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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 182
Median score: 55.2
Top ranked: Norway

Year2010

Showing 2010 snapshot.

Year

2010

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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 · 2010

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2010

Snapshot: 2010

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Norway Europe	Europe	82.2 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	81.2 ± 2
3	Sweden Europe	Europe	81.2 ± 2
4	Finland Europe	Europe	80.6 ± 2
5	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.5 ± 2
6	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	79.1 ± 2
7	Iceland Europe	Europe	78.5 ± 2
8	Austria Europe	Europe	78.4 ± 2
9	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.1 ± 2
10	Germany Europe	Europe	77.9 ± 2
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	77.9 ± 5
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.8 ± 2
13	Australia Oceania	Oceania	76.1 ± 5
14	Canada North America	North America	74.8 ± 2
15	Ireland Europe	Europe	74.7 ± 2
16	Singapore Asia	Asia	74.4 ± 5
17	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	74.2 ± 2
18	Japan Asia	Asia	74.1 ± 5
19	France Europe	Europe	72.9 ± 2
20	Barbados North America	North America	72.5 ± 5
21	Estonia Europe	Europe	72.0 ± 2
22	Spain Europe	Europe	71.2 ± 2
23	Portugal Europe	Europe	71.2 ± 2
24	Slovenia Europe	Europe	71.1 ± 2
25	United States North America	North America	71.1 ± 5
26	Czechia Europe	Europe	70.9 ± 2
27	Malta Europe	Europe	69.9 ± 2
28	Grenada North America	North America	69.5 ± 5
29	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.3 ± 2
30	Lithuania Europe	Europe	69.0 ± 2
31	Uruguay South America	South America	68.6 ± 2
32	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	68.5 ± 5
33	Italy Europe	Europe	68.2 ± 2
34	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	68.1 ± 2
35	Poland Europe	Europe	67.4 ± 2
36	Latvia Europe	Europe	67.3 ± 2
37	Hungary Europe	Europe	67.1 ± 2
38	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	67.1 ± 2
39	Israel Asia	Asia	66.1 ± 2
40	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	65.6 ± 5
41	Chile South America	South America	65.5 ± 2
42	Croatia Europe	Europe	65.3 ± 2
43	Qatar Asia	Asia	65.3 ± 2
44	Cuba North America	North America	64.7 ± 5
45	Greece Europe	Europe	64.4 ± 2
46	Costa Rica North America	North America	64.0 ± 2
47	Belarus Europe	Europe	63.9 ± 2
48	Argentina South America	South America	63.6 ± 2
49	Palau Oceania	Oceania	63.4 ± 5
50	Seychelles Africa	Africa	63.4 ± 5
51	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	62.3 ± 2
52	Romania Europe	Europe	62.1 ± 2
53	Malaysia Asia	Asia	62.1 ± 2
54	St. Lucia North America	North America	61.9 ± 5
55	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.6 ± 2
56	Panama North America	North America	61.4 ± 2
57	Bahamas, The North America	North America	61.0 ± 5
58	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	60.6 ± 5
59	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	60.6 ± 2
60	Montenegro Europe	Europe	60.1 ± 5
61	Serbia Europe	Europe	59.5 ± 2
62	Brazil South America	South America	59.4 ± 2
63	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	59.4 ± 2
64	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.1 ± 2
65	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	59.0 ± 2
66	Moldova Europe	Europe	58.5 ± 2
67	Mexico North America	North America	58.1 ± 2
68	Albania Europe	Europe	58.0 ± 2
69	Ukraine Europe	Europe	57.8 ± 2
70	Belize North America	North America	57.6 ± 5
71	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.5 ± 2
72	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.4 ± 2
73	Peru South America	South America	57.2 ± 2
74	Bahrain Asia	Asia	57.2 ± 2
75	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	57.1 ± 5
76	Colombia South America	South America	57.1 ± 2
77	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	57.0 ± 2
78	Jamaica North America	North America	56.9 ± 5
79	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.8 ± 5
80	Mongolia Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 2
81	El Salvador North America	North America	56.5 ± 2
82	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.4 ± 2
83	Maldives Asia	Asia	56.4 ± 5
84	Tunisia Africa	Africa	56.3 ± 2
85	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.2 ± 2
86	Paraguay South America	South America	56.1 ± 2
87	Suriname South America	South America	56.1 ± 5
88	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.9 ± 2
89	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	55.8 ± 2
90	China Asia	Asia	55.4 ± 2
91	Ecuador South America	South America	55.3 ± 2
92	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.2 ± 2
93	Bolivia South America	South America	54.9 ± 5
94	Micronesia, Fed. Sts. Oceania	Oceania	54.7 ± 5
95	Oman Asia	Asia	54.4 ± 2
96	Dominican Republic North America	North America	54.2 ± 2
97	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	54.1 ± 2
98	Vanuatu Oceania	Oceania	53.9 ± 5
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	53.7 ± 2
100	Guyana South America	South America	53.5 ± 2