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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 183
Median score: 55.7
Top ranked: Norway

Year2009

Showing 2009 snapshot.

Year

2009

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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.

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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 · 2009

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2009

Snapshot: 2009

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Norway Europe	Europe	82.3 ± 2
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	81.6 ± 2
3	Denmark Europe	Europe	81.6 ± 2
4	Finland Europe	Europe	80.5 ± 2
5	Iceland Europe	Europe	79.4 ± 2
6	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.3 ± 2
7	Austria Europe	Europe	78.9 ± 2
8	Germany Europe	Europe	77.9 ± 2
9	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	77.8 ± 2
10	Switzerland Europe	Europe	77.7 ± 2
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	77.6 ± 5
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	77.3 ± 2
13	Australia Oceania	Oceania	76.9 ± 5
14	Ireland Europe	Europe	75.3 ± 2
15	Canada North America	North America	74.9 ± 2
16	Japan Asia	Asia	74.4 ± 5
17	Barbados North America	North America	73.6 ± 5
18	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	73.4 ± 2
19	France Europe	Europe	73.1 ± 2
20	Estonia Europe	Europe	72.6 ± 2
21	Portugal Europe	Europe	72.5 ± 2
22	Spain Europe	Europe	72.4 ± 2
23	Slovenia Europe	Europe	72.0 ± 2
24	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.4 ± 5
25	United States North America	North America	70.7 ± 5
26	Czechia Europe	Europe	70.4 ± 2
27	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	69.7 ± 5
28	Grenada North America	North America	69.2 ± 5
29	Italy Europe	Europe	69.1 ± 2
30	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.0 ± 2
31	Lithuania Europe	Europe	69.0 ± 2
32	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	68.9 ± 2
33	Uruguay South America	South America	68.7 ± 2
34	Malta Europe	Europe	68.7 ± 2
35	Latvia Europe	Europe	68.5 ± 2
36	Hungary Europe	Europe	68.3 ± 2
37	Poland Europe	Europe	67.7 ± 2
38	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	67.1 ± 2
39	Greece Europe	Europe	66.7 ± 2
40	Cuba North America	North America	66.7 ± 5
41	Chile South America	South America	66.6 ± 2
42	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	66.4 ± 5
43	Israel Asia	Asia	66.2 ± 2
44	Qatar Asia	Asia	66.2 ± 2
45	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	65.9 ± 5
46	Croatia Europe	Europe	65.7 ± 2
47	Argentina South America	South America	64.4 ± 2
48	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	64.1 ± 2
49	Belarus Europe	Europe	63.9 ± 2
50	Costa Rica North America	North America	63.6 ± 2
51	Seychelles Africa	Africa	63.5 ± 5
52	Palau Oceania	Oceania	63.5 ± 5
53	Romania Europe	Europe	63.4 ± 2
54	Malaysia Asia	Asia	62.4 ± 2
55	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	62.4 ± 5
56	Bahamas, The North America	North America	62.0 ± 5
57	Panama North America	North America	61.6 ± 2
58	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.4 ± 2
59	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.2 ± 2
60	St. Lucia North America	North America	60.9 ± 5
61	Serbia Europe	Europe	60.6 ± 2
62	Montenegro Europe	Europe	60.5 ± 5
63	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	60.5 ± 2
64	Brazil South America	South America	59.9 ± 5
65	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.6 ± 2
66	Kiribati Oceania	Oceania	59.1 ± 5
67	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	59.0 ± 2
68	Maldives Asia	Asia	59.0 ± 5
69	Ukraine Europe	Europe	58.9 ± 2
70	Suriname South America	South America	58.6 ± 2
71	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	58.6 ± 2
72	Mexico North America	North America	58.5 ± 2
73	Bahrain Asia	Asia	58.4 ± 2
74	Albania Europe	Europe	58.4 ± 2
75	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.3 ± 2
76	Tunisia Africa	Africa	57.8 ± 2
77	Colombia South America	South America	57.7 ± 2
78	Jamaica North America	North America	57.5 ± 2
79	Belize North America	North America	57.5 ± 2
80	Peru South America	South America	57.2 ± 2
81	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.0 ± 2
82	Mongolia Asia	Asia	56.8 ± 2
83	Paraguay South America	South America	56.8 ± 2
84	El Salvador North America	North America	56.8 ± 2
85	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 2
86	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.3 ± 2
87	Ecuador South America	South America	56.2 ± 2
88	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.2 ± 5
89	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.0 ± 2
90	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	56.0 ± 5
91	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.9 ± 2
92	China Asia	Asia	55.7 ± 2
93	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	55.7 ± 5
94	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	55.7 ± 2
95	Oman Asia	Asia	55.6 ± 2
96	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	55.6 ± 2
97	Bolivia South America	South America	55.5 ± 2
98	Moldova Europe	Europe	55.4 ± 5
99	Jordan Asia	Asia	55.3 ± 2
100	Kyrgyz Republic Asia	Asia	55.0 ± 2