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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 188
Median score: 56.1
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2017

Showing 2017 snapshot.

Year

2017

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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 · 2017

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2017

Snapshot: 2017

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	82.5 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	81.3 ± 2
3	Norway Europe	Europe	80.5 ± 2
4	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.5 ± 2
5	Finland Europe	Europe	79.3 ± 2
6	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.8 ± 2
7	Iceland Europe	Europe	78.8 ± 2
8	Germany Europe	Europe	78.5 ± 2
9	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	78.5 ± 5
10	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	78.4 ± 2
11	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	77.8 ± 2
12	Austria Europe	Europe	77.2 ± 2
13	Australia Oceania	Oceania	77.0 ± 2
14	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.8 ± 2
15	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	76.1 ± 2
16	Slovenia Europe	Europe	75.5 ± 2
17	Ireland Europe	Europe	75.1 ± 2
18	Estonia Europe	Europe	74.8 ± 2
19	Canada North America	North America	74.3 ± 2
20	France Europe	Europe	74.0 ± 2
21	Czechia Europe	Europe	73.1 ± 2
22	Malta Europe	Europe	73.0 ± 2
23	Singapore Asia	Asia	72.9 ± 2
24	United States North America	North America	72.8 ± 2
25	Japan Asia	Asia	72.3 ± 2
26	Portugal Europe	Europe	72.1 ± 2
27	Lithuania Europe	Europe	71.1 ± 2
28	Palau Oceania	Oceania	71.1 ± 5
29	Spain Europe	Europe	70.8 ± 2
30	Latvia Europe	Europe	69.4 ± 2
31	Poland Europe	Europe	69.0 ± 2
32	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	68.7 ± 2
33	Uruguay South America	South America	68.5 ± 2
34	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	68.4 ± 2
35	Israel Asia	Asia	68.3 ± 2
36	Hungary Europe	Europe	67.9 ± 2
37	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	67.9 ± 2
38	Chile South America	South America	67.0 ± 2
39	Italy Europe	Europe	66.5 ± 2
40	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	66.2 ± 5
41	Croatia Europe	Europe	66.0 ± 2
42	Costa Rica North America	North America	65.8 ± 2
43	Belarus Europe	Europe	65.3 ± 2
44	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	65.3 ± 2
45	Seychelles Africa	Africa	65.2 ± 5
46	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	64.3 ± 5
47	Qatar Asia	Asia	63.7 ± 2
48	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	63.7 ± 2
49	Barbados North America	North America	63.4 ± 5
50	Argentina South America	South America	63.4 ± 2
51	Romania Europe	Europe	63.3 ± 2
52	Grenada North America	North America	63.1 ± 5
53	Greece Europe	Europe	63.1 ± 2
54	Cuba North America	North America	62.3 ± 5
55	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	62.0 ± 5
56	Serbia Europe	Europe	61.6 ± 2
57	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.3 ± 2
58	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.2 ± 2
59	Dominica North America	North America	61.1 ± 5
60	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.1 ± 2
61	Moldova Europe	Europe	60.9 ± 2
62	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.7 ± 2
63	Panama North America	North America	60.3 ± 2
64	Albania Europe	Europe	60.0 ± 2
65	Bahamas, The North America	North America	59.3 ± 5
66	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	59.0 ± 2
67	Montenegro Europe	Europe	58.9 ± 2
68	China Asia	Asia	58.7 ± 2
69	Brazil South America	South America	58.7 ± 2
70	Maldives Asia	Asia	58.5 ± 5
71	Kuwait Asia	Asia	58.5 ± 2
72	St. Lucia North America	North America	58.5 ± 5
73	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	58.2 ± 2
74	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	57.8 ± 5
75	Peru South America	South America	57.7 ± 2
76	Jamaica North America	North America	57.7 ± 2
77	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	57.6 ± 2
78	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 2
79	Ecuador South America	South America	57.4 ± 2
80	Colombia South America	South America	57.3 ± 2
81	Belize North America	North America	57.3 ± 5
82	Mexico North America	North America	57.2 ± 2
83	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	57.1 ± 2
84	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	57.1 ± 5
85	Thailand Asia	Asia	56.9 ± 2
86	Oman Asia	Asia	56.9 ± 2
87	Mongolia Asia	Asia	56.8 ± 2
88	Armenia Asia	Asia	56.6 ± 2
89	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	56.5 ± 5
90	Paraguay South America	South America	56.4 ± 2
91	Bolivia South America	South America	56.4 ± 5
92	Ukraine Europe	Europe	56.3 ± 2
93	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	56.2 ± 2
94	Bahrain Asia	Asia	56.2 ± 2
95	Bhutan Asia	Asia	56.1 ± 5
96	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	55.9 ± 5
97	Tunisia Africa	Africa	55.5 ± 2
98	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.3 ± 2
99	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	55.0 ± 5
100	Indonesia Asia	Asia	54.8 ± 2