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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 178
Median score: 54.6
Top ranked: Luxembourg

Year2000

Showing 2000 snapshot.

Year

2000

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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 · 2000

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2000

Snapshot: 2000

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	83.7 ± 5
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	83.0 ± 5
3	Iceland Europe	Europe	82.3 ± 5
4	Denmark Europe	Europe	81.7 ± 5
5	Norway Europe	Europe	81.7 ± 5
6	Netherlands Europe	Europe	80.1 ± 5
7	Finland Europe	Europe	79.8 ± 5
8	Australia Oceania	Oceania	79.0 ± 5
9	Austria Europe	Europe	78.8 ± 5
10	Canada North America	North America	78.4 ± 2
11	Ireland Europe	Europe	77.7 ± 5
12	Germany Europe	Europe	77.4 ± 5
13	Switzerland Europe	Europe	77.2 ± 2
14	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	76.2 ± 5
15	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.1 ± 5
16	United States North America	North America	74.8 ± 5
17	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	74.6 ± 2
18	Barbados North America	North America	74.0 ± 5
19	Singapore Asia	Asia	73.4 ± 5
20	France Europe	Europe	73.0 ± 5
21	Japan Asia	Asia	72.2 ± 5
22	Portugal Europe	Europe	70.6 ± 5
23	Spain Europe	Europe	70.3 ± 5
24	Estonia Europe	Europe	70.2 ± 5
25	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	70.0 ± 5
26	Slovenia Europe	Europe	69.6 ± 5
27	Seychelles Africa	Africa	69.0 ± 5
28	Malta Europe	Europe	69.0 ± 5
29	Czechia Europe	Europe	68.3 ± 5
30	Israel Asia	Asia	68.2 ± 5
31	Greece Europe	Europe	68.2 ± 2
32	Italy Europe	Europe	68.0 ± 5
33	Grenada North America	North America	68.0 ± 5
34	Uruguay South America	South America	67.1 ± 5
35	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	66.7 ± 5
36	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	66.5 ± 5
37	Hungary Europe	Europe	66.4 ± 5
38	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.1 ± 5
39	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	66.0 ± 5
40	Maldives Asia	Asia	65.7 ± 5
41	Bahamas, The North America	North America	64.9 ± 5
42	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	64.8 ± 5
43	Argentina South America	South America	63.8 ± 2
44	Chile South America	South America	63.6 ± 2
45	Malaysia Asia	Asia	63.5 ± 2
46	Dominica North America	North America	63.5 ± 5
47	Lithuania Europe	Europe	62.9 ± 5
48	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	62.8 ± 5
49	Cuba North America	North America	62.6 ± 5
50	Poland Europe	Europe	62.4 ± 5
51	St. Lucia North America	North America	61.6 ± 5
52	Panama North America	North America	61.5 ± 2
53	Qatar Asia	Asia	61.1 ± 5
54	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	60.6 ± 5
55	Latvia Europe	Europe	60.5 ± 5
56	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.2 ± 5
57	Costa Rica North America	North America	60.1 ± 5
58	Kuwait Asia	Asia	60.0 ± 2
59	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	60.0 ± 5
60	Croatia Europe	Europe	59.9 ± 5
61	Jamaica North America	North America	59.6 ± 5
62	Bahrain Asia	Asia	59.6 ± 2
63	Belarus Europe	Europe	59.5 ± 2
64	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	59.5 ± 5
65	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	59.4 ± 5
66	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	58.8 ± 2
67	Belize North America	North America	58.4 ± 2
68	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	58.3 ± 5
69	Guyana South America	South America	57.7 ± 2
70	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	57.6 ± 5
71	Romania Europe	Europe	57.6 ± 5
72	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.5 ± 2
73	Mongolia Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 2
74	Mexico North America	North America	57.4 ± 2
75	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	57.1 ± 2
76	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.0 ± 2
77	Brazil South America	South America	56.7 ± 5
78	Ukraine Europe	Europe	56.6 ± 2
79	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	56.5 ± 5
80	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	55.6 ± 2
81	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	55.5 ± 2
82	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	55.4 ± 5
83	Sao Tome and Principe Africa	Africa	55.3 ± 5
84	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.2 ± 2
85	Paraguay South America	South America	55.2 ± 2
86	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.0 ± 2
87	Dominican Republic North America	North America	54.9 ± 2
88	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	54.8 ± 2
89	Tunisia Africa	Africa	54.6 ± 2
90	Armenia Asia	Asia	54.5 ± 2
91	Botswana Africa	Africa	54.2 ± 2
92	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	53.7 ± 2
93	Jordan Asia	Asia	53.6 ± 2
94	Colombia South America	South America	53.6 ± 2
95	Oman Asia	Asia	53.5 ± 5
96	El Salvador North America	North America	53.4 ± 2
97	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	53.3 ± 5
98	Albania Europe	Europe	53.1 ± 2
99	South Africa Africa	Africa	52.9 ± 2
100	Moldova Europe	Europe	52.3 ± 5