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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 179
Median score: 53.9
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2003

Showing 2003 snapshot.

Year

2003

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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 · 2003

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2003

Snapshot: 2003

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	84.7 ± 2
2	Iceland Europe	Europe	84.6 ± 2
3	Denmark Europe	Europe	83.4 ± 2
4	Norway Europe	Europe	83.1 ± 2
5	Finland Europe	Europe	81.6 ± 2
6	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.5 ± 2
7	Austria Europe	Europe	79.0 ± 2
8	Switzerland Europe	Europe	77.7 ± 2
9	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	77.4 ± 2
10	Germany Europe	Europe	76.9 ± 2
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	76.9 ± 5
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.8 ± 2
13	Canada North America	North America	76.8 ± 2
14	Australia Oceania	Oceania	76.6 ± 5
15	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	75.0 ± 2
16	Ireland Europe	Europe	74.8 ± 2
17	Spain Europe	Europe	74.1 ± 2
18	Barbados North America	North America	73.9 ± 5
19	Portugal Europe	Europe	73.6 ± 2
20	United States North America	North America	73.5 ± 5
21	Japan Asia	Asia	73.4 ± 5
22	France Europe	Europe	73.0 ± 2
23	Estonia Europe	Europe	72.9 ± 2
24	Singapore Asia	Asia	72.5 ± 5
25	Slovenia Europe	Europe	72.2 ± 2
26	Hungary Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 2
27	Czechia Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 2
28	Italy Europe	Europe	69.2 ± 2
29	Malta Europe	Europe	68.7 ± 2
30	Lithuania Europe	Europe	68.5 ± 2
31	Latvia Europe	Europe	67.9 ± 2
32	Greece Europe	Europe	67.7 ± 2
33	Israel Asia	Asia	67.6 ± 2
34	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.9 ± 2
35	Seychelles Africa	Africa	66.5 ± 5
36	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	66.3 ± 2
37	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	65.9 ± 5
38	Uruguay South America	South America	65.9 ± 2
39	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	65.8 ± 2
40	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	65.7 ± 5
41	Dominica North America	North America	65.6 ± 5
42	Poland Europe	Europe	65.4 ± 2
43	Chile South America	South America	65.0 ± 2
44	Croatia Europe	Europe	64.5 ± 2
45	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	63.9 ± 2
46	Cuba North America	North America	63.5 ± 5
47	Malaysia Asia	Asia	63.4 ± 2
48	Bahamas, The North America	North America	62.9 ± 5
49	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	62.4 ± 5
50	Grenada North America	North America	62.4 ± 5
51	Qatar Asia	Asia	62.4 ± 5
52	Costa Rica North America	North America	61.6 ± 2
53	Argentina South America	South America	61.4 ± 2
54	Kuwait Asia	Asia	61.3 ± 2
55	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.8 ± 2
56	Romania Europe	Europe	60.5 ± 2
57	Panama North America	North America	60.3 ± 2
58	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	60.2 ± 5
59	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	60.0 ± 5
60	Belarus Europe	Europe	59.9 ± 2
61	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	59.6 ± 5
62	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	59.6 ± 2
63	Ukraine Europe	Europe	59.5 ± 2
64	Jamaica North America	North America	58.7 ± 2
65	Mexico North America	North America	58.5 ± 2
66	Bahrain Asia	Asia	58.4 ± 2
67	Mongolia Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
68	Maldives Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 5
69	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.0 ± 2
70	Serbia Europe	Europe	57.5 ± 5
71	St. Lucia North America	North America	57.5 ± 5
72	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	57.4 ± 2
73	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.2 ± 2
74	Brazil South America	South America	57.0 ± 5
75	Albania Europe	Europe	56.6 ± 2
76	Armenia Asia	Asia	56.5 ± 2
77	Thailand Asia	Asia	56.4 ± 2
78	Solomon Islands Oceania	Oceania	56.3 ± 5
79	Guyana South America	South America	55.8 ± 2
80	Belize North America	North America	55.4 ± 2
81	Colombia South America	South America	55.2 ± 2
82	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	55.1 ± 2
83	Paraguay South America	South America	55.0 ± 2
84	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.0 ± 2
85	Tunisia Africa	Africa	54.6 ± 2
86	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	54.2 ± 2
87	Botswana Africa	Africa	54.1 ± 2
88	Jordan Asia	Asia	54.0 ± 2
89	Oman Asia	Asia	53.9 ± 5
90	Suriname South America	South America	53.9 ± 5
91	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	53.8 ± 5
92	Dominican Republic North America	North America	53.7 ± 2
93	El Salvador North America	North America	53.4 ± 2
94	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	53.1 ± 2
95	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	53.0 ± 5
96	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	52.9 ± 2
97	Peru South America	South America	52.6 ± 2
98	China Asia	Asia	52.3 ± 2
99	Moldova Europe	Europe	52.2 ± 5
100	Namibia Africa	Africa	51.6 ± 2