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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 184
Median score: 55.0
Top ranked: Norway

Year2012

Showing 2012 snapshot.

Year

2012

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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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133 countries declined

Top 10 that fell the most

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Rankings · 2012

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2012

Snapshot: 2012

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Norway Europe	Europe	82.6 ± 2
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	81.7 ± 2
3	Denmark Europe	Europe	81.3 ± 2
4	Finland Europe	Europe	80.9 ± 2
5	Netherlands Europe	Europe	80.2 ± 2
6	Switzerland Europe	Europe	79.0 ± 2
7	Iceland Europe	Europe	78.9 ± 2
8	Germany Europe	Europe	78.2 ± 2
9	Austria Europe	Europe	78.2 ± 2
10	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	78.1 ± 5
11	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	77.2 ± 2
12	Australia Oceania	Oceania	77.1 ± 5
13	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.2 ± 2
14	Canada North America	North America	75.2 ± 2
15	Singapore Asia	Asia	75.0 ± 5
16	Japan Asia	Asia	74.3 ± 5
17	Ireland Europe	Europe	73.9 ± 2
18	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	73.7 ± 2
19	France Europe	Europe	73.0 ± 2
20	Estonia Europe	Europe	72.3 ± 2
21	Slovenia Europe	Europe	71.4 ± 2
22	Barbados North America	North America	71.4 ± 5
23	United States North America	North America	71.3 ± 5
24	Malta Europe	Europe	71.0 ± 2
25	Czechia Europe	Europe	70.0 ± 2
26	Spain Europe	Europe	69.9 ± 2
27	Portugal Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 2
28	Lithuania Europe	Europe	69.3 ± 2
29	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.3 ± 2
30	Uruguay South America	South America	69.2 ± 2
31	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	68.5 ± 5
32	Grenada North America	North America	68.2 ± 5
33	Latvia Europe	Europe	68.0 ± 2
34	Poland Europe	Europe	67.6 ± 2
35	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	67.5 ± 2
36	Hungary Europe	Europe	66.6 ± 2
37	Israel Asia	Asia	66.5 ± 2
38	Italy Europe	Europe	66.4 ± 2
39	Chile South America	South America	66.3 ± 2
40	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	66.1 ± 2
41	Palau Oceania	Oceania	65.6 ± 5
42	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	65.6 ± 5
43	Costa Rica North America	North America	65.0 ± 2
44	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.7 ± 2
45	Belarus Europe	Europe	64.3 ± 2
46	Croatia Europe	Europe	64.0 ± 2
47	Argentina South America	South America	63.6 ± 2
48	Cuba North America	North America	63.5 ± 5
49	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	62.9 ± 5
50	Mauritius Africa	Africa	62.7 ± 2
51	Greece Europe	Europe	62.5 ± 2
52	Malaysia Asia	Asia	62.5 ± 2
53	Seychelles Africa	Africa	62.5 ± 5
54	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	62.2 ± 2
55	Bahamas, The North America	North America	61.4 ± 5
56	St. Lucia North America	North America	61.1 ± 5
57	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.0 ± 2
58	Romania Europe	Europe	60.9 ± 2
59	Panama North America	North America	60.8 ± 2
60	Brazil South America	South America	59.9 ± 2
61	Montenegro Europe	Europe	59.6 ± 2
62	Ukraine Europe	Europe	59.1 ± 2
63	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	59.0 ± 2
64	Bahrain Asia	Asia	58.9 ± 2
65	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	58.7 ± 2
66	Kuwait Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 2
67	Mexico North America	North America	58.6 ± 2
68	Serbia Europe	Europe	58.5 ± 2
69	Albania Europe	Europe	58.4 ± 2
70	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	58.2 ± 2
71	Moldova Europe	Europe	58.1 ± 2
72	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
73	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.0 ± 2
74	Belize North America	North America	58.0 ± 5
75	Peru South America	South America	57.2 ± 2
76	Colombia South America	South America	57.2 ± 2
77	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	57.1 ± 2
78	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	57.1 ± 5
79	Jamaica North America	North America	57.1 ± 2
80	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	57.0 ± 5
81	Tunisia Africa	Africa	56.8 ± 2
82	Mongolia Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 2
83	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	56.5 ± 5
84	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.5 ± 2
85	Ecuador South America	South America	56.4 ± 2
86	El Salvador North America	North America	56.4 ± 2
87	China Asia	Asia	56.1 ± 2
88	Paraguay South America	South America	55.9 ± 2
89	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.5 ± 2
90	Maldives Asia	Asia	55.1 ± 5
91	Oman Asia	Asia	55.1 ± 2
92	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	55.0 ± 2
93	Bolivia South America	South America	54.9 ± 5
94	Suriname South America	South America	54.6 ± 5
95	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	54.5 ± 2
96	Dominican Republic North America	North America	54.5 ± 2
97	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	54.1 ± 5
98	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	54.0 ± 2
99	Venezuela, RB South America	South America	53.9 ± 2
100	Indonesia Asia	Asia	53.8 ± 2