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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 186
Median score: 54.6
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2013

Showing 2013 snapshot.

Year

2013

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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 · 2013

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2013

Snapshot: 2013

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	81.9 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	80.8 ± 2
3	Norway Europe	Europe	80.6 ± 2
4	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.9 ± 2
5	Finland Europe	Europe	79.5 ± 2
6	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	78.7 ± 2
7	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.7 ± 2
8	Iceland Europe	Europe	78.6 ± 2
9	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	78.0 ± 2
10	Germany Europe	Europe	77.4 ± 2
11	Austria Europe	Europe	76.9 ± 2
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.8 ± 2
13	Australia Oceania	Oceania	76.5 ± 5
14	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	75.5 ± 5
15	Canada North America	North America	73.6 ± 2
16	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	73.5 ± 2
17	Singapore Asia	Asia	73.5 ± 5
18	Ireland Europe	Europe	72.9 ± 2
19	Slovenia Europe	Europe	72.5 ± 2
20	France Europe	Europe	72.1 ± 2
21	Estonia Europe	Europe	71.7 ± 2
22	Japan Asia	Asia	70.5 ± 2
23	Malta Europe	Europe	70.3 ± 2
24	United States North America	North America	70.2 ± 5
25	Czechia Europe	Europe	70.1 ± 2
26	Barbados North America	North America	69.4 ± 5
27	Portugal Europe	Europe	69.3 ± 2
28	Lithuania Europe	Europe	68.9 ± 2
29	Spain Europe	Europe	68.8 ± 2
30	Poland Europe	Europe	68.1 ± 2
31	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	67.9 ± 2
32	Latvia Europe	Europe	67.9 ± 2
33	Palau Oceania	Oceania	67.8 ± 5
34	Uruguay South America	South America	67.3 ± 2
35	Hungary Europe	Europe	66.8 ± 2
36	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	66.7 ± 2
37	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	66.5 ± 5
38	Italy Europe	Europe	65.9 ± 2
39	Israel Asia	Asia	65.8 ± 2
40	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	65.7 ± 2
41	Chile South America	South America	65.3 ± 2
42	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	65.3 ± 5
43	Dominica North America	North America	65.3 ± 5
44	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.7 ± 2
45	Costa Rica North America	North America	64.6 ± 2
46	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	64.3 ± 2
47	Grenada North America	North America	64.2 ± 5
48	Belarus Europe	Europe	63.5 ± 2
49	Croatia Europe	Europe	62.7 ± 2
50	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	62.6 ± 2
51	Greece Europe	Europe	62.3 ± 2
52	Argentina South America	South America	62.2 ± 2
53	Cuba North America	North America	61.0 ± 5
54	Malaysia Asia	Asia	60.9 ± 2
55	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.9 ± 2
56	Seychelles Africa	Africa	60.5 ± 5
57	Romania Europe	Europe	60.5 ± 2
58	Brazil South America	South America	59.3 ± 2
59	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.2 ± 2
60	Panama North America	North America	59.1 ± 2
61	Serbia Europe	Europe	59.0 ± 2
62	Bahrain Asia	Asia	59.0 ± 2
63	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	59.0 ± 2
64	St. Lucia North America	North America	58.8 ± 5
65	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.8 ± 2
66	Bahamas, The North America	North America	58.4 ± 5
67	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.4 ± 2
68	Moldova Europe	Europe	58.2 ± 2
69	Montenegro Europe	Europe	58.0 ± 2
70	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.6 ± 2
71	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	57.4 ± 2
72	Ukraine Europe	Europe	57.4 ± 2
73	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	57.1 ± 2
74	Ecuador South America	South America	57.1 ± 2
75	Thailand Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 2
76	Colombia South America	South America	56.7 ± 2
77	Albania Europe	Europe	56.6 ± 2
78	Peru South America	South America	56.4 ± 2
79	Mexico North America	North America	56.3 ± 2
80	Maldives Asia	Asia	56.2 ± 5
81	Belize North America	North America	56.2 ± 5
82	Oman Asia	Asia	55.8 ± 2
83	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	55.8 ± 5
84	Mongolia Asia	Asia	55.7 ± 2
85	Jamaica North America	North America	55.6 ± 2
86	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.6 ± 2
87	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	55.5 ± 5
88	Paraguay South America	South America	55.5 ± 2
89	China Asia	Asia	55.2 ± 2
90	Bolivia South America	South America	55.0 ± 5
91	El Salvador North America	North America	55.0 ± 2
92	Suriname South America	South America	54.9 ± 5
93	Tunisia Africa	Africa	54.6 ± 2
94	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	54.6 ± 5
95	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	54.4 ± 2
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	54.1 ± 2
97	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	54.0 ± 2
98	Dominican Republic North America	North America	54.0 ± 2
99	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	53.8 ± 2
100	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	53.7 ± 2