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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 171
Median score: 54.4
Top ranked: Norway

Year1996

Showing 1996 snapshot.

Year

1996

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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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133 countries declined

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Rankings · 1996

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1996

Snapshot: 1996

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Norway Europe	Europe	82.8 ± 5
2	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	82.6 ± 5
3	Sweden Europe	Europe	82.0 ± 5
4	Iceland Europe	Europe	81.5 ± 5
5	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	80.5 ± 5
6	Finland Europe	Europe	80.2 ± 5
7	Switzerland Europe	Europe	79.5 ± 5
8	Denmark Europe	Europe	78.8 ± 5
9	Canada North America	North America	78.3 ± 5
10	Netherlands Europe	Europe	77.9 ± 5
11	Australia Oceania	Oceania	77.4 ± 5
12	Austria Europe	Europe	77.2 ± 5
13	Singapore Asia	Asia	77.0 ± 5
14	United States North America	North America	76.0 ± 5
15	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	74.8 ± 5
16	Japan Asia	Asia	74.4 ± 5
17	Germany Europe	Europe	74.3 ± 5
18	Ireland Europe	Europe	72.9 ± 5
19	Belgium Europe	Europe	72.5 ± 5
20	France Europe	Europe	71.5 ± 5
21	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	71.1 ± 5
22	Barbados North America	North America	70.2 ± 5
23	Portugal Europe	Europe	70.0 ± 5
24	Czechia Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 5
25	Estonia Europe	Europe	68.4 ± 5
26	Slovenia Europe	Europe	68.0 ± 5
27	Uruguay South America	South America	67.8 ± 2
28	Bahamas, The North America	North America	67.5 ± 5
29	Italy Europe	Europe	67.3 ± 5
30	Spain Europe	Europe	66.9 ± 5
31	Seychelles Africa	Africa	66.4 ± 5
32	Israel Asia	Asia	66.3 ± 5
33	Hungary Europe	Europe	66.3 ± 5
34	Greece Europe	Europe	65.9 ± 5
35	Malta Europe	Europe	65.8 ± 5
36	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	65.6 ± 5
37	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	65.5 ± 5
38	St. Lucia North America	North America	65.2 ± 5
39	Chile South America	South America	65.0 ± 5
40	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	64.7 ± 5
41	Lithuania Europe	Europe	63.6 ± 5
42	Kuwait Asia	Asia	63.1 ± 5
43	Poland Europe	Europe	63.0 ± 5
44	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	63.0 ± 5
45	Malaysia Asia	Asia	62.3 ± 2
46	Suriname South America	South America	62.0 ± 5
47	Belarus Europe	Europe	61.8 ± 2
48	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	61.6 ± 5
49	Bahrain Asia	Asia	61.3 ± 2
50	Qatar Asia	Asia	61.2 ± 5
51	Argentina South America	South America	61.2 ± 2
52	Latvia Europe	Europe	60.9 ± 5
53	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	60.8 ± 5
54	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.8 ± 5
55	Ukraine Europe	Europe	60.3 ± 5
56	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	60.1 ± 5
57	Cuba North America	North America	59.5 ± 5
58	Panama North America	North America	59.1 ± 2
59	Jamaica North America	North America	58.6 ± 5
60	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	58.5 ± 5
61	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	58.5 ± 2
62	Mongolia Asia	Asia	58.4 ± 5
63	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.3 ± 2
64	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 5
65	Belize North America	North America	58.1 ± 5
66	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	58.1 ± 5
67	Sao Tome and Principe Africa	Africa	57.8 ± 5
68	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	57.6 ± 5
69	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	57.5 ± 5
70	Romania Europe	Europe	57.3 ± 5
71	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.2 ± 2
72	Paraguay South America	South America	57.1 ± 2
73	South Africa Africa	Africa	56.4 ± 2
74	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	56.3 ± 5
75	Maldives Asia	Asia	56.1 ± 5
76	Botswana Africa	Africa	56.1 ± 2
77	Costa Rica North America	North America	56.0 ± 5
78	Albania Europe	Europe	55.4 ± 2
79	Brazil South America	South America	55.3 ± 5
80	Philippines Asia	Asia	55.3 ± 2
81	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	54.9 ± 5
82	Guyana South America	South America	54.8 ± 5
83	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	54.8 ± 2
84	Moldova Europe	Europe	54.8 ± 5
85	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	54.7 ± 5
86	Jordan Asia	Asia	54.4 ± 2
87	Tunisia Africa	Africa	54.4 ± 2
88	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	54.3 ± 5
89	Mexico North America	North America	54.3 ± 5
90	Lesotho Africa	Africa	53.9 ± 2
91	Croatia Europe	Europe	53.7 ± 5
92	El Salvador North America	North America	53.1 ± 2
93	Namibia Africa	Africa	52.9 ± 2
94	Peru South America	South America	52.2 ± 2
95	China Asia	Asia	51.9 ± 2
96	Oman Asia	Asia	51.6 ± 5
97	Armenia Asia	Asia	51.6 ± 5
98	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	51.3 ± 2
99	Indonesia Asia	Asia	51.1 ± 2
100	Dominican Republic North America	North America	50.9 ± 2