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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 146
Median score: 56.4
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1991

Showing 1991 snapshot.

Year

1991

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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 · 1991

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1991

Snapshot: 1991

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	81.4 ± 5
2	Finland Europe	Europe	79.4 ± 5
3	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.3 ± 5
4	Norway Europe	Europe	77.7 ± 5
5	Iceland Europe	Europe	77.2 ± 5
6	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	76.2 ± 5
7	Denmark Europe	Europe	75.4 ± 5
8	Canada North America	North America	75.2 ± 5
9	Australia Oceania	Oceania	74.6 ± 5
10	Netherlands Europe	Europe	72.6 ± 5
11	Japan Asia	Asia	72.4 ± 5
12	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	72.2 ± 5
13	Seychelles Africa	Africa	72.1 ± 5
14	Germany Europe	Europe	71.3 ± 5
15	Austria Europe	Europe	70.9 ± 5
16	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	70.7 ± 5
17	United States North America	North America	70.5 ± 5
18	France Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 5
19	Singapore Asia	Asia	69.3 ± 5
20	Portugal Europe	Europe	69.2 ± 5
21	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	69.1 ± 5
22	Ireland Europe	Europe	68.9 ± 5
23	Belgium Europe	Europe	68.5 ± 5
24	Barbados North America	North America	68.4 ± 5
25	Malta Europe	Europe	68.2 ± 5
26	Poland Europe	Europe	67.7 ± 5
27	Italy Europe	Europe	67.5 ± 5
28	Cuba North America	North America	66.7 ± 5
29	St. Lucia North America	North America	66.5 ± 5
30	Uruguay South America	South America	66.4 ± 2
31	Spain Europe	Europe	66.3 ± 5
32	Hungary Europe	Europe	65.8 ± 5
33	Argentina South America	South America	65.5 ± 2
34	Mauritius Africa	Africa	65.3 ± 2
35	Guyana South America	South America	65.2 ± 5
36	Suriname South America	South America	64.7 ± 5
37	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	64.7 ± 5
38	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	64.4 ± 5
39	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	63.9 ± 5
40	Greece Europe	Europe	63.5 ± 5
41	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	63.4 ± 2
42	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	63.4 ± 5
43	Panama North America	North America	62.5 ± 2
44	Colombia South America	South America	62.2 ± 5
45	Jamaica North America	North America	62.1 ± 5
46	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	62.0 ± 5
47	Belize North America	North America	61.9 ± 5
48	Bahrain Asia	Asia	61.9 ± 2
49	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.9 ± 2
50	Bahamas, The North America	North America	61.4 ± 5
51	Mexico North America	North America	61.2 ± 5
52	Chile South America	South America	61.1 ± 5
53	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	60.9 ± 5
54	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	60.5 ± 5
55	Lesotho Africa	Africa	60.4 ± 2
56	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	60.3 ± 5
57	Romania Europe	Europe	60.1 ± 5
58	Paraguay South America	South America	60.1 ± 2
59	Brazil South America	South America	59.7 ± 5
60	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	59.5 ± 5
61	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	58.3 ± 5
62	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	58.2 ± 5
63	Philippines Asia	Asia	58.2 ± 2
64	Mongolia Asia	Asia	58.2 ± 5
65	South Africa Africa	Africa	57.8 ± 5
66	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	57.7 ± 5
67	Dominican Republic North America	North America	57.7 ± 2
68	Indonesia Asia	Asia	57.4 ± 2
69	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	57.3 ± 5
70	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	57.1 ± 2
71	Eswatini Africa	Africa	57.0 ± 5
72	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.0 ± 2
73	China Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 2
74	Honduras North America	North America	56.2 ± 2
75	Ecuador South America	South America	55.9 ± 5
76	Tunisia Africa	Africa	55.4 ± 2
77	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	55.2 ± 5
78	Botswana Africa	Africa	55.0 ± 2
79	Albania Europe	Europe	54.6 ± 5
80	Peru South America	South America	54.1 ± 2
81	Algeria Africa	Africa	53.9 ± 2
82	Costa Rica North America	North America	53.3 ± 5
83	Kenya Africa	Africa	52.7 ± 5
84	El Salvador North America	North America	52.6 ± 5
85	Namibia Africa	Africa	52.4 ± 5
86	Libya Africa	Africa	52.3 ± 5
87	Gabon Africa	Africa	52.3 ± 5
88	Bolivia South America	South America	52.0 ± 5
89	Zimbabwe Africa	Africa	51.8 ± 5
90	Myanmar Asia	Asia	51.8 ± 5
91	Malawi Africa	Africa	51.5 ± 5
92	Madagascar Africa	Africa	51.4 ± 2
93	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	51.1 ± 2
94	Qatar Asia	Asia	51.0 ± 5
95	Israel Asia	Asia	50.9 ± 5
96	Lebanon Asia	Asia	50.8 ± 5
97	Iran, Islamic Rep. Asia	Asia	50.7 ± 2
98	Nicaragua North America	North America	50.7 ± 5
99	Ghana Africa	Africa	50.4 ± 2
100	Gambia, The Africa	Africa	50.3 ± 5