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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 174
Median score: 55.1
Top ranked: Luxembourg

Year1999

Showing 1999 snapshot.

Year

1999

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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.

All movers

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 · 1999

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year1999

Snapshot: 1999

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	83.3 ± 5
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	83.1 ± 5
3	Norway Europe	Europe	82.8 ± 5
4	Finland Europe	Europe	82.6 ± 5
5	Iceland Europe	Europe	82.1 ± 2
6	Switzerland Europe	Europe	82.0 ± 5
7	Denmark Europe	Europe	81.1 ± 5
8	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	79.4 ± 5
9	Australia Oceania	Oceania	78.8 ± 5
10	Netherlands Europe	Europe	78.8 ± 5
11	Canada North America	North America	78.1 ± 5
12	Ireland Europe	Europe	77.5 ± 5
13	Germany Europe	Europe	76.9 ± 5
14	Austria Europe	Europe	76.3 ± 5
15	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	75.9 ± 5
16	United States North America	North America	74.6 ± 5
17	Barbados North America	North America	74.2 ± 5
18	Singapore Asia	Asia	73.3 ± 5
19	Belgium Europe	Europe	73.1 ± 5
20	France Europe	Europe	71.1 ± 5
21	Japan Asia	Asia	71.0 ± 5
22	Czechia Europe	Europe	70.5 ± 5
23	Portugal Europe	Europe	70.5 ± 5
24	Spain Europe	Europe	70.2 ± 5
25	Dominica North America	North America	69.8 ± 5
26	Slovenia Europe	Europe	69.7 ± 5
27	Estonia Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 5
28	Italy Europe	Europe	69.2 ± 5
29	Uruguay South America	South America	68.2 ± 2
30	Hungary Europe	Europe	67.8 ± 5
31	Malta Europe	Europe	67.8 ± 5
32	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	67.5 ± 5
33	Cuba North America	North America	67.3 ± 5
34	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	66.9 ± 5
35	Seychelles Africa	Africa	66.9 ± 5
36	Bahamas, The North America	North America	66.5 ± 5
37	Greece Europe	Europe	66.3 ± 5
38	Israel Asia	Asia	66.3 ± 5
39	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.0 ± 5
40	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	65.3 ± 5
41	Malaysia Asia	Asia	65.2 ± 2
42	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	65.0 ± 5
43	Lithuania Europe	Europe	64.9 ± 5
44	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	64.7 ± 5
45	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	64.0 ± 5
46	Chile South America	South America	64.0 ± 5
47	Costa Rica North America	North America	63.8 ± 5
48	Poland Europe	Europe	63.7 ± 5
49	Argentina South America	South America	63.6 ± 2
50	Mongolia Asia	Asia	63.4 ± 2
51	Maldives Asia	Asia	63.3 ± 5
52	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	63.2 ± 5
53	Latvia Europe	Europe	63.0 ± 5
54	Thailand Asia	Asia	62.7 ± 2
55	Belarus Europe	Europe	61.3 ± 2
56	Qatar Asia	Asia	60.9 ± 5
57	St. Lucia North America	North America	60.9 ± 5
58	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	60.8 ± 5
59	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	60.6 ± 5
60	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	60.5 ± 2
61	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.2 ± 5
62	Panama North America	North America	60.1 ± 2
63	Guyana South America	South America	60.1 ± 5
64	Belize North America	North America	59.9 ± 2
65	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.4 ± 5
66	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	59.1 ± 5
67	Armenia Asia	Asia	58.8 ± 5
68	Bahrain Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 5
69	Jamaica North America	North America	58.6 ± 5
70	Ukraine Europe	Europe	58.5 ± 5
71	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.2 ± 2
72	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	58.1 ± 5
73	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
74	Romania Europe	Europe	57.9 ± 5
75	Sri Lanka Asia	Asia	57.8 ± 2
76	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.6 ± 2
77	China Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 2
78	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	57.2 ± 5
79	Paraguay South America	South America	57.0 ± 2
80	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	56.8 ± 2
81	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 2
82	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	56.5 ± 2
83	Sao Tome and Principe Africa	Africa	56.3 ± 5
84	Mexico North America	North America	56.1 ± 5
85	Suriname South America	South America	55.8 ± 5
86	Brazil South America	South America	55.4 ± 5
87	Tunisia Africa	Africa	55.1 ± 2
88	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.1 ± 2
89	Botswana Africa	Africa	55.0 ± 2
90	Croatia Europe	Europe	55.0 ± 5
91	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	55.0 ± 5
92	Philippines Asia	Asia	55.0 ± 2
93	Moldova Europe	Europe	54.4 ± 5
94	South Africa Africa	Africa	54.4 ± 2
95	Albania Europe	Europe	54.1 ± 2
96	El Salvador North America	North America	53.9 ± 2
97	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	52.9 ± 2
98	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	52.6 ± 5
99	Peru South America	South America	51.8 ± 2
100	Oman Asia	Asia	51.6 ± 5