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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 157
Median score: 57.2
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1992

Showing 1992 snapshot.

Year

1992

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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 · 1992

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1992

Snapshot: 1992

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	79.7 ± 5
2	Finland Europe	Europe	79.0 ± 5
3	Iceland Europe	Europe	78.5 ± 5
4	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.1 ± 5
5	Norway Europe	Europe	77.2 ± 5
6	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	76.2 ± 5
7	Denmark Europe	Europe	75.2 ± 5
8	Canada North America	North America	75.0 ± 5
9	Australia Oceania	Oceania	74.8 ± 5
10	Netherlands Europe	Europe	73.6 ± 5
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	72.7 ± 5
12	Japan Asia	Asia	72.2 ± 5
13	Austria Europe	Europe	71.8 ± 5
14	Germany Europe	Europe	71.1 ± 5
15	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	71.0 ± 5
16	Seychelles Africa	Africa	70.3 ± 5
17	Belgium Europe	Europe	69.9 ± 5
18	United States North America	North America	69.7 ± 5
19	France Europe	Europe	69.7 ± 5
20	Ireland Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 5
21	Portugal Europe	Europe	69.3 ± 5
22	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	68.9 ± 5
23	Singapore Asia	Asia	68.3 ± 5
24	Malta Europe	Europe	68.2 ± 5
25	Barbados North America	North America	68.1 ± 5
26	Italy Europe	Europe	67.7 ± 5
27	Poland Europe	Europe	67.5 ± 5
28	Belarus Europe	Europe	67.4 ± 5
29	Uruguay South America	South America	67.4 ± 2
30	Guyana South America	South America	67.2 ± 5
31	Cuba North America	North America	66.9 ± 5
32	Spain Europe	Europe	66.3 ± 5
33	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.2 ± 5
34	Hungary Europe	Europe	66.0 ± 5
35	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	65.7 ± 2
36	St. Lucia North America	North America	65.6 ± 5
37	Mauritius Africa	Africa	65.4 ± 2
38	Argentina South America	South America	64.9 ± 2
39	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	64.8 ± 5
40	Ukraine Europe	Europe	64.5 ± 5
41	Suriname South America	South America	64.4 ± 5
42	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	64.1 ± 5
43	Slovenia Europe	Europe	63.8 ± 5
44	Chile South America	South America	63.5 ± 5
45	Mexico North America	North America	63.4 ± 5
46	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	63.1 ± 5
47	Panama North America	North America	63.0 ± 2
48	Greece Europe	Europe	62.9 ± 5
49	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	62.8 ± 5
50	Armenia Asia	Asia	62.6 ± 5
51	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	62.5 ± 5
52	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	62.2 ± 5
53	Malaysia Asia	Asia	62.1 ± 2
54	Colombia South America	South America	62.1 ± 5
55	Jamaica North America	North America	62.0 ± 5
56	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	62.0 ± 5
57	Belize North America	North America	62.0 ± 5
58	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	61.8 ± 5
59	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	61.6 ± 5
60	Paraguay South America	South America	61.3 ± 2
61	Bahamas, The North America	North America	61.2 ± 5
62	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	61.2 ± 5
63	Bahrain Asia	Asia	61.0 ± 2
64	Romania Europe	Europe	60.9 ± 5
65	Brazil South America	South America	60.9 ± 5
66	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	60.7 ± 5
67	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	60.7 ± 5
68	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	60.5 ± 5
69	Lesotho Africa	Africa	59.9 ± 2
70	Mongolia Asia	Asia	59.3 ± 5
71	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	59.1 ± 5
72	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	58.6 ± 5
73	Dominican Republic North America	North America	58.5 ± 2
74	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	58.3 ± 5
75	Philippines Asia	Asia	58.3 ± 2
76	South Africa Africa	Africa	57.9 ± 5
77	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	57.6 ± 5
78	Indonesia Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 2
79	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.2 ± 2
80	Ecuador South America	South America	57.1 ± 5
81	Honduras North America	North America	56.9 ± 2
82	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	56.8 ± 2
83	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.7 ± 5
84	China Asia	Asia	56.5 ± 2
85	El Salvador North America	North America	56.5 ± 2
86	Tunisia Africa	Africa	56.3 ± 2
87	Eswatini Africa	Africa	56.2 ± 5
88	Peru South America	South America	55.5 ± 2
89	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	55.2 ± 5
90	Albania Europe	Europe	54.9 ± 5
91	Israel Asia	Asia	54.8 ± 5
92	Namibia Africa	Africa	54.8 ± 5
93	Botswana Africa	Africa	54.4 ± 2
94	Costa Rica North America	North America	54.0 ± 5
95	Libya Africa	Africa	53.0 ± 5
96	Bolivia South America	South America	52.8 ± 5
97	Madagascar Africa	Africa	52.6 ± 2
98	Algeria Africa	Africa	52.6 ± 2
99	Jordan Asia	Asia	52.5 ± 2
100	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	52.4 ± 2