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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 177
Median score: 53.9
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2001

Showing 2001 snapshot.

Year

2001

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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 · 2001

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2001

Snapshot: 2001

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	85.1 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	83.1 ± 2
3	Norway Europe	Europe	82.8 ± 2
4	Iceland Europe	Europe	82.8 ± 5
5	Finland Europe	Europe	80.7 ± 2
6	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.8 ± 2
7	Austria Europe	Europe	79.0 ± 5
8	Canada North America	North America	77.8 ± 2
9	Germany Europe	Europe	77.6 ± 2
10	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	77.3 ± 2
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	77.0 ± 5
12	Australia Oceania	Oceania	77.0 ± 5
13	Switzerland Europe	Europe	76.8 ± 2
14	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.2 ± 2
15	Ireland Europe	Europe	75.9 ± 2
16	Barbados North America	North America	74.7 ± 5
17	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	74.4 ± 2
18	United States North America	North America	74.4 ± 5
19	France Europe	Europe	73.3 ± 2
20	Portugal Europe	Europe	73.2 ± 5
21	Spain Europe	Europe	72.9 ± 2
22	Japan Asia	Asia	72.3 ± 5
23	Singapore Asia	Asia	72.2 ± 5
24	Slovenia Europe	Europe	71.3 ± 2
25	Estonia Europe	Europe	70.8 ± 2
26	Italy Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 2
27	Greece Europe	Europe	68.8 ± 2
28	Hungary Europe	Europe	68.7 ± 2
29	Czechia Europe	Europe	68.3 ± 2
30	Seychelles Africa	Africa	68.3 ± 5
31	Israel Asia	Asia	67.6 ± 2
32	Uruguay South America	South America	67.3 ± 5
33	Malta Europe	Europe	67.1 ± 2
34	Maldives Asia	Asia	66.6 ± 5
35	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.2 ± 2
36	Lithuania Europe	Europe	65.8 ± 2
37	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	65.5 ± 5
38	Poland Europe	Europe	65.3 ± 2
39	Latvia Europe	Europe	65.3 ± 2
40	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	65.2 ± 2
41	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	65.0 ± 5
42	Dominica North America	North America	64.4 ± 5
43	Croatia Europe	Europe	64.3 ± 2
44	Chile South America	South America	63.6 ± 2
45	Cuba North America	North America	63.1 ± 5
46	Bahamas, The North America	North America	62.5 ± 5
47	Malaysia Asia	Asia	62.3 ± 2
48	Argentina South America	South America	62.3 ± 2
49	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	62.2 ± 5
50	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	62.1 ± 5
51	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	61.9 ± 5
52	St. Lucia North America	North America	61.7 ± 5
53	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	61.6 ± 2
54	Belarus Europe	Europe	61.1 ± 2
55	Qatar Asia	Asia	61.0 ± 5
56	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.5 ± 5
57	Costa Rica North America	North America	60.5 ± 5
58	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	59.8 ± 5
59	Panama North America	North America	59.6 ± 2
60	Romania Europe	Europe	59.5 ± 2
61	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	59.2 ± 5
62	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	59.1 ± 2
63	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.1 ± 2
64	Belize North America	North America	58.8 ± 2
65	Jamaica North America	North America	58.6 ± 5
66	Ukraine Europe	Europe	58.4 ± 2
67	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	58.3 ± 5
68	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	58.0 ± 5
69	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.9 ± 2
70	Guyana South America	South America	57.7 ± 2
71	Bahrain Asia	Asia	57.3 ± 2
72	Mexico North America	North America	57.3 ± 2
73	Mongolia Asia	Asia	57.0 ± 2
74	Thailand Asia	Asia	56.9 ± 2
75	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	56.7 ± 2
76	Brazil South America	South America	56.5 ± 5
77	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	55.7 ± 2
78	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.6 ± 2
79	Paraguay South America	South America	55.3 ± 2
80	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.3 ± 2
81	Albania Europe	Europe	55.3 ± 2
82	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	55.2 ± 2
83	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	54.9 ± 5
84	Tunisia Africa	Africa	54.9 ± 2
85	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	54.6 ± 5
86	Dominican Republic North America	North America	54.5 ± 2
87	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	54.1 ± 2
88	Armenia Asia	Asia	53.9 ± 2
89	Colombia South America	South America	53.9 ± 2
90	South Africa Africa	Africa	53.6 ± 2
91	Botswana Africa	Africa	53.5 ± 2
92	El Salvador North America	North America	53.4 ± 2
93	Oman Asia	Asia	53.3 ± 5
94	Jordan Asia	Asia	52.8 ± 2
95	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	52.7 ± 2
96	Suriname South America	South America	52.4 ± 5
97	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	52.4 ± 5
98	Moldova Europe	Europe	52.0 ± 5
99	China Asia	Asia	51.7 ± 2
100	Philippines Asia	Asia	51.5 ± 2