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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 165
Median score: 58.1
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1993

Showing 1993 snapshot.

Year

1993

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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 · 1993

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1993

Snapshot: 1993

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	79.8 ± 5
2	Iceland Europe	Europe	78.8 ± 5
3	Finland Europe	Europe	78.6 ± 5
4	Switzerland Europe	Europe	77.9 ± 5
5	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	77.6 ± 5
6	Norway Europe	Europe	77.4 ± 5
7	Australia Oceania	Oceania	76.1 ± 5
8	Canada North America	North America	75.1 ± 5
9	Denmark Europe	Europe	74.8 ± 5
10	Seychelles Africa	Africa	74.8 ± 5
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	74.7 ± 5
12	Netherlands Europe	Europe	74.2 ± 5
13	Japan Asia	Asia	72.3 ± 5
14	Austria Europe	Europe	71.7 ± 5
15	Ukraine Europe	Europe	71.1 ± 5
16	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	71.1 ± 5
17	Czechia Europe	Europe	71.0 ± 5
18	Germany Europe	Europe	71.0 ± 5
19	Lithuania Europe	Europe	70.3 ± 5
20	United States North America	North America	70.3 ± 5
21	Estonia Europe	Europe	70.2 ± 5
22	Latvia Europe	Europe	70.2 ± 5
23	Singapore Asia	Asia	70.1 ± 5
24	Ireland Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 5
25	France Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 5
26	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	69.6 ± 5
27	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	69.6 ± 5
28	Belgium Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 5
29	Portugal Europe	Europe	69.4 ± 5
30	Malta Europe	Europe	67.9 ± 5
31	Italy Europe	Europe	67.8 ± 5
32	Uruguay South America	South America	67.3 ± 2
33	Belarus Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 2
34	St. Lucia North America	North America	67.1 ± 5
35	Poland Europe	Europe	67.0 ± 5
36	Slovenia Europe	Europe	67.0 ± 5
37	Barbados North America	North America	66.6 ± 5
38	Hungary Europe	Europe	66.5 ± 5
39	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.4 ± 5
40	Cuba North America	North America	66.3 ± 5
41	Spain Europe	Europe	65.9 ± 5
42	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	65.9 ± 5
43	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	65.8 ± 5
44	Mauritius Africa	Africa	65.1 ± 2
45	Argentina South America	South America	65.0 ± 2
46	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	64.9 ± 2
47	Suriname South America	South America	64.3 ± 5
48	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	64.0 ± 5
49	Jamaica North America	North America	63.8 ± 5
50	Chile South America	South America	63.7 ± 5
51	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	63.4 ± 5
52	Mexico North America	North America	63.4 ± 5
53	Panama North America	North America	63.4 ± 2
54	Romania Europe	Europe	63.4 ± 5
55	Greece Europe	Europe	63.1 ± 5
56	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	63.0 ± 5
57	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	63.0 ± 5
58	Guyana South America	South America	62.9 ± 5
59	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	62.9 ± 5
60	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	62.8 ± 5
61	Paraguay South America	South America	62.6 ± 2
62	Malaysia Asia	Asia	62.4 ± 2
63	Mongolia Asia	Asia	62.2 ± 5
64	Belize North America	North America	62.1 ± 2
65	Colombia South America	South America	62.0 ± 5
66	Bahamas, The North America	North America	61.8 ± 5
67	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	61.5 ± 5
68	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	60.8 ± 5
69	Bahrain Asia	Asia	60.7 ± 2
70	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	60.5 ± 5
71	Lesotho Africa	Africa	60.4 ± 2
72	Brazil South America	South America	60.3 ± 5
73	Armenia Asia	Asia	60.0 ± 5
74	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	59.8 ± 5
75	Albania Europe	Europe	59.3 ± 5
76	Philippines Asia	Asia	59.2 ± 2
77	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 5
78	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.4 ± 2
79	Dominican Republic North America	North America	58.4 ± 2
80	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	58.4 ± 5
81	El Salvador North America	North America	58.4 ± 2
82	Honduras North America	North America	58.2 ± 2
83	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	58.1 ± 5
84	South Africa Africa	Africa	58.1 ± 2
85	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	57.9 ± 5
86	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.9 ± 5
87	Indonesia Asia	Asia	57.6 ± 2
88	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 5
89	China Asia	Asia	57.2 ± 2
90	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	57.1 ± 2
91	Ecuador South America	South America	56.9 ± 5
92	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	56.8 ± 5
93	Tunisia Africa	Africa	56.5 ± 2
94	Cambodia Asia	Asia	56.4 ± 5
95	Peru South America	South America	56.0 ± 2
96	Namibia Africa	Africa	55.7 ± 2
97	Eswatini Africa	Africa	55.3 ± 5
98	Costa Rica North America	North America	54.5 ± 5
99	Bolivia South America	South America	54.1 ± 5
100	Nicaragua North America	North America	54.0 ± 5