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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

Year2016

Showing 2016 snapshot.

Year

2016

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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 · 2016

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2016

Snapshot: 2016

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	82.0 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	80.7 ± 2
3	Norway Europe	Europe	79.8 ± 2
4	Iceland Europe	Europe	79.3 ± 2
5	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.2 ± 2
6	Finland Europe	Europe	78.4 ± 2
7	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.3 ± 2
8	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	78.0 ± 2
9	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	77.7 ± 2
10	Germany Europe	Europe	77.6 ± 2
11	Belgium Europe	Europe	75.9 ± 2
12	Austria Europe	Europe	75.9 ± 2
13	Australia Oceania	Oceania	75.5 ± 2
14	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	75.3 ± 2
15	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	75.2 ± 5
16	Slovenia Europe	Europe	73.9 ± 2
17	Ireland Europe	Europe	73.7 ± 2
18	Estonia Europe	Europe	73.6 ± 2
19	Canada North America	North America	73.3 ± 2
20	Czechia Europe	Europe	73.0 ± 2
21	France Europe	Europe	72.2 ± 2
22	United States North America	North America	72.0 ± 2
23	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.8 ± 2
24	Japan Asia	Asia	71.7 ± 2
25	Malta Europe	Europe	70.7 ± 2
26	Palau Oceania	Oceania	70.6 ± 5
27	Spain Europe	Europe	70.2 ± 2
28	Lithuania Europe	Europe	70.0 ± 2
29	Portugal Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 2
30	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	68.7 ± 2
31	Uruguay South America	South America	68.6 ± 2
32	Latvia Europe	Europe	68.5 ± 2
33	Poland Europe	Europe	68.5 ± 2
34	Hungary Europe	Europe	68.0 ± 2
35	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	67.5 ± 2
36	Israel Asia	Asia	67.2 ± 2
37	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.8 ± 2
38	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	66.8 ± 5
39	Chile South America	South America	66.6 ± 2
40	Costa Rica North America	North America	65.6 ± 2
41	Italy Europe	Europe	65.6 ± 2
42	Barbados North America	North America	64.5 ± 5
43	Seychelles Africa	Africa	64.4 ± 5
44	Belarus Europe	Europe	64.3 ± 2
45	Croatia Europe	Europe	64.3 ± 2
46	Grenada North America	North America	64.3 ± 5
47	Argentina South America	South America	63.6 ± 2
48	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	63.2 ± 2
49	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	63.1 ± 2
50	Dominica North America	North America	62.9 ± 5
51	Qatar Asia	Asia	62.8 ± 2
52	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	62.8 ± 5
53	Greece Europe	Europe	62.4 ± 2
54	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	61.9 ± 5
55	Romania Europe	Europe	61.7 ± 2
56	Cuba North America	North America	61.5 ± 5
57	Moldova Europe	Europe	60.9 ± 2
58	Malaysia Asia	Asia	60.8 ± 2
59	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	60.6 ± 2
60	Panama North America	North America	60.6 ± 2
61	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.4 ± 2
62	Serbia Europe	Europe	60.3 ± 2
63	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.4 ± 2
64	St. Lucia North America	North America	59.3 ± 5
65	Albania Europe	Europe	59.1 ± 2
66	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.7 ± 2
67	Brazil South America	South America	58.7 ± 2
68	Maldives Asia	Asia	58.3 ± 5
69	Bahamas, The North America	North America	58.2 ± 5
70	Mexico North America	North America	58.0 ± 2
71	Peru South America	South America	58.0 ± 2
72	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	57.9 ± 2
73	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.9 ± 2
74	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.6 ± 2
75	Jamaica North America	North America	57.6 ± 2
76	China Asia	Asia	57.4 ± 2
77	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	57.3 ± 2
78	Belize North America	North America	57.0 ± 5
79	Colombia South America	South America	56.9 ± 2
80	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	56.9 ± 2
81	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	56.9 ± 5
82	Paraguay South America	South America	56.8 ± 2
83	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	56.7 ± 2
84	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.7 ± 2
85	Bahrain Asia	Asia	56.5 ± 2
86	Ecuador South America	South America	56.5 ± 2
87	Bolivia South America	South America	56.4 ± 5
88	Oman Asia	Asia	56.4 ± 2
89	Montenegro Europe	Europe	56.3 ± 2
90	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	56.2 ± 5
91	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.2 ± 5
92	Tunisia Africa	Africa	55.9 ± 2
93	Mongolia Asia	Asia	55.8 ± 2
94	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.8 ± 2
95	Botswana Africa	Africa	55.4 ± 2
96	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.3 ± 2
97	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	55.2 ± 2
98	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.0 ± 2
99	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	54.9 ± 5
100	El Salvador North America	North America	54.9 ± 2