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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 189
Median score: 56.3
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2018

Showing 2018 snapshot.

Year

2018

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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 · 2018

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2018

Snapshot: 2018

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	82.4 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	81.0 ± 2
3	Norway Europe	Europe	80.0 ± 2
4	Finland Europe	Europe	79.2 ± 2
5	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.0 ± 2
6	Iceland Europe	Europe	78.7 ± 2
7	Germany Europe	Europe	78.6 ± 2
8	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	78.2 ± 2
9	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.2 ± 2
10	Australia Oceania	Oceania	77.4 ± 2
11	Belgium Europe	Europe	77.3 ± 2
12	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	77.2 ± 5
13	Austria Europe	Europe	77.1 ± 2
14	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	77.0 ± 2
15	Ireland Europe	Europe	75.9 ± 2
16	Slovenia Europe	Europe	75.2 ± 2
17	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	75.2 ± 2
18	Estonia Europe	Europe	74.8 ± 2
19	France Europe	Europe	74.3 ± 2
20	Canada North America	North America	74.0 ± 2
21	Singapore Asia	Asia	72.8 ± 2
22	United States North America	North America	72.8 ± 2
23	Czechia Europe	Europe	72.7 ± 2
24	Portugal Europe	Europe	72.4 ± 2
25	Japan Asia	Asia	72.3 ± 2
26	Malta Europe	Europe	72.3 ± 2
27	Spain Europe	Europe	71.0 ± 2
28	Palau Oceania	Oceania	70.6 ± 5
29	Lithuania Europe	Europe	70.4 ± 2
30	Latvia Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 2
31	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.1 ± 2
32	Poland Europe	Europe	69.0 ± 2
33	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	68.5 ± 2
34	Uruguay South America	South America	68.2 ± 2
35	Chile South America	South America	68.2 ± 2
36	Israel Asia	Asia	67.8 ± 2
37	Hungary Europe	Europe	67.8 ± 2
38	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	67.5 ± 2
39	Italy Europe	Europe	67.0 ± 2
40	Seychelles Africa	Africa	66.6 ± 5
41	Croatia Europe	Europe	66.3 ± 2
42	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	66.3 ± 5
43	Belarus Europe	Europe	65.7 ± 2
44	Costa Rica North America	North America	65.5 ± 2
45	St. Kitts and Nevis North America	North America	65.4 ± 5
46	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	65.3 ± 2
47	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	64.7 ± 2
48	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	64.4 ± 5
49	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.2 ± 2
50	Greece Europe	Europe	63.7 ± 2
51	Barbados North America	North America	63.7 ± 5
52	Romania Europe	Europe	63.2 ± 2
53	Grenada North America	North America	62.9 ± 5
54	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	62.2 ± 5
55	Serbia Europe	Europe	62.2 ± 2
56	Argentina South America	South America	62.1 ± 2
57	Cuba North America	North America	62.0 ± 5
58	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.9 ± 2
59	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.7 ± 2
60	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.6 ± 2
61	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.5 ± 2
62	Moldova Europe	Europe	60.8 ± 2
63	Panama North America	North America	60.6 ± 2
64	Albania Europe	Europe	60.4 ± 2
65	Dominica North America	North America	60.3 ± 5
66	Brazil South America	South America	59.8 ± 2
67	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	59.7 ± 2
68	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.6 ± 2
69	Montenegro Europe	Europe	59.3 ± 2
70	China Asia	Asia	59.2 ± 2
71	St. Lucia North America	North America	59.1 ± 5
72	Jamaica North America	North America	58.8 ± 2
73	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	58.6 ± 2
74	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	58.6 ± 2
75	Maldives Asia	Asia	58.5 ± 5
76	Belize North America	North America	58.5 ± 5
77	Bahamas, The North America	North America	58.1 ± 5
78	Peru South America	South America	58.0 ± 2
79	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.0 ± 2
80	Mongolia Asia	Asia	57.9 ± 2
81	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	57.9 ± 2
82	Colombia South America	South America	57.9 ± 2
83	Mexico North America	North America	57.8 ± 2
84	Ecuador South America	South America	57.6 ± 2
85	Ukraine Europe	Europe	57.3 ± 2
86	Oman Asia	Asia	57.2 ± 2
87	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	57.2 ± 2
88	Bolivia South America	South America	57.2 ± 5
89	Paraguay South America	South America	57.1 ± 2
90	Bhutan Asia	Asia	57.0 ± 5
91	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.9 ± 2
92	Armenia Asia	Asia	56.9 ± 2
93	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.5 ± 5
94	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	56.4 ± 5
95	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	56.3 ± 5
96	Tunisia Africa	Africa	56.0 ± 2
97	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	55.9 ± 5
98	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.6 ± 2
99	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.5 ± 2
100	Bahrain Asia	Asia	55.5 ± 2