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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 192
Median score: 55.7
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2023

Showing 2023 snapshot.

Year

2023

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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 · 2023

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2023

Snapshot: 2023

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	80.7 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	79.3 ± 2
3	Norway Europe	Europe	78.2 ± 2
4	Finland Europe	Europe	78.1 ± 2
5	Netherlands Europe	Europe	78.1 ± 2
6	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	77.3 ± 5
7	Switzerland Europe	Europe	77.1 ± 2
8	Iceland Europe	Europe	77.0 ± 2
9	San Marino Europe	Europe	76.9 ± 5
10	Germany Europe	Europe	76.5 ± 2
11	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	76.1 ± 2
12	Belgium Europe	Europe	75.8 ± 2
13	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	75.6 ± 2
14	Australia Oceania	Oceania	75.4 ± 2
15	Austria Europe	Europe	75.1 ± 2
16	Ireland Europe	Europe	74.1 ± 2
17	Estonia Europe	Europe	73.4 ± 2
18	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	73.1 ± 2
19	France Europe	Europe	72.1 ± 2
20	Slovenia Europe	Europe	71.8 ± 2
21	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.4 ± 2
22	Canada North America	North America	71.2 ± 2
23	Portugal Europe	Europe	71.2 ± 2
24	Malta Europe	Europe	71.2 ± 2
25	Japan Asia	Asia	71.0 ± 2
26	Andorra Europe	Europe	70.8 ± 5
27	Spain Europe	Europe	70.6 ± 2
28	Lithuania Europe	Europe	70.6 ± 2
29	Czechia Europe	Europe	70.1 ± 2
30	United States North America	North America	69.8 ± 2
31	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.4 ± 2
32	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	68.8 ± 2
33	Uruguay South America	South America	68.4 ± 2
34	Latvia Europe	Europe	68.3 ± 2
35	Palau Oceania	Oceania	67.9 ± 5
36	Poland Europe	Europe	67.4 ± 2
37	St. Kitts and Nevis North America	North America	67.3 ± 5
38	Italy Europe	Europe	67.1 ± 2
39	Seychelles Africa	Africa	66.8 ± 5
40	Croatia Europe	Europe	66.8 ± 2
41	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	66.5 ± 2
42	Chile South America	South America	65.9 ± 2
43	Israel Asia	Asia	65.7 ± 2
44	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	65.6 ± 2
45	Hungary Europe	Europe	64.9 ± 2
46	Costa Rica North America	North America	64.9 ± 2
47	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	64.7 ± 5
48	Greece Europe	Europe	64.1 ± 2
49	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	63.5 ± 2
50	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	63.5 ± 5
51	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	62.7 ± 5
52	Qatar Asia	Asia	62.7 ± 2
53	Barbados North America	North America	62.4 ± 5
54	Belarus Europe	Europe	62.1 ± 2
55	Moldova Europe	Europe	62.0 ± 2
56	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	61.7 ± 5
57	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.5 ± 2
58	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.4 ± 2
59	Serbia Europe	Europe	61.3 ± 2
60	Malaysia Asia	Asia	61.0 ± 2
61	Montenegro Europe	Europe	60.9 ± 2
62	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.9 ± 2
63	Romania Europe	Europe	60.5 ± 2
64	Cuba North America	North America	60.3 ± 5
65	China Asia	Asia	59.9 ± 2
66	Albania Europe	Europe	59.8 ± 2
67	Argentina South America	South America	59.8 ± 2
68	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	59.2 ± 2
69	Maldives Asia	Asia	59.0 ± 5
70	Bahrain Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 2
71	Kuwait Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 2
72	Jamaica North America	North America	58.5 ± 2
73	Panama North America	North America	58.4 ± 2
74	Brazil South America	South America	58.3 ± 2
75	Grenada North America	North America	58.1 ± 5
76	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	58.0 ± 2
77	Bhutan Asia	Asia	57.9 ± 2
78	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.8 ± 2
79	Armenia Asia	Asia	57.7 ± 2
80	St. Lucia North America	North America	57.4 ± 5
81	Dominica North America	North America	57.3 ± 5
82	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	57.3 ± 5
83	Mongolia Asia	Asia	57.3 ± 2
84	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	57.0 ± 2
85	Peru South America	South America	57.0 ± 2
86	Mexico North America	North America	56.8 ± 2
87	Bahamas, The North America	North America	56.6 ± 5
88	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	56.6 ± 2
89	Nauru Oceania	Oceania	56.4 ± 5
90	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.2 ± 5
91	Colombia South America	South America	56.0 ± 2
92	Paraguay South America	South America	55.9 ± 2
93	Dominican Republic North America	North America	55.8 ± 2
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	55.8 ± 2
95	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	55.8 ± 5
96	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	55.8 ± 2
97	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	55.7 ± 2
98	Turkiye Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	55.6 ± 2
99	Ukraine Europe	Europe	55.5 ± 2
100	Ecuador South America	South America	55.3 ± 2