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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 182
Median score: 56.0
Top ranked: Iceland

Year2007

Showing 2007 snapshot.

Year

2007

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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 · 2007

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2007

Snapshot: 2007

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Iceland Europe	Europe	83.9 ± 2
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	83.6 ± 2
3	Norway Europe	Europe	83.5 ± 2
4	Denmark Europe	Europe	83.2 ± 2
5	Finland Europe	Europe	82.2 ± 2
6	Austria Europe	Europe	80.8 ± 2
7	Netherlands Europe	Europe	80.4 ± 2
8	Germany Europe	Europe	78.8 ± 2
9	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	78.6 ± 5
10	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.3 ± 2
11	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	78.3 ± 2
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	78.1 ± 2
13	Australia Oceania	Oceania	77.9 ± 5
14	Ireland Europe	Europe	77.6 ± 2
15	Canada North America	North America	76.5 ± 2
16	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	75.9 ± 2
17	France Europe	Europe	74.8 ± 2
18	Spain Europe	Europe	74.6 ± 2
19	Barbados North America	North America	74.2 ± 5
20	Japan Asia	Asia	74.1 ± 5
21	Estonia Europe	Europe	74.0 ± 2
22	Singapore Asia	Asia	74.0 ± 5
23	Portugal Europe	Europe	73.5 ± 2
24	United States North America	North America	73.1 ± 5
25	Slovenia Europe	Europe	73.0 ± 2
26	Czechia Europe	Europe	71.3 ± 2
27	Malta Europe	Europe	71.1 ± 2
28	Lithuania Europe	Europe	71.0 ± 2
29	Latvia Europe	Europe	70.5 ± 2
30	Hungary Europe	Europe	70.5 ± 2
31	Italy Europe	Europe	70.3 ± 2
32	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	69.7 ± 5
33	Palau Oceania	Oceania	69.3 ± 5
34	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	69.3 ± 2
35	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	69.2 ± 2
36	Greece Europe	Europe	68.2 ± 2
37	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	67.8 ± 2
38	Israel Asia	Asia	67.6 ± 2
39	Poland Europe	Europe	67.5 ± 2
40	Cuba North America	North America	67.0 ± 5
41	Chile South America	South America	67.0 ± 2
42	Grenada North America	North America	66.8 ± 5
43	Uruguay South America	South America	66.8 ± 2
44	Croatia Europe	Europe	66.7 ± 2
45	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	65.5 ± 5
46	Seychelles Africa	Africa	65.5 ± 5
47	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	65.0 ± 2
48	Argentina South America	South America	64.9 ± 2
49	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.3 ± 2
50	Bahamas, The North America	North America	64.1 ± 5
51	Costa Rica North America	North America	64.0 ± 2
52	Belarus Europe	Europe	63.6 ± 2
53	Malaysia Asia	Asia	63.4 ± 2
54	Romania Europe	Europe	63.3 ± 2
55	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	63.1 ± 5
56	Panama North America	North America	62.4 ± 2
57	St. Lucia North America	North America	62.3 ± 5
58	Ukraine Europe	Europe	61.5 ± 2
59	Serbia Europe	Europe	61.5 ± 2
60	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.4 ± 2
61	Kiribati Oceania	Oceania	61.4 ± 5
62	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	61.0 ± 2
63	Montenegro Europe	Europe	60.8 ± 5
64	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	60.6 ± 2
65	Kuwait Asia	Asia	60.3 ± 2
66	Maldives Asia	Asia	60.3 ± 5
67	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	60.0 ± 2
68	Brazil South America	South America	59.6 ± 5
69	Bahrain Asia	Asia	59.6 ± 2
70	Mexico North America	North America	59.3 ± 2
71	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	59.1 ± 2
72	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.9 ± 2
73	Jamaica North America	North America	58.8 ± 2
74	Armenia Asia	Asia	58.3 ± 2
75	Tunisia Africa	Africa	58.3 ± 2
76	Belize North America	North America	58.3 ± 2
77	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.0 ± 2
78	Colombia South America	South America	58.0 ± 2
79	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	58.0 ± 5
80	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.7 ± 2
81	Mongolia Asia	Asia	57.6 ± 2
82	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	57.5 ± 5
83	El Salvador North America	North America	57.4 ± 2
84	Suriname South America	South America	57.2 ± 2
85	Albania Europe	Europe	57.2 ± 2
86	Paraguay South America	South America	57.0 ± 2
87	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.5 ± 2
88	Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Oceania	Oceania	56.3 ± 5
89	Peru South America	South America	56.2 ± 2
90	Dominican Republic North America	North America	56.2 ± 2
91	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.1 ± 2
92	Moldova Europe	Europe	55.9 ± 5
93	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	55.8 ± 5
94	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	55.7 ± 2
95	Jordan Asia	Asia	55.5 ± 2
96	Ecuador South America	South America	55.3 ± 2
97	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	55.0 ± 2
98	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	54.9 ± 2
99	Honduras North America	North America	54.8 ± 2
100	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	54.7 ± 5