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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 190
Median score: 55.0
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2020

Showing 2020 snapshot.

Year

2020

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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 · 2020

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2020

Snapshot: 2020

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	82.2 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	80.5 ± 2
3	Norway Europe	Europe	79.5 ± 2
4	Finland Europe	Europe	79.0 ± 2
5	Netherlands Europe	Europe	78.7 ± 2
6	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.2 ± 2
7	Germany Europe	Europe	77.6 ± 2
8	Iceland Europe	Europe	77.4 ± 2
9	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	77.3 ± 2
10	Austria Europe	Europe	76.8 ± 2
11	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	76.8 ± 2
12	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	76.5 ± 5
13	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.4 ± 2
14	Australia Oceania	Oceania	75.4 ± 2
15	Ireland Europe	Europe	75.4 ± 2
16	Estonia Europe	Europe	75.1 ± 2
17	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	74.2 ± 2
18	France Europe	Europe	72.8 ± 2
19	Slovenia Europe	Europe	72.7 ± 2
20	Singapore Asia	Asia	72.6 ± 2
21	Czechia Europe	Europe	72.2 ± 2
22	Canada North America	North America	72.1 ± 2
23	Japan Asia	Asia	71.8 ± 2
24	Malta Europe	Europe	71.2 ± 2
25	Palau Oceania	Oceania	71.1 ± 5
26	Lithuania Europe	Europe	70.7 ± 2
27	Spain Europe	Europe	70.5 ± 2
28	United States North America	North America	70.5 ± 2
29	Portugal Europe	Europe	69.9 ± 2
30	Andorra Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 5
31	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.5 ± 2
32	Latvia Europe	Europe	68.9 ± 2
33	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	67.9 ± 2
34	Poland Europe	Europe	67.5 ± 2
35	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 2
36	Israel Asia	Asia	67.1 ± 2
37	Hungary Europe	Europe	67.1 ± 2
38	St. Kitts and Nevis North America	North America	66.9 ± 5
39	Italy Europe	Europe	66.5 ± 2
40	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	66.2 ± 2
41	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	66.2 ± 5
42	Uruguay South America	South America	66.1 ± 2
43	Croatia Europe	Europe	65.9 ± 2
44	Seychelles Africa	Africa	65.6 ± 5
45	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	64.5 ± 2
46	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	64.2 ± 5
47	Qatar Asia	Asia	63.9 ± 2
48	Greece Europe	Europe	63.8 ± 2
49	Chile South America	South America	63.7 ± 2
50	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	63.5 ± 5
51	Costa Rica North America	North America	63.0 ± 2
52	Belarus Europe	Europe	62.8 ± 2
53	Cuba North America	North America	62.7 ± 5
54	Grenada North America	North America	61.7 ± 5
55	Barbados North America	North America	61.7 ± 5
56	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	61.7 ± 5
57	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.3 ± 2
58	Romania Europe	Europe	60.5 ± 2
59	Serbia Europe	Europe	60.0 ± 2
60	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	59.9 ± 2
61	Mauritius Africa	Africa	59.9 ± 2
62	Moldova Europe	Europe	59.7 ± 2
63	China Asia	Asia	59.4 ± 2
64	Dominica North America	North America	59.2 ± 5
65	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	58.9 ± 2
66	Argentina South America	South America	58.9 ± 2
67	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	58.8 ± 2
68	Montenegro Europe	Europe	58.5 ± 2
69	Albania Europe	Europe	58.3 ± 2
70	Maldives Asia	Asia	57.8 ± 5
71	Kuwait Asia	Asia	57.6 ± 2
72	Bhutan Asia	Asia	57.2 ± 2
73	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	57.1 ± 5
74	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	56.9 ± 2
75	Panama North America	North America	56.6 ± 2
76	Bahamas, The North America	North America	56.5 ± 5
77	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.4 ± 5
78	Jamaica North America	North America	56.3 ± 2
79	Brazil South America	South America	56.3 ± 2
80	Thailand Asia	Asia	56.3 ± 2
81	Oman Asia	Asia	56.0 ± 2
82	Mongolia Asia	Asia	56.0 ± 2
83	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.0 ± 2
84	Ukraine Europe	Europe	55.9 ± 2
85	Kiribati Oceania	Oceania	55.8 ± 5
86	Armenia Asia	Asia	55.8 ± 2
87	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	55.8 ± 2
88	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	55.6 ± 5
89	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	55.3 ± 2
90	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.3 ± 2
91	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	55.3 ± 5
92	St. Lucia North America	North America	55.2 ± 5
93	Bahrain Asia	Asia	55.1 ± 2
94	Belize North America	North America	55.1 ± 5
95	Mexico North America	North America	55.0 ± 2
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	55.0 ± 2
97	Paraguay South America	South America	54.7 ± 2
98	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	54.7 ± 2
99	Peru South America	South America	54.4 ± 2
100	Colombia South America	South America	54.0 ± 2