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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: Andorra

Year2026

Showing 2026 snapshot.

Year

2026

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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 · 2026

Sortable country leaderboard

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Year2026

Snapshot: 2026

Rows10 25 50 100

217 countries

#	Country	Continent	Score
1	Andorra Europe	Europe	83.6 ± 5
2	Sweden Europe	Europe	78.6 ± 2
3	Hong Kong SAR, China Asia	Asia	78.5 ± 5
4	Denmark Europe	Europe	77.2 ± 2
5	Luxembourg Europe	Europe	76.1 ± 2
6	Netherlands Europe	Europe	75.6 ± 2
7	Finland Europe	Europe	75.5 ± 2
8	New Zealand Oceania	Oceania	75.5 ± 2
9	San Marino Europe	Europe	74.9 ± 5
10	Norway Europe	Europe	74.6 ± 2
11	Switzerland Europe	Europe	74.5 ± 2
12	Iceland Europe	Europe	74.1 ± 2
13	Germany Europe	Europe	73.6 ± 2
14	Ireland Europe	Europe	73.2 ± 2
15	Belgium Europe	Europe	72.8 ± 2
16	Australia Oceania	Oceania	72.5 ± 2
17	United Kingdom Europe	Europe	71.6 ± 2
18	Austria Europe	Europe	71.6 ± 2
19	Estonia Europe	Europe	70.7 ± 2
20	Slovenia Europe	Europe	69.8 ± 2
21	Czechia Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 2
22	France Europe	Europe	69.5 ± 2
23	Spain Europe	Europe	69.4 ± 2
24	Japan Asia	Asia	69.1 ± 2
25	Portugal Europe	Europe	68.6 ± 2
26	Malta Europe	Europe	68.6 ± 2
27	Uruguay South America	South America	68.5 ± 2
28	Singapore Asia	Asia	68.2 ± 2
29	Canada North America	North America	68.1 ± 2
30	Lithuania Europe	Europe	67.7 ± 2
31	Korea, Rep. Asia	Asia	67.5 ± 2
32	Palau Oceania	Oceania	67.3 ± 5
33	Cyprus Europe · Asia	Europe · Asia	66.9 ± 2
34	United States North America	North America	66.8 ± 2
35	Croatia Europe	Europe	66.3 ± 2
36	Latvia Europe	Europe	65.7 ± 2
37	United Arab Emirates Asia	Asia	65.6 ± 2
38	Slovak Republic Europe	Europe	65.3 ± 2
39	Poland Europe	Europe	65.0 ± 2
40	Costa Rica North America	North America	64.9 ± 2
41	St. Vincent and the Grenadines North America	North America	64.6 ± 5
42	Chile South America	South America	64.6 ± 2
43	Italy Europe	Europe	64.1 ± 2
44	Israel Asia	Asia	63.4 ± 2
45	Seychelles Africa	Africa	63.0 ± 5
46	Tuvalu Oceania	Oceania	62.7 ± 5
47	Hungary Europe	Europe	62.5 ± 2
48	St. Kitts and Nevis North America	North America	62.4 ± 5
49	Greece Europe	Europe	62.2 ± 2
50	Bulgaria Europe	Europe	61.3 ± 2
51	Qatar Asia	Asia	61.1 ± 2
52	Brunei Darussalam Asia	Asia	61.1 ± 5
53	Argentina South America	South America	61.0 ± 2
54	Albania Europe	Europe	61.0 ± 2
55	Barbados North America	North America	60.6 ± 5
56	Moldova Europe	Europe	60.4 ± 2
57	Malaysia Asia	Asia	60.2 ± 2
58	Serbia Europe	Europe	59.9 ± 2
59	Georgia Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	59.9 ± 2
60	Bahamas, The North America	North America	59.6 ± 5
61	Dominica North America	North America	59.6 ± 5
62	Kazakhstan Asia · Europe	Asia · Europe	59.5 ± 2
63	Belarus Europe	Europe	59.3 ± 2
64	Grenada North America	North America	59.1 ± 5
65	Cabo Verde Africa	Africa	59.1 ± 2
66	Kuwait Asia	Asia	59.0 ± 2
67	Jamaica North America	North America	59.0 ± 2
68	Bhutan Asia	Asia	58.9 ± 2
69	Antigua and Barbuda North America	North America	58.9 ± 5
70	Cuba North America	North America	58.7 ± 5
71	Armenia Asia	Asia	58.6 ± 2
72	China Asia	Asia	58.5 ± 2
73	Panama North America	North America	58.5 ± 2
74	Romania Europe	Europe	58.4 ± 2
75	Montenegro Europe	Europe	58.2 ± 2
76	Mauritius Africa	Africa	58.2 ± 2
77	North Macedonia Europe	Europe	58.2 ± 2
78	Thailand Asia	Asia	58.1 ± 2
79	Mongolia Asia	Asia	58.0 ± 2
80	St. Lucia North America	North America	57.8 ± 5
81	Bahrain Asia	Asia	57.7 ± 2
82	Dominican Republic North America	North America	57.7 ± 2
83	Saudi Arabia Asia	Asia	57.6 ± 2
84	Brazil South America	South America	57.5 ± 2
85	Colombia South America	South America	57.1 ± 2
86	Samoa Oceania	Oceania	57.1 ± 5
87	Mexico North America	North America	56.9 ± 2
88	Paraguay South America	South America	56.9 ± 2
89	Tonga Oceania	Oceania	56.7 ± 5
90	Maldives Asia	Asia	56.3 ± 5
91	Peru South America	South America	56.2 ± 2
92	Marshall Islands Oceania	Oceania	56.0 ± 5
93	Guyana South America	South America	55.8 ± 2
94	Bosnia and Herzegovina Europe	Europe	55.7 ± 2
95	Oman Asia	Asia	55.7 ± 2
96	Belize North America	North America	55.6 ± 5
97	Viet Nam Asia	Asia	55.4 ± 2
98	Ecuador South America	South America	54.8 ± 2
99	Trinidad and Tobago North America	North America	54.5 ± 2
100	Uzbekistan Asia	Asia	54.4 ± 2