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World map
Every country, colored by Sworn Score.
Hover for a tooltip with score and rank. Click to open the country profile.
- Countries covered
- 217
- Scored
- 171
- Median score
- 54.4
- Top ranked
- Norway
Drag to scrub through history. Far right = today.
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.
Green list
59 countries improvedTop 10 that improved the most
- 1
▲ 14.2AndorraEurope · 69.5 → 83.6 · rank +31 - 2
▲ 4.8South SudanAfrica · 20.1 → 24.9 · rank +3 - 3
▲ 3.5Bahamas, TheNorth America · 56.1 → 59.6 · rank +35 - 4
▲ 3.4MauritaniaAfrica · 36.3 → 39.7 · rank +9 - 5
▲ 3.2Gambia, TheAfrica · 41.3 → 44.6 · rank +9 - 6
▲ 2.9Venezuela, RBSouth America · 45.3 → 48.1 · rank +12 - 7
▲ 2.9GuyanaSouth America · 53.0 → 55.8 · rank +18 - 8
▲ 2.4RwandaAfrica · 47.2 → 49.6 · rank +10 - 9
▲ 2.3Dominican RepublicNorth America · 55.4 → 57.7 · rank +20 - 10
▲ 2.2Cabo VerdeAfrica · 56.9 → 59.1 · rank +19
Red list
133 countries declinedTop 10 that fell the most
- 1
▼ 5.6NorwayEurope · 80.2 → 74.6 · rank -7 - 2
▼ 5.6BoliviaSouth America · 54.4 → 48.8 · rank -19 - 3
▼ 5.5AustriaEurope · 77.0 → 71.6 · rank -6 - 4
▼ 5.3West Bank and GazaAsia · 50.2 → 44.9 · rank -19 - 5
▼ 5.2SingaporeAsia · 73.4 → 68.2 · rank -9 - 6
▼ 5.1SudanAfrica · 29.3 → 24.2 · rank -4 - 7
▼ 4.9Russian FederationEurope · Asia · 58.7 → 53.8 · rank -32 - 8
▼ 4.7HungaryEurope · 67.2 → 62.5 · rank -8 - 9
▼ 4.4BelarusEurope · 63.6 → 59.3 · rank -12 - 10
▼ 4.3CanadaNorth America · 72.4 → 68.1 · rank -8
Rankings · 1996
Sortable country leaderboard
Click a country for its full profile. Click a column header to sort.
| # | Country | Score | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway Europe | Europe | 82.8 ± 5 |
| 2 |  LuxembourgEurope | Europe | 82.6 ± 5 |
| 3 |  SwedenEurope | Europe | 82.0 ± 5 |
| 4 |  IcelandEurope | Europe | 81.5 ± 5 |
| 5 |  New ZealandOceania | Oceania | 80.5 ± 5 |
| 6 |  FinlandEurope | Europe | 80.2 ± 5 |
| 7 |  SwitzerlandEurope | Europe | 79.5 ± 5 |
| 8 |  DenmarkEurope | Europe | 78.8 ± 5 |
| 9 | Canada North America | North America | 78.3 ± 5 |
| 10 |  NetherlandsEurope | Europe | 77.9 ± 5 |
| 11 |  AustraliaOceania | Oceania | 77.4 ± 5 |
| 12 | Austria Europe | Europe | 77.2 ± 5 |
| 13 | Singapore Asia | Asia | 77.0 ± 5 |
| 14 |  United StatesNorth America | North America | 76.0 ± 5 |
| 15 |  United KingdomEurope | Europe | 74.8 ± 5 |
| 16 |  JapanAsia | Asia | 74.4 ± 5 |
| 17 |  GermanyEurope | Europe | 74.3 ± 5 |
| 18 |  IrelandEurope | Europe | 72.9 ± 5 |
| 19 |  BelgiumEurope | Europe | 72.5 ± 5 |
| 20 |  FranceEurope | Europe | 71.5 ± 5 |
| 21 |  Brunei DarussalamAsia | Asia | 71.1 ± 5 |
| 22 |  BarbadosNorth America | North America | 70.2 ± 5 |
| 23 |  PortugalEurope | Europe | 70.0 ± 5 |
| 24 |  CzechiaEurope | Europe | 69.8 ± 5 |
| 25 |  EstoniaEurope | Europe | 68.4 ± 5 |
| 26 |  SloveniaEurope | Europe | 68.0 ± 5 |
| 27 |  UruguaySouth America | South America | 67.8 ± 2 |
| 28 | Bahamas, The North America | North America | 67.5 ± 5 |
| 29 |  ItalyEurope | Europe | 67.3 ± 5 |
| 30 |  SpainEurope | Europe | 66.9 ± 5 |
| 31 |  SeychellesAfrica | Africa | 66.4 ± 5 |
| 32 |  IsraelAsia | Asia | 66.3 ± 5 |
| 33 | Hungary Europe | Europe | 66.3 ± 5 |
| 34 |  GreeceEurope | Europe | 65.9 ± 5 |
| 35 |  MaltaEurope | Europe | 65.8 ± 5 |
| 36 |  CyprusEurope · Asia | Europe · Asia | 65.6 ± 5 |
| 37 |  Slovak RepublicEurope | Europe | 65.5 ± 5 |
| 38 |  St. LuciaNorth America | North America | 65.2 ± 5 |
| 39 |  ChileSouth America | South America | 65.0 ± 5 |
| 40 |  Korea, Rep.Asia | Asia | 64.7 ± 5 |
| 41 |  LithuaniaEurope | Europe | 63.6 ± 5 |
| 42 |  KuwaitAsia | Asia | 63.1 ± 5 |
| 43 |  PolandEurope | Europe | 63.0 ± 5 |
| 44 |  St. Vincent and the GrenadinesNorth America | North America | 63.0 ± 5 |
| 45 |  MalaysiaAsia | Asia | 62.3 ± 2 |
| 46 |  SurinameSouth America | South America | 62.0 ± 5 |
| 47 | Belarus Europe | Europe | 61.8 ± 2 |
| 48 |  SamoaOceania | Oceania | 61.6 ± 5 |
| 49 |  BahrainAsia | Asia | 61.3 ± 2 |
| 50 |  QatarAsia | Asia | 61.2 ± 5 |