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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 190
Median score: 56.7
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2019

Showing 2019 snapshot.

Year

2019

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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 · 2019

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2019

Snapshot: 2019

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	82.3 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	80.7 ± 2
3	Norway Europe	Europe	79.8 ± 2
4	Finland Europe	Europe	79.5 ± 2
5	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.5 ± 2
6	Netherlands Europe	Europe	78.5 ± 2
7	Iceland Europe	Europe	78.4 ± 2
8	Germany Europe	Europe	78.0 ± 2
9	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	78.0 ± 2
10	Austria Europe	Europe	77.5 ± 2
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	77.3 ± 2
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	77.0 ± 2
13	Australia Oceania	Oceania	76.2 ± 2
14	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	75.9 ± 5
15	Estonia Europe	Europe	75.3 ± 2
16	Slovenia Europe	Europe	75.2 ± 2
17	Ireland Europe	Europe	74.7 ± 2
18	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	74.6 ± 2
19	France Europe	Europe	73.5 ± 2
20	Canada North America	North America	73.2 ± 2
21	Czechia Europe	Europe	72.8 ± 2
22	Singapore Asia	Asia	72.6 ± 2
23	Palau Oceania	Oceania	72.4 ± 5
24	Portugal Europe	Europe	72.3 ± 2
25	Japan Asia	Asia	72.0 ± 2
26	United States North America	North America	71.9 ± 2
27	Malta Europe	Europe	71.5 ± 2
28	Spain Europe	Europe	71.4 ± 2
29	Lithuania Europe	Europe	70.6 ± 2
30	Andorra Europe	Europe	70.1 ± 5
31	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.3 ± 2
32	Latvia Europe	Europe	69.2 ± 2
33	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	68.8 ± 2
34	Poland Europe	Europe	68.6 ± 2
35	Uruguay South America	South America	68.3 ± 2
36	Hungary Europe	Europe	68.0 ± 2
37	Israel Asia	Asia	67.6 ± 2
38	Chile South America	South America	67.3 ± 2
39	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 2
40	Italy Europe	Europe	66.9 ± 2
41	Seychelles Africa	Africa	66.8 ± 5
42	Croatia Europe	Europe	66.6 ± 2
43	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	66.4 ± 2
44	St. Kitts and Nevis North America	North America	66.2 ± 5
45	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	66.1 ± 5
46	Belarus Europe	Europe	65.9 ± 2
47	Costa Rica North America	North America	65.6 ± 2
48	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	65.1 ± 2
49	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	64.5 ± 5
50	Qatar Asia	Asia	64.3 ± 2
51	Greece Europe	Europe	64.1 ± 2
52	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	63.5 ± 5
53	Romania Europe	Europe	63.2 ± 2
54	Grenada North America	North America	62.9 ± 5
55	Barbados North America	North America	62.7 ± 5
56	Cuba North America	North America	62.4 ± 5
57	Serbia Europe	Europe	62.4 ± 2
58	Malaysia Asia	Asia	62.2 ± 2
59	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.9 ± 2
60	Argentina South America	South America	61.7 ± 2
61	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.3 ± 2
62	Mauritius Africa	Africa	61.3 ± 2
63	Moldova Europe	Europe	60.8 ± 2
64	Montenegro Europe	Europe	60.5 ± 2
65	Albania Europe	Europe	60.4 ± 2
66	Panama North America	North America	60.3 ± 2
67	China Asia	Asia	59.4 ± 2
68	Dominica North America	North America	59.3 ± 5
69	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	59.3 ± 2
70	St. Lucia North America	North America	59.3 ± 5
71	Maldives Asia	Asia	59.1 ± 5
72	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.1 ± 2
73	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	59.0 ± 2
74	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	58.8 ± 5
75	Jamaica North America	North America	58.7 ± 2
76	Brazil South America	South America	58.6 ± 2
77	Belize North America	North America	58.6 ± 5
78	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.4 ± 2
79	Ukraine Europe	Europe	58.3 ± 2
80	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	58.2 ± 2
81	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
82	Bahamas, The North America	North America	58.0 ± 5
83	Peru South America	South America	58.0 ± 2
84	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	57.8 ± 2
85	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	57.7 ± 5
86	Bhutan Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 5
87	Mongolia Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 2
88	Armenia Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 2
89	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	57.4 ± 5
90	Mexico North America	North America	57.3 ± 2
91	Colombia South America	South America	57.3 ± 2
92	Ecuador South America	South America	57.1 ± 2
93	Oman Asia	Asia	56.9 ± 2
94	Paraguay South America	South America	56.8 ± 2
95	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.8 ± 2
96	Bolivia South America	South America	56.5 ± 5
97	Bahrain Asia	Asia	56.0 ± 2
98	Azerbaijan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.0 ± 2
99	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	55.9 ± 2
100	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.8 ± 2