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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 166
Median score: 58.7
Top ranked: Sweden

Year1995

Showing 1995 snapshot.

Year

1995

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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 · 1995

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1995

Snapshot: 1995

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	80.9 ± 5
2	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	80.6 ± 5
3	Iceland Europe	Europe	79.2 ± 5
4	Norway Europe	Europe	79.2 ± 5
5	Finland Europe	Europe	78.8 ± 5
6	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	78.1 ± 5
7	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.0 ± 5
8	Denmark Europe	Europe	77.2 ± 5
9	Canada North America	North America	76.7 ± 5
10	Australia Oceania	Oceania	76.1 ± 5
11	Japan Asia	Asia	75.1 ± 5
12	Netherlands Europe	Europe	74.9 ± 5
13	Austria Europe	Europe	73.5 ± 5
14	Germany Europe	Europe	72.9 ± 5
15	Estonia Europe	Europe	72.5 ± 5
16	Czechia Europe	Europe	72.2 ± 5
17	Ireland Europe	Europe	71.8 ± 5
18	United States North America	North America	71.7 ± 5
19	Belgium Europe	Europe	71.4 ± 5
20	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.4 ± 5
21	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	71.2 ± 5
22	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	70.9 ± 5
23	France Europe	Europe	70.3 ± 5
24	Malta Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 5
25	Portugal Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 5
26	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	69.5 ± 2
27	Italy Europe	Europe	69.4 ± 5
28	Hungary Europe	Europe	69.0 ± 5
29	Slovenia Europe	Europe	68.8 ± 5
30	Seychelles Africa	Africa	68.8 ± 5
31	Lithuania Europe	Europe	68.6 ± 5
32	Belarus Europe	Europe	68.3 ± 2
33	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	68.0 ± 5
34	Uruguay South America	South America	67.9 ± 2
35	Ukraine Europe	Europe	67.5 ± 5
36	Latvia Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 5
37	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 5
38	Barbados North America	North America	67.1 ± 5
39	Spain Europe	Europe	66.8 ± 5
40	Cuba North America	North America	66.5 ± 5
41	Moldova Europe	Europe	66.2 ± 5
42	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	66.0 ± 5
43	Suriname South America	South America	66.0 ± 5
44	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	65.8 ± 5
45	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	65.8 ± 5
46	Greece Europe	Europe	65.6 ± 5
47	Mauritius Africa	Africa	65.5 ± 5
48	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	65.5 ± 2
49	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	65.3 ± 5
50	Poland Europe	Europe	65.3 ± 5
51	Chile South America	South America	64.8 ± 5
52	Jamaica North America	North America	64.6 ± 5
53	Bahamas, The North America	North America	64.5 ± 5
54	Argentina South America	South America	64.3 ± 2
55	St. Lucia North America	North America	64.2 ± 5
56	Mexico North America	North America	64.1 ± 5
57	Panama North America	North America	63.9 ± 2
58	Malaysia Asia	Asia	63.6 ± 2
59	Romania Europe	Europe	63.3 ± 5
60	Paraguay South America	South America	63.2 ± 2
61	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	63.1 ± 5
62	Albania Europe	Europe	62.8 ± 5
63	Brazil South America	South America	62.2 ± 5
64	Belize North America	North America	62.1 ± 5
65	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	61.9 ± 5
66	Bahrain Asia	Asia	61.4 ± 2
67	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	61.4 ± 5
68	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	61.3 ± 5
69	El Salvador North America	North America	61.2 ± 2
70	Guyana South America	South America	60.9 ± 5
71	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	60.4 ± 5
72	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	60.1 ± 5
73	Thailand Asia	Asia	60.0 ± 2
74	Mongolia Asia	Asia	59.9 ± 5
75	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	59.9 ± 5
76	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	59.5 ± 5
77	Israel Asia	Asia	59.2 ± 5
78	Papua New Guinea Oceania	Oceania	59.2 ± 5
79	Tunisia Africa	Africa	59.1 ± 2
80	Philippines Asia	Asia	59.1 ± 2
81	Dominican Republic North America	North America	59.0 ± 5
82	Honduras North America	North America	58.9 ± 2
83	Colombia South America	South America	58.7 ± 5
84	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	58.6 ± 5
85	South Africa Africa	Africa	58.4 ± 2
86	China Asia	Asia	58.3 ± 2
87	Lesotho Africa	Africa	58.2 ± 2
88	Indonesia Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
89	Armenia Asia	Asia	57.8 ± 5
90	Peru South America	South America	57.4 ± 2
91	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	57.2 ± 5
92	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.0 ± 5
93	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	56.9 ± 5
94	Tajikistan Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 5
95	Ecuador South America	South America	56.5 ± 5
96	Jordan Asia	Asia	56.2 ± 2
97	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	56.0 ± 5
98	Nicaragua North America	North America	56.0 ± 5
99	Botswana Africa	Africa	56.0 ± 2
100	Namibia Africa	Africa	55.9 ± 2