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World map

Every country, colored by Sworn Score.

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Countries covered: 217
Scored: 192
Median score: 56.0
Top ranked: Sweden

Year2024

Showing 2024 snapshot.

Year

2024

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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 · 2024

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2024

Snapshot: 2024

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Sweden Europe	Europe	79.8 ± 2
2	Denmark Europe	Europe	78.7 ± 2
3	Finland Europe	Europe	77.5 ± 2
4	Netherlands Europe	Europe	77.4 ± 2
5	Andorra Europe	Europe	77.2 ± 5
6	Norway Europe	Europe	76.9 ± 2
7	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	76.5 ± 5
8	Iceland Europe	Europe	76.3 ± 2
9	Switzerland Europe	Europe	76.0 ± 2
10	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	75.6 ± 2
11	Germany Europe	Europe	75.4 ± 2
12	Australia Oceania	Oceania	75.2 ± 2
13	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	75.0 ± 2
14	Belgium Europe	Europe	74.6 ± 2
15	San Marino Europe	Europe	74.4 ± 5
16	Austria Europe	Europe	73.8 ± 2
17	Ireland Europe	Europe	73.8 ± 2
18	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	73.2 ± 2
19	Estonia Europe	Europe	72.1 ± 2
20	France Europe	Europe	71.6 ± 2
21	Slovenia Europe	Europe	71.5 ± 2
22	Singapore Asia	Asia	71.1 ± 2
23	Japan Asia	Asia	70.7 ± 2
24	Canada North America	North America	70.5 ± 2
25	Portugal Europe	Europe	70.3 ± 2
26	Lithuania Europe	Europe	70.2 ± 2
27	Malta Europe	Europe	70.1 ± 2
28	Spain Europe	Europe	70.0 ± 2
29	Czechia Europe	Europe	69.9 ± 2
30	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	69.6 ± 2
31	United States North America	North America	69.2 ± 2
32	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	68.8 ± 2
33	Palau Oceania	Oceania	68.4 ± 5
34	Uruguay South America	South America	68.2 ± 2
35	Latvia Europe	Europe	67.7 ± 2
36	Poland Europe	Europe	67.2 ± 2
37	St. Kitts and Nevis North America	North America	66.8 ± 5
38	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	66.5 ± 2
39	Italy Europe	Europe	66.3 ± 2
40	Croatia Europe	Europe	66.3 ± 2
41	Chile South America	South America	66.1 ± 2
42	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	65.8 ± 2
43	Israel Asia	Asia	65.1 ± 2
44	Seychelles Africa	Africa	65.0 ± 5
45	Costa Rica North America	North America	64.7 ± 2
46	Hungary Europe	Europe	64.7 ± 2
47	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	64.5 ± 5
48	Greece Europe	Europe	63.7 ± 2
49	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	62.7 ± 5
50	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	62.7 ± 2
51	Qatar Asia	Asia	62.2 ± 2
52	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	62.2 ± 5
53	Moldova Europe	Europe	62.1 ± 2
54	Belarus Europe	Europe	61.7 ± 2
55	Barbados North America	North America	61.5 ± 5
56	Albania Europe	Europe	61.2 ± 2
57	Montenegro Europe	Europe	61.2 ± 2
58	Serbia Europe	Europe	61.1 ± 2
59	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.0 ± 2
60	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	61.0 ± 2
61	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	60.6 ± 5
62	Argentina South America	South America	60.5 ± 2
63	Malaysia Asia	Asia	60.5 ± 2
64	Mauritius Africa	Africa	60.0 ± 2
65	Bahamas, The North America	North America	59.9 ± 5
66	Romania Europe	Europe	59.9 ± 2
67	China Asia	Asia	59.9 ± 2
68	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	59.2 ± 2
69	Brazil South America	South America	59.2 ± 2
70	Jamaica North America	North America	59.0 ± 2
71	Grenada North America	North America	58.9 ± 5
72	St. Lucia North America	North America	58.8 ± 5
73	Cuba North America	North America	58.7 ± 5
74	Mongolia Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 2
75	Armenia Asia	Asia	58.5 ± 2
76	Panama North America	North America	58.5 ± 2
77	Bhutan Asia	Asia	58.4 ± 2
78	Kuwait Asia	Asia	58.2 ± 2
79	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	58.0 ± 2
80	Maldives Asia	Asia	57.8 ± 5
81	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	57.7 ± 2
82	Thailand Asia	Asia	57.7 ± 2
83	Bahrain Asia	Asia	57.7 ± 2
84	Dominica North America	North America	57.5 ± 5
85	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	57.4 ± 5
86	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	57.4 ± 5
87	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	57.4 ± 2
88	Mexico North America	North America	57.2 ± 2
89	Peru South America	South America	57.0 ± 2
90	Colombia South America	South America	57.0 ± 2
91	Dominican Republic North America	North America	56.9 ± 2
92	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	56.9 ± 5
93	Russian Federation Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	56.6 ± 2
94	Paraguay South America	South America	56.6 ± 2
95	Oman Asia	Asia	56.4 ± 2
96	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	56.3 ± 2
97	Guyana South America	South America	55.8 ± 2
98	Ukraine Europe	Europe	55.7 ± 2
99	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	55.4 ± 2
100	Ecuador South America	South America	55.4 ± 2