South America	South America	58.8 ± 5
60	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	58.3 ± 2
61	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	57.6 ± 5
62	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 2
63	Eswatini Africa	Africa	57.5 ± 5
64	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	57.3 ± 5
65	Philippines Asia	Asia	57.3 ± 2
66	South Africa Africa	Africa	56.9 ± 5
67	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 5
68	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	56.5 ± 5
69	Indonesia Asia	Asia	56.3 ± 2
70	Brazil South America	South America	56.1 ± 5
71	Tunisia Africa	Africa	55.5 ± 2
72	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.2 ± 5
73	Ecuador South America	South America	55.0 ± 5
74	Gabon Africa	Africa	54.8 ± 5
75	China Asia	Asia	54.8 ± 5
76	Qatar Asia	Asia	54.6 ± 5
77	Libya Africa	Africa	54.6 ± 5
78	Israel Asia	Asia	54.5 ± 5
79	Botswana Africa	Africa	54.2 ± 2
80	Algeria Africa	Africa	53.5 ± 5
81	Honduras North America	North America	53.4 ± 5
82	Costa Rica North America	North America	53.2 ± 5
83	Jordan Asia	Asia	52.3 ± 2
84	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	52.1 ± 5
85	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	51.8 ± 5
86	Congo, Rep. Africa	Africa	51.8 ± 5
87	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	51.7 ± 5
88	Myanmar Asia	Asia	51.5 ± 5
89	Kenya Africa	Africa	51.1 ± 5
90	Peru South America	South America	51.1 ± 2
91	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	51.0 ± 5
92	El Salvador North America	North America	51.0 ± 5
93	Malawi Africa	Africa	50.5 ± 5
94	Lebanon Asia	Asia	50.5 ± 5
95	Somalia, Fed. Rep. Africa	Africa	50.3 ± 5
96	Madagascar Africa	Africa	50.3 ± 5
97	Bolivia South America	South America	49.9 ± 5
98	Burundi Africa	Africa	49.9 ± 5
99	Syrian Arab Republic Asia	Asia	49.1 ± 5
100	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	48.6 ± 5