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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 174
Median score: 55.3
Top ranked: Iceland

Year1998

Showing 1998 snapshot.

Year

1998

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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 · 1998

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1998

Snapshot: 1998

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Iceland Europe	Europe	83.6 ± 5
2	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	83.1 ± 5
3	Norway Europe	Europe	82.8 ± 5
4	Sweden Europe	Europe	82.8 ± 5
5	Finland Europe	Europe	82.5 ± 5
6	Switzerland Europe	Europe	81.4 ± 5
7	Denmark Europe	Europe	80.7 ± 5
8	Netherlands Europe	Europe	80.4 ± 5
9	Australia Oceania	Oceania	79.2 ± 5
10	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	78.5 ± 5
11	Canada North America	North America	78.0 ± 5
12	Austria Europe	Europe	77.5 ± 5
13	Ireland Europe	Europe	76.5 ± 5
14	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	75.7 ± 5
15	Germany Europe	Europe	75.2 ± 5
16	United States North America	North America	74.7 ± 5
17	Singapore Asia	Asia	73.9 ± 5
18	Barbados North America	North America	73.4 ± 5
19	Portugal Europe	Europe	72.9 ± 5
20	Belgium Europe	Europe	72.1 ± 5
21	Seychelles Africa	Africa	70.9 ± 5
22	Japan Asia	Asia	70.8 ± 5
23	Estonia Europe	Europe	70.8 ± 5
24	France Europe	Europe	70.2 ± 5
25	Czechia Europe	Europe	69.9 ± 5
26	Dominica North America	North America	69.0 ± 5
27	Uruguay South America	South America	68.6 ± 2
28	Spain Europe	Europe	68.3 ± 5
29	Slovenia Europe	Europe	68.0 ± 5
30	Hungary Europe	Europe	67.9 ± 5
31	Italy Europe	Europe	67.7 ± 5
32	Cuba North America	North America	67.7 ± 5
33	Bahamas, The North America	North America	67.6 ± 5
34	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	67.4 ± 5
35	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	67.0 ± 5
36	Greece Europe	Europe	66.9 ± 5
37	Malta Europe	Europe	66.8 ± 5
38	Israel Asia	Asia	66.3 ± 5
39	Lithuania Europe	Europe	66.0 ± 5
40	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	66.0 ± 5
41	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.0 ± 5
42	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	65.8 ± 5
43	Malaysia Asia	Asia	64.8 ± 2
44	Poland Europe	Europe	64.4 ± 5
45	Costa Rica North America	North America	63.9 ± 5
46	Chile South America	South America	63.9 ± 5
47	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	63.6 ± 5
48	Latvia Europe	Europe	63.5 ± 5
49	Mongolia Asia	Asia	63.2 ± 2
50	St. Lucia North America	North America	62.9 ± 5
51	Argentina South America	South America	62.8 ± 2
52	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	62.8 ± 5
53	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	62.7 ± 5
54	Maldives Asia	Asia	62.5 ± 5
55	Thailand Asia	Asia	62.2 ± 2
56	Belarus Europe	Europe	62.0 ± 2
57	Suriname South America	South America	61.9 ± 5
58	Qatar Asia	Asia	61.3 ± 5
59	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.7 ± 5
60	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	60.7 ± 5
61	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	60.5 ± 5
62	Panama North America	North America	60.5 ± 2
63	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	60.1 ± 5
64	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.5 ± 5
65	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	59.3 ± 2
66	Belize North America	North America	59.1 ± 5
67	Armenia Asia	Asia	59.0 ± 5
68	Sao Tome and Principe Africa	Africa	58.3 ± 5
69	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.3 ± 2
70	Bahrain Asia	Asia	58.2 ± 5
71	Guyana South America	South America	58.1 ± 5
72	Romania Europe	Europe	58.1 ± 5
73	Ukraine Europe	Europe	58.0 ± 5
74	China Asia	Asia	57.8 ± 2
75	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.8 ± 2
76	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	57.7 ± 2
77	Jamaica North America	North America	57.6 ± 5
78	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 2
79	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 5
80	Paraguay South America	South America	57.0 ± 2
81	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	56.6 ± 5
82	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	56.4 ± 2
83	Mexico North America	North America	56.0 ± 5
84	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	55.9 ± 5
85	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	55.6 ± 2
86	El Salvador North America	North America	55.5 ± 2
87	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	55.4 ± 2
88	Philippines Asia	Asia	55.2 ± 2
89	Moldova Europe	Europe	55.2 ± 5
90	Croatia Europe	Europe	55.2 ± 5
91	South Africa Africa	Africa	55.1 ± 2
92	Brazil South America	South America	55.1 ± 5
93	Tunisia Africa	Africa	54.5 ± 2
94	Dominican Republic North America	North America	54.3 ± 2
95	Botswana Africa	Africa	54.1 ± 2
96	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	53.3 ± 5
97	Albania Europe	Europe	53.0 ± 2
98	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	52.8 ± 5
99	Peru South America	South America	52.8 ± 2
100	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	52.3 ± 2