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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 182
Median score: 55.6
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2008

Showing 2008 snapshot.

Year

2008

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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 · 2008

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2008

Snapshot: 2008

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	82.7 ± 2
2	Norway Europe	Europe	82.7 ± 2
3	Denmark Europe	Europe	82.5 ± 2
4	Finland Europe	Europe	81.8 ± 2
5	Iceland Europe	Europe	81.3 ± 2
6	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.9 ± 2
7	Austria Europe	Europe	79.9 ± 2
8	Germany Europe	Europe	78.6 ± 2
9	Belgium Europe	Europe	78.0 ± 2
10	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.0 ± 2
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	78.0 ± 5
12	Australia Oceania	Oceania	77.8 ± 5
13	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	77.7 ± 2
14	Ireland Europe	Europe	76.4 ± 2
15	Canada North America	North America	75.9 ± 2
16	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	75.1 ± 2
17	Japan Asia	Asia	74.5 ± 5
18	France Europe	Europe	74.4 ± 2
19	Barbados North America	North America	74.0 ± 5
20	Spain Europe	Europe	73.9 ± 2
21	Portugal Europe	Europe	73.2 ± 2
22	Estonia Europe	Europe	73.2 ± 2
23	Slovenia Europe	Europe	72.9 ± 2
24	United States North America	North America	72.4 ± 5
25	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.5 ± 5
26	Czechia Europe	Europe	71.1 ± 2
27	Malta Europe	Europe	70.7 ± 2
28	Hungary Europe	Europe	70.6 ± 2
29	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	70.2 ± 5
30	Italy Europe	Europe	70.0 ± 2
31	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	69.9 ± 2
32	Lithuania Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 2
33	Latvia Europe	Europe	69.3 ± 2
34	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.0 ± 2
35	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	68.6 ± 2
36	Uruguay South America	South America	68.3 ± 2
37	Poland Europe	Europe	68.0 ± 2
38	Greece Europe	Europe	67.7 ± 2
39	Israel Asia	Asia	67.1 ± 2
40	Grenada North America	North America	66.9 ± 5
41	Cuba North America	North America	66.7 ± 5
42	Chile South America	South America	66.5 ± 2
43	Palau Oceania	Oceania	66.0 ± 5
44	Croatia Europe	Europe	65.9 ± 2
45	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	65.6 ± 5
46	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	65.2 ± 2
47	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.7 ± 2
48	Argentina South America	South America	64.7 ± 2
49	Belarus Europe	Europe	64.6 ± 2
50	Romania Europe	Europe	64.2 ± 2
51	Costa Rica North America	North America	63.8 ± 2
52	Bahamas, The North America	North America	63.7 ± 5
53	Seychelles Africa	Africa	62.8 ± 5
54	Malaysia Asia	Asia	62.7 ± 2
55	Panama North America	North America	62.6 ± 2
56	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	62.6 ± 5
57	St. Lucia North America	North America	62.2 ± 5
58	Serbia Europe	Europe	61.7 ± 2
59	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.6 ± 2
60	Montenegro Europe	Europe	61.5 ± 5
61	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	61.0 ± 2
62	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	60.6 ± 2
63	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	60.5 ± 2
64	Ukraine Europe	Europe	60.1 ± 2
65	Brazil South America	South America	60.0 ± 5
66	Maldives Asia	Asia	59.8 ± 5
67	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.7 ± 2
68	Bahrain Asia	Asia	59.7 ± 2
69	Kiribati Oceania	Oceania	59.3 ± 5
70	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	59.2 ± 2
71	Mexico North America	North America	58.9 ± 2
72	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.2 ± 2
73	Suriname South America	South America	58.2 ± 2
74	Tunisia Africa	Africa	58.0 ± 2
75	Jamaica North America	North America	57.9 ± 2
76	Peru South America	South America	57.9 ± 2
77	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	57.7 ± 5
78	Colombia South America	South America	57.6 ± 2
79	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.4 ± 2
80	El Salvador North America	North America	57.4 ± 2
81	Albania Europe	Europe	57.3 ± 2
82	Paraguay South America	South America	57.1 ± 2
83	Belize North America	North America	57.1 ± 2
84	Mongolia Asia	Asia	56.8 ± 2
85	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.7 ± 2
86	Moldova Europe	Europe	56.4 ± 5
87	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	56.4 ± 5
88	Armenia Asia	Asia	56.1 ± 2
89	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.0 ± 5
90	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	55.8 ± 2
91	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.6 ± 2
92	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	55.6 ± 5
93	Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Oceania	Oceania	55.6 ± 5
94	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	55.5 ± 2
95	Oman Asia	Asia	55.5 ± 2
96	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	55.4 ± 2
97	China Asia	Asia	55.3 ± 2
98	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.3 ± 2
99	Jordan Asia	Asia	55.1 ± 2
100	Ecuador South America	South America	55.1 ± 2