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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 174
Median score: 53.8
Top ranked: Norway

Year1997

Showing 1997 snapshot.

Year

1997

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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 · 1997

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1997

Snapshot: 1997

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Norway Europe	Europe	83.1 ± 5
2	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	82.4 ± 5
3	Sweden Europe	Europe	82.3 ± 5
4	Iceland Europe	Europe	81.6 ± 5
5	Switzerland Europe	Europe	81.0 ± 5
6	Finland Europe	Europe	80.9 ± 5
7	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	79.6 ± 5
8	Denmark Europe	Europe	79.5 ± 5
9	Australia Oceania	Oceania	78.8 ± 5
10	Netherlands Europe	Europe	78.6 ± 5
11	Canada North America	North America	77.9 ± 5
12	Singapore Asia	Asia	77.4 ± 5
13	Austria Europe	Europe	77.3 ± 5
14	United States North America	North America	75.1 ± 5
15	Germany Europe	Europe	74.6 ± 5
16	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	74.5 ± 5
17	Ireland Europe	Europe	74.0 ± 5
18	Japan Asia	Asia	73.3 ± 5
19	Belgium Europe	Europe	73.0 ± 5
20	France Europe	Europe	72.1 ± 5
21	Portugal Europe	Europe	71.0 ± 5
22	Czechia Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 5
23	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	69.8 ± 5
24	Estonia Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 5
25	Barbados North America	North America	69.1 ± 5
26	Dominica North America	North America	67.9 ± 5
27	Slovenia Europe	Europe	67.9 ± 5
28	Italy Europe	Europe	67.6 ± 5
29	Spain Europe	Europe	67.6 ± 5
30	Uruguay South America	South America	66.9 ± 2
31	Hungary Europe	Europe	66.8 ± 5
32	Seychelles Africa	Africa	66.6 ± 5
33	Israel Asia	Asia	66.2 ± 5
34	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	66.1 ± 5
35	Greece Europe	Europe	66.1 ± 5
36	Bahamas, The North America	North America	66.0 ± 5
37	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.0 ± 5
38	Malta Europe	Europe	65.8 ± 5
39	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	65.6 ± 5
40	Lithuania Europe	Europe	65.2 ± 5
41	Chile South America	South America	64.8 ± 5
42	Poland Europe	Europe	63.6 ± 5
43	St. Lucia North America	North America	63.3 ± 5
44	Latvia Europe	Europe	62.7 ± 5
45	Argentina South America	South America	62.4 ± 2
46	Belarus Europe	Europe	62.3 ± 2
47	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.4 ± 2
48	Kuwait Asia	Asia	61.2 ± 5
49	Suriname South America	South America	60.8 ± 5
50	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	60.8 ± 5
51	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.5 ± 5
52	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	60.3 ± 2
53	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	60.1 ± 5
54	Cuba North America	North America	60.0 ± 5
55	Qatar Asia	Asia	59.9 ± 5
56	Panama North America	North America	59.1 ± 2
57	Ukraine Europe	Europe	59.0 ± 5
58	Bahrain Asia	Asia	58.5 ± 5
59	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	58.3 ± 5
60	Sao Tome and Principe Africa	Africa	58.2 ± 5
61	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	58.0 ± 5
62	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	57.8 ± 5
63	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	57.6 ± 5
64	Romania Europe	Europe	57.4 ± 5
65	Jamaica North America	North America	57.4 ± 5
66	Mongolia Asia	Asia	57.3 ± 2
67	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.3 ± 2
68	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	57.0 ± 2
69	Costa Rica North America	North America	57.0 ± 5
70	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	56.9 ± 5
71	Maldives Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 5
72	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	56.6 ± 2
73	Moldova Europe	Europe	56.6 ± 5
74	South Africa Africa	Africa	56.6 ± 2
75	Belize North America	North America	56.5 ± 5
76	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	56.3 ± 5
77	Thailand Asia	Asia	56.2 ± 2
78	Brazil South America	South America	56.2 ± 5
79	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.0 ± 5
80	Paraguay South America	South America	55.9 ± 2
81	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	55.1 ± 5
82	Botswana Africa	Africa	55.1 ± 2
83	Philippines Asia	Asia	54.7 ± 2
84	Mexico North America	North America	54.7 ± 5
85	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	54.2 ± 2
86	Tunisia Africa	Africa	53.9 ± 2
87	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	53.8 ± 5
88	Croatia Europe	Europe	53.8 ± 5
89	Jordan Asia	Asia	53.6 ± 2
90	Guyana South America	South America	53.0 ± 5
91	Albania Europe	Europe	52.6 ± 2
92	El Salvador North America	North America	52.5 ± 2
93	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	52.0 ± 5
94	Armenia Asia	Asia	51.9 ± 5
95	Peru South America	South America	51.7 ± 2
96	Dominican Republic North America	North America	51.7 ± 2
97	Namibia Africa	Africa	51.6 ± 2
98	Lesotho Africa	Africa	51.5 ± 2
99	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	51.1 ± 2
100	Oman Asia	Asia	51.1 ± 5