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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 179
Median score: 53.8
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2002

Showing 2002 snapshot.

Year

2002

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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 · 2002

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2002

Snapshot: 2002

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	85.4 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	83.7 ± 2
3	Iceland Europe	Europe	83.6 ± 5
4	Norway Europe	Europe	83.5 ± 2
5	Finland Europe	Europe	81.4 ± 2
6	Austria Europe	Europe	79.5 ± 2
7	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.2 ± 2
8	Germany Europe	Europe	77.7 ± 2
9	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	77.4 ± 5
10	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	77.4 ± 2
11	Switzerland Europe	Europe	77.4 ± 2
12	Canada North America	North America	77.3 ± 2
13	Australia Oceania	Oceania	76.9 ± 5
14	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.5 ± 2
15	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	75.1 ± 2
16	Ireland Europe	Europe	75.0 ± 2
17	United States North America	North America	74.2 ± 5
18	Barbados North America	North America	73.9 ± 5
19	Spain Europe	Europe	73.3 ± 2
20	Japan Asia	Asia	73.0 ± 5
21	France Europe	Europe	72.9 ± 2
22	Slovenia Europe	Europe	72.8 ± 2
23	Portugal Europe	Europe	72.5 ± 2
24	Singapore Asia	Asia	72.0 ± 5
25	Estonia Europe	Europe	71.6 ± 2
26	Czechia Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 2
27	Hungary Europe	Europe	69.4 ± 2
28	Italy Europe	Europe	69.2 ± 2
29	Greece Europe	Europe	68.8 ± 2
30	Malta Europe	Europe	68.1 ± 2
31	Lithuania Europe	Europe	67.9 ± 2
32	Israel Asia	Asia	67.4 ± 2
33	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	67.3 ± 2
34	Seychelles Africa	Africa	67.2 ± 5
35	Latvia Europe	Europe	67.0 ± 2
36	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	66.3 ± 5
37	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	66.2 ± 2
38	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	66.0 ± 2
39	Uruguay South America	South America	65.7 ± 2
40	Dominica North America	North America	65.6 ± 5
41	Poland Europe	Europe	65.4 ± 2
42	Croatia Europe	Europe	65.0 ± 2
43	Chile South America	South America	64.4 ± 2
44	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	63.9 ± 5
45	Bahamas, The North America	North America	63.4 ± 5
46	Cuba North America	North America	63.2 ± 5
47	Malaysia Asia	Asia	63.0 ± 2
48	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	62.7 ± 2
49	Grenada North America	North America	62.3 ± 5
50	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	62.2 ± 5
51	Costa Rica North America	North America	62.1 ± 2
52	Qatar Asia	Asia	61.9 ± 5
53	St. Lucia North America	North America	60.7 ± 5
54	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	60.7 ± 5
55	Belarus Europe	Europe	60.4 ± 2
56	Romania Europe	Europe	60.3 ± 2
57	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	60.1 ± 5
58	Panama North America	North America	59.7 ± 2
59	Ukraine Europe	Europe	59.7 ± 2
60	Argentina South America	South America	59.6 ± 2
61	Jamaica North America	North America	59.6 ± 2
62	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.5 ± 2
63	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	59.5 ± 5
64	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	59.3 ± 2
65	Mauritius Africa	Africa	59.0 ± 5
66	Serbia Europe	Europe	58.7 ± 5
67	Maldives Asia	Asia	58.7 ± 5
68	Belize North America	North America	58.6 ± 2
69	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.4 ± 2
70	Bahrain Asia	Asia	58.0 ± 2
71	Mongolia Asia	Asia	57.9 ± 2
72	Mexico North America	North America	57.7 ± 2
73	Brazil South America	South America	57.3 ± 5
74	Guyana South America	South America	57.3 ± 2
75	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	57.1 ± 5
76	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	56.9 ± 2
77	Thailand Asia	Asia	56.8 ± 2
78	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.6 ± 2
79	Dominican Republic North America	North America	56.1 ± 2
80	Albania Europe	Europe	56.0 ± 2
81	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.9 ± 2
82	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.8 ± 2
83	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	55.5 ± 5
84	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	55.2 ± 2
85	Paraguay South America	South America	54.5 ± 2
86	Colombia South America	South America	54.3 ± 2
87	Tunisia Africa	Africa	54.1 ± 2
88	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	54.1 ± 5
89	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	53.9 ± 2
90	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	53.8 ± 5
91	Botswana Africa	Africa	53.7 ± 2
92	El Salvador North America	North America	53.5 ± 2
93	Suriname South America	South America	53.5 ± 5
94	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	53.5 ± 2
95	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	53.0 ± 2
96	Peru South America	South America	52.7 ± 2
97	Oman Asia	Asia	52.6 ± 5
98	Moldova Europe	Europe	52.5 ± 5
99	South Africa Africa	Africa	52.5 ± 2
100	Jordan Asia	Asia	52.2 ± 2