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Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 187
Median score: 55.8
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2015

Showing 2015 snapshot.

Year

2015

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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 · 2015

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2015

Snapshot: 2015

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	82.3 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	81.0 ± 2
3	Norway Europe	Europe	80.3 ± 2
4	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.4 ± 2
5	Iceland Europe	Europe	78.8 ± 2
6	Finland Europe	Europe	78.3 ± 2
7	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.1 ± 2
8	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	78.0 ± 2
9	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	77.7 ± 2
10	Germany Europe	Europe	77.5 ± 2
11	Austria Europe	Europe	76.5 ± 2
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.0 ± 2
13	Australia Oceania	Oceania	74.9 ± 2
14	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	74.7 ± 5
15	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	74.3 ± 2
16	Ireland Europe	Europe	73.7 ± 2
17	Slovenia Europe	Europe	73.2 ± 2
18	Canada North America	North America	73.0 ± 2
19	Estonia Europe	Europe	72.8 ± 2
20	Czechia Europe	Europe	71.5 ± 2
21	United States North America	North America	71.5 ± 2
22	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.3 ± 5
23	France Europe	Europe	71.3 ± 2
24	Malta Europe	Europe	71.0 ± 2
25	Japan Asia	Asia	70.8 ± 2
26	Spain Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 2
27	Portugal Europe	Europe	69.4 ± 2
28	Lithuania Europe	Europe	69.2 ± 2
29	Latvia Europe	Europe	68.7 ± 2
30	Poland Europe	Europe	68.6 ± 2
31	Uruguay South America	South America	67.9 ± 2
32	Barbados North America	North America	67.9 ± 5
33	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	67.7 ± 2
34	Palau Oceania	Oceania	67.5 ± 5
35	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	67.4 ± 2
36	Hungary Europe	Europe	66.7 ± 2
37	Israel Asia	Asia	66.5 ± 2
38	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.4 ± 2
39	Chile South America	South America	66.2 ± 2
40	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	66.0 ± 5
41	Costa Rica North America	North America	65.3 ± 2
42	Italy Europe	Europe	65.1 ± 2
43	Grenada North America	North America	64.5 ± 5
44	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.0 ± 2
45	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	63.9 ± 5
46	Croatia Europe	Europe	63.8 ± 2
47	Belarus Europe	Europe	63.8 ± 2
48	Argentina South America	South America	63.3 ± 2
49	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	63.0 ± 2
50	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	63.0 ± 2
51	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	62.7 ± 5
52	Seychelles Africa	Africa	62.7 ± 5
53	Dominica North America	North America	62.5 ± 5
54	Greece Europe	Europe	62.2 ± 2
55	Romania Europe	Europe	61.4 ± 2
56	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.4 ± 2
57	Cuba North America	North America	61.3 ± 5
58	Moldova Europe	Europe	60.6 ± 2
59	Panama North America	North America	60.1 ± 2
60	Serbia Europe	Europe	60.1 ± 2
61	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.1 ± 2
62	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	59.6 ± 2
63	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	59.4 ± 2
64	Brazil South America	South America	59.2 ± 2
65	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	59.2 ± 2
66	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.1 ± 2
67	St. Lucia North America	North America	58.8 ± 5
68	Bahamas, The North America	North America	58.6 ± 5
69	Albania Europe	Europe	58.2 ± 2
70	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.0 ± 2
71	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	58.0 ± 2
72	Maldives Asia	Asia	57.9 ± 5
73	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	57.9 ± 5
74	Mexico North America	North America	57.4 ± 2
75	Peru South America	South America	57.2 ± 2
76	Colombia South America	South America	57.2 ± 2
77	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.1 ± 2
78	Belize North America	North America	57.0 ± 5
79	Jamaica North America	North America	57.0 ± 2
80	China Asia	Asia	56.9 ± 2
81	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	56.8 ± 2
82	Paraguay South America	South America	56.8 ± 2
83	Oman Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 2
84	Bahrain Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 2
85	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	56.6 ± 2
86	Bolivia South America	South America	56.5 ± 5
87	Montenegro Europe	Europe	56.5 ± 2
88	Ecuador South America	South America	56.5 ± 2
89	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	56.4 ± 5
90	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	56.3 ± 2
91	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.0 ± 5
92	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.0 ± 2
93	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.9 ± 2
94	Mongolia Asia	Asia	55.8 ± 2
95	Tunisia Africa	Africa	55.8 ± 2
96	El Salvador North America	North America	55.4 ± 2
97	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	55.3 ± 5
98	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.1 ± 2
99	Suriname South America	South America	54.9 ± 5
100	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	54.6 ± 2