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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 192
Median score: 56.1
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2021

Showing 2021 snapshot.

Year

2021

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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 · 2021

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2021

Snapshot: 2021

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	80.2 ± 2
4	Finland Europe	Europe	79.2 ± 2
5	Netherlands Europe	Europe	79.2 ± 2
6	Switzerland Europe	Europe	78.3 ± 2
7	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	78.2 ± 5
8	Iceland Europe	Europe	78.0 ± 2
9	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	77.7 ± 2
10	Germany Europe	Europe	77.6 ± 2
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	77.0 ± 2
12	Austria Europe	Europe	77.0 ± 2
13	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.7 ± 2
14	San Marino Europe	Europe	75.9 ± 5
15	Australia Oceania	Oceania	75.4 ± 2
16	Ireland Europe	Europe	75.3 ± 2
17	Estonia Europe	Europe	75.0 ± 2
18	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	74.6 ± 2
19	Singapore Asia	Asia	73.4 ± 2
20	France Europe	Europe	73.3 ± 2
21	Canada North America	North America	72.4 ± 2
22	Czechia Europe	Europe	72.4 ± 2
23	Slovenia Europe	Europe	72.2 ± 2
24	Japan Asia	Asia	71.8 ± 2
25	Portugal Europe	Europe	71.7 ± 2
26	Spain Europe	Europe	71.1 ± 2
27	Palau Oceania	Oceania	71.0 ± 5
28	Malta Europe	Europe	71.0 ± 2
29	United States North America	North America	70.6 ± 2
30	Lithuania Europe	Europe	70.6 ± 2
31	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.8 ± 2
32	Andorra Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 5
33	Latvia Europe	Europe	69.2 ± 2
34	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	69.2 ± 2
35	Uruguay South America	South America	68.4 ± 2
36	Poland Europe	Europe	67.7 ± 2
37	Israel Asia	Asia	67.3 ± 2
38	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 2
39	Hungary Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 2
40	Italy Europe	Europe	67.1 ± 2
41	Croatia Europe	Europe	66.8 ± 2
42	St. Kitts and Nevis North America	North America	66.5 ± 5
43	Chile South America	South America	66.2 ± 2
44	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	66.1 ± 2
45	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	66.0 ± 5
46	Seychelles Africa	Africa	65.3 ± 5
47	Costa Rica North America	North America	64.4 ± 2
48	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	64.4 ± 5
49	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	64.0 ± 2
50	Greece Europe	Europe	63.9 ± 2
51	Belarus Europe	Europe	63.6 ± 2
52	Moldova Europe	Europe	63.4 ± 2
53	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	63.3 ± 5
54	Qatar Asia	Asia	62.4 ± 2
55	Barbados North America	North America	62.4 ± 5
56	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	62.4 ± 5
57	Cuba North America	North America	62.0 ± 5
58	Argentina South America	South America	62.0 ± 2
59	Romania Europe	Europe	61.7 ± 2
60	Serbia Europe	Europe	61.5 ± 2
61	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.3 ± 2
62	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.1 ± 2
63	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	60.5 ± 2
64	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.3 ± 2
65	Albania Europe	Europe	60.1 ± 2
66	Grenada North America	North America	60.1 ± 5
67	Panama North America	North America	59.9 ± 2
68	China Asia	Asia	59.8 ± 2
69	Montenegro Europe	Europe	59.6 ± 2
70	Dominica North America	North America	59.2 ± 5
71	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	58.7 ± 2
72	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	58.7 ± 2
73	Bhutan Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 2
74	Maldives Asia	Asia	58.5 ± 5
75	Armenia Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
76	Peru South America	South America	58.0 ± 2
77	Jamaica North America	North America	58.0 ± 2
78	Kuwait Asia	Asia	57.9 ± 2
79	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.8 ± 2
80	Mongolia Asia	Asia	57.5 ± 2
81	Ukraine Europe	Europe	57.2 ± 2
82	Brazil South America	South America	57.1 ± 2
83	Mexico North America	North America	57.0 ± 2
84	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	56.9 ± 2
85	Belize North America	North America	56.7 ± 5
86	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	56.6 ± 2
87	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	56.6 ± 5
88	St. Lucia North America	North America	56.6 ± 5
89	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	56.5 ± 2
90	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.5 ± 5
91	Bahrain Asia	Asia	56.4 ± 2
92	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	56.3 ± 2
93	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	56.2 ± 2
94	Ecuador South America	South America	56.2 ± 2
95	Bahamas, The North America	North America	56.1 ± 5
96	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	56.1 ± 5
97	Paraguay South America	South America	56.0 ± 2
98	Colombia South America	South America	55.8 ± 2
99	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	55.8 ± 2
100	Kiribati Oceania	Oceania	55.7 ± 5