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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 183
Median score: 55.3
Top ranked: Iceland

Year2006

Showing 2006 snapshot.

Year

2006

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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 · 2006

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2006

Snapshot: 2006

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Iceland Europe	Europe	84.3 ± 2
2	Norway Europe	Europe	83.8 ± 2
3	Denmark Europe	Europe	83.7 ± 2
4	Sweden Europe	Europe	83.3 ± 2
5	Finland Europe	Europe	82.2 ± 2
6	Netherlands Europe	Europe	80.1 ± 2
7	Austria Europe	Europe	79.7 ± 2
8	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	79.3 ± 2
9	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.1 ± 2
10	Germany Europe	Europe	78.0 ± 2
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	78.0 ± 5
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	77.8 ± 2
13	Australia Oceania	Oceania	77.8 ± 5
14	Ireland Europe	Europe	76.7 ± 2
15	Canada North America	North America	76.4 ± 2
16	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	76.0 ± 2
17	Estonia Europe	Europe	74.7 ± 2
18	Spain Europe	Europe	74.6 ± 2
19	Japan Asia	Asia	74.0 ± 5
20	France Europe	Europe	73.9 ± 2
21	Barbados North America	North America	73.8 ± 5
22	Slovenia Europe	Europe	73.4 ± 2
23	Singapore Asia	Asia	73.4 ± 5
24	United States North America	North America	73.3 ± 5
25	Portugal Europe	Europe	73.0 ± 2
26	Czechia Europe	Europe	71.6 ± 2
27	Hungary Europe	Europe	71.5 ± 2
28	Lithuania Europe	Europe	71.4 ± 2
29	Latvia Europe	Europe	70.9 ± 2
30	Italy Europe	Europe	70.4 ± 2
31	Malta Europe	Europe	70.4 ± 2
32	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	69.1 ± 2
33	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	68.5 ± 2
34	Greece Europe	Europe	68.2 ± 2
35	Israel Asia	Asia	67.7 ± 2
36	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	67.5 ± 2
37	Cuba North America	North America	67.3 ± 5
38	Poland Europe	Europe	67.1 ± 2
39	Uruguay South America	South America	67.1 ± 2
40	Chile South America	South America	66.6 ± 2
41	Croatia Europe	Europe	66.6 ± 2
42	Dominica North America	North America	66.5 ± 5
43	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	66.3 ± 5
44	Seychelles Africa	Africa	66.1 ± 5
45	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	66.1 ± 5
46	Palau Oceania	Oceania	65.9 ± 5
47	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	65.1 ± 2
48	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.6 ± 2
49	Argentina South America	South America	64.3 ± 2
50	Bahamas, The North America	North America	63.9 ± 5
51	Belarus Europe	Europe	63.8 ± 2
52	Costa Rica North America	North America	63.8 ± 2
53	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	63.5 ± 5
54	Malaysia Asia	Asia	63.0 ± 2
55	Romania Europe	Europe	63.0 ± 2
56	Ukraine Europe	Europe	62.0 ± 2
57	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.9 ± 2
58	Panama North America	North America	61.6 ± 2
59	Grenada North America	North America	61.5 ± 5
60	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	61.2 ± 2
61	Kuwait Asia	Asia	60.9 ± 2
62	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	60.8 ± 2
63	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	60.3 ± 2
64	Montenegro Europe	Europe	59.6 ± 5
65	Bahrain Asia	Asia	59.5 ± 2
66	Mexico North America	North America	59.5 ± 2
67	Brazil South America	South America	59.4 ± 5
68	Jamaica North America	North America	59.1 ± 2
69	Maldives Asia	Asia	59.0 ± 5
70	St. Lucia North America	North America	58.9 ± 5
71	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	58.7 ± 2
72	Tunisia Africa	Africa	58.4 ± 2
73	Serbia Europe	Europe	58.3 ± 2
74	Armenia Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
75	Colombia South America	South America	58.1 ± 2
76	Mongolia Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
77	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.0 ± 2
78	Suriname South America	South America	57.3 ± 2
79	Albania Europe	Europe	57.1 ± 2
80	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.9 ± 2
81	Belize North America	North America	56.8 ± 2
82	Thailand Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 2
83	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	56.4 ± 5
84	El Salvador North America	North America	56.4 ± 2
85	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.3 ± 2
86	Paraguay South America	South America	56.2 ± 2
87	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	56.0 ± 2
88	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.9 ± 2
89	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.4 ± 2
90	Peru South America	South America	55.4 ± 2
91	Ecuador South America	South America	55.3 ± 2
92	Moldova Europe	Europe	55.3 ± 5
93	Jordan Asia	Asia	54.9 ± 2
94	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	54.5 ± 2
95	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	54.5 ± 5
96	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	54.4 ± 2
97	Honduras North America	North America	54.3 ± 2
98	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	54.3 ± 5
99	Botswana Africa	Africa	54.0 ± 2
100	Bolivia South America	South America	54.0 ± 2