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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 192
Median score: 55.5
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2022

Showing 2022 snapshot.

Year

2022

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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 · 2022

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2022

Snapshot: 2022

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	81.3 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	80.0 ± 2
3	Norway Europe	Europe	79.4 ± 2
4	Finland Europe	Europe	78.6 ± 2
5	Netherlands Europe	Europe	78.6 ± 2
6	Switzerland Europe	Europe	77.8 ± 2
7	Iceland Europe	Europe	77.7 ± 2
8	San Marino Europe	Europe	77.1 ± 5
9	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	77.0 ± 5
10	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	76.8 ± 2
11	Germany Europe	Europe	76.6 ± 2
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	76.2 ± 2
13	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	75.9 ± 2
14	Austria Europe	Europe	75.8 ± 2
15	Australia Oceania	Oceania	75.8 ± 2
16	Ireland Europe	Europe	74.4 ± 2
17	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	73.9 ± 2
18	Estonia Europe	Europe	73.7 ± 2
19	France Europe	Europe	72.9 ± 2
20	Slovenia Europe	Europe	72.3 ± 2
21	Singapore Asia	Asia	72.2 ± 2
22	Canada North America	North America	72.1 ± 2
23	Japan Asia	Asia	71.7 ± 2
24	Czechia Europe	Europe	71.5 ± 2
25	Portugal Europe	Europe	71.2 ± 2
26	Malta Europe	Europe	71.1 ± 2
27	Spain Europe	Europe	70.9 ± 2
28	Lithuania Europe	Europe	70.2 ± 2
29	United States North America	North America	70.2 ± 2
30	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.8 ± 2
31	Uruguay South America	South America	69.5 ± 2
32	Andorra Europe	Europe	69.2 ± 5
33	Latvia Europe	Europe	68.5 ± 2
34	Palau Oceania	Oceania	68.5 ± 5
35	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	68.2 ± 2
36	Poland Europe	Europe	67.4 ± 2
37	Italy Europe	Europe	66.9 ± 2
38	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	66.9 ± 2
39	Israel Asia	Asia	66.8 ± 2
40	Seychelles Africa	Africa	66.8 ± 5
41	Croatia Europe	Europe	66.7 ± 2
42	St. Kitts and Nevis North America	North America	66.4 ± 5
43	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	66.3 ± 2
44	Chile South America	South America	66.1 ± 2
45	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	65.9 ± 5
46	Hungary Europe	Europe	65.9 ± 2
47	Costa Rica North America	North America	64.6 ± 2
48	Greece Europe	Europe	64.0 ± 2
49	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	63.9 ± 5
50	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	63.9 ± 2
51	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	63.8 ± 5
52	Barbados North America	North America	63.1 ± 5
53	Qatar Asia	Asia	63.0 ± 2
54	Belarus Europe	Europe	62.4 ± 2
55	Moldova Europe	Europe	62.4 ± 2
56	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.9 ± 2
57	Argentina South America	South America	61.8 ± 2
58	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.7 ± 2
59	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	61.6 ± 5
60	Cuba North America	North America	61.6 ± 5
61	Serbia Europe	Europe	61.5 ± 2
62	Romania Europe	Europe	61.2 ± 2
63	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.2 ± 2
64	Montenegro Europe	Europe	60.9 ± 2
65	Albania Europe	Europe	60.5 ± 2
66	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.0 ± 2
67	Panama North America	North America	59.8 ± 2
68	China Asia	Asia	59.5 ± 2
69	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	59.4 ± 2
70	Dominica North America	North America	59.3 ± 5
71	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.2 ± 2
72	Jamaica North America	North America	59.1 ± 2
73	Maldives Asia	Asia	58.8 ± 5
74	Bahrain Asia	Asia	58.7 ± 2
75	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	58.3 ± 2
76	Armenia Asia	Asia	58.2 ± 2
77	Brazil South America	South America	58.1 ± 2
78	Mongolia Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
79	Bhutan Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
80	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
81	St. Lucia North America	North America	57.9 ± 5
82	Peru South America	South America	57.8 ± 2
83	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	57.7 ± 2
84	Mexico North America	North America	57.5 ± 2
85	Bahamas, The North America	North America	57.4 ± 5
86	Grenada North America	North America	57.3 ± 5
87	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	57.0 ± 2
88	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	57.0 ± 2
89	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	56.9 ± 5
90	Ecuador South America	South America	56.4 ± 2
91	Colombia South America	South America	56.4 ± 2
92	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.2 ± 5
93	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	56.0 ± 2
94	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.9 ± 2
95	Belize North America	North America	55.9 ± 5
96	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.6 ± 2
97	Fiji Oceania	Oceania	55.4 ± 2
98	Paraguay South America	South America	55.4 ± 2
99	Nauru Oceania	Oceania	55.4 ± 5
100	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	55.2 ± 2