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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 164
Median score: 58.0
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1994

Showing 1994 snapshot.

Year

1994

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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 · 1994

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1994

Snapshot: 1994

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	80.2 ± 5
2	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	79.7 ± 5
3	Finland Europe	Europe	79.3 ± 5
4	Iceland Europe	Europe	79.2 ± 5
5	Switzerland Europe	Europe	79.2 ± 5
6	Norway Europe	Europe	78.8 ± 5
7	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	78.0 ± 5
8	Canada North America	North America	77.1 ± 5
9	Australia Oceania	Oceania	76.9 ± 5
10	Denmark Europe	Europe	76.4 ± 5
11	Netherlands Europe	Europe	74.6 ± 5
12	Austria Europe	Europe	73.9 ± 5
13	Japan Asia	Asia	73.6 ± 5
14	Germany Europe	Europe	72.7 ± 5
15	Singapore Asia	Asia	72.1 ± 5
16	United States North America	North America	71.6 ± 5
17	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	71.3 ± 5
18	Czechia Europe	Europe	71.3 ± 5
19	Lithuania Europe	Europe	71.0 ± 5
20	Belgium Europe	Europe	70.8 ± 5
21	Ireland Europe	Europe	70.7 ± 5
22	Estonia Europe	Europe	70.5 ± 5
23	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	70.5 ± 5
24	France Europe	Europe	70.1 ± 5
25	Malta Europe	Europe	69.6 ± 5
26	Portugal Europe	Europe	69.4 ± 5
27	Italy Europe	Europe	68.8 ± 5
28	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	68.8 ± 5
29	Ukraine Europe	Europe	68.5 ± 5
30	Seychelles Africa	Africa	68.5 ± 5
31	Slovenia Europe	Europe	68.0 ± 5
32	St. Lucia North America	North America	67.8 ± 5
33	Uruguay South America	South America	67.8 ± 2
34	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	67.8 ± 5
35	Latvia Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 5
36	Barbados North America	North America	67.0 ± 5
37	Hungary Europe	Europe	66.8 ± 5
38	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	66.7 ± 2
39	Spain Europe	Europe	66.4 ± 5
40	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	65.9 ± 5
41	Suriname South America	South America	65.4 ± 5
42	Cuba North America	North America	65.3 ± 5
43	Poland Europe	Europe	65.3 ± 5
44	Argentina South America	South America	65.3 ± 2
45	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	65.3 ± 5
46	Belarus Europe	Europe	65.0 ± 2
47	Mauritius Africa	Africa	64.9 ± 5
48	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	64.8 ± 5
49	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	64.4 ± 5
50	Chile South America	South America	64.4 ± 5
51	Mexico North America	North America	64.3 ± 5
52	Jamaica North America	North America	64.3 ± 5
53	Greece Europe	Europe	63.9 ± 5
54	Panama North America	North America	63.6 ± 2
55	Bahamas, The North America	North America	63.4 ± 5
56	Malaysia Asia	Asia	63.3 ± 2
57	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	63.3 ± 5
58	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	62.5 ± 5
59	Romania Europe	Europe	62.4 ± 5
60	Paraguay South America	South America	62.2 ± 2
61	Belize North America	North America	61.7 ± 5
62	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	61.6 ± 5
63	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	61.2 ± 5
64	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	61.1 ± 5
65	Guyana South America	South America	61.1 ± 5
66	Bahrain Asia	Asia	61.1 ± 2
67	Albania Europe	Europe	60.9 ± 5
68	Armenia Asia	Asia	60.5 ± 5
69	Brazil South America	South America	60.2 ± 5
70	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	60.0 ± 5
71	El Salvador North America	North America	59.9 ± 2
72	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	59.7 ± 5
73	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	59.7 ± 5
74	Lesotho Africa	Africa	59.5 ± 2
75	Philippines Asia	Asia	59.4 ± 2
76	Mongolia Asia	Asia	59.4 ± 5
77	Thailand Asia	Asia	59.3 ± 2
78	Colombia South America	South America	59.3 ± 5
79	Tunisia Africa	Africa	58.8 ± 2
80	Honduras North America	North America	58.6 ± 2
81	Dominican Republic North America	North America	58.2 ± 5
82	Indonesia Asia	Asia	58.0 ± 2
83	China Asia	Asia	58.0 ± 5
84	South Africa Africa	Africa	57.7 ± 2
85	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	57.7 ± 5
86	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	57.6 ± 5
87	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.3 ± 5
88	Peru South America	South America	57.1 ± 2
89	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	56.9 ± 5
90	Namibia Africa	Africa	56.6 ± 2
91	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	56.6 ± 5
92	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	56.2 ± 2
93	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.8 ± 5
94	Ecuador South America	South America	55.5 ± 5
95	Kuwait Asia	Asia	55.1 ± 5
96	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	55.1 ± 5
97	Nicaragua North America	North America	55.0 ± 5
98	Botswana Africa	Africa	54.7 ± 2
99	Israel Asia	Asia	54.4 ± 5
100	Libya Africa	Africa	54.0 ± 5