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TABLE-Top 50 countries by greenhouse gas emissions
(Reuters) - Twenty of the world's top greenhouse gas polluters are discussing ways to curb carbon emissions from industries and fund cleaner energy projects for poorer nations during three-day talks in Japan.
Following is a summary of latest available data for the top 50 emitters in millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent.
Country 1990 2000 2004 1990 vs 2000
(PCT change)
1 USA 6,033 6,928 7,074 +15
2 China 3,750 4,938 N.A +32
3 Russia 3,047 1,952 N.A -36
4 India 1,339 1,884 N.A +41
5 Japan 1,205 1,317 1,355 +9
6 Germany 1,199 1,009 1,015 -16
7 Brazil 686 851 N.A +24
8 Canada 565 680 758 +20
9 UK 727 654 659 -10
10 Italy 499 531 583 +7
11 South Korea 291 521 N.A +79
12 France 546 513 563 -6
13 Mexico 432 512 N.A +19
14 Indonesia 353 503 N.A +42
15 Australia 408 491 534 +20
16 Ukraine 926 482 381 -48
17 South Africa 356 417 N.A +17
18 Iran 288 480 N.A +67
19 Spain 289 381 428 +32
20 Poland 461 381 386 -18
21 Turkey 272 355 357 +31
22 Saudi Arabia 204 341 N.A +67
23 Argentina 249 289 N.A +16
24 Pakistan 206 285 N.A +38
25 Thailand 176 265 N.A +51
26 Venezuela 199 240 N.A +20
27 Taiwan 129 230 N.A +79
28 Netherlands 210 215 219 +2
29 Nigeria 164 194 N.A +18
30 Uzbekistan 163 180 N.A +10
31 Egypt 127 178 N.A +39
32 Malaysia 92 166 N.A +80
33 Kazakhstan 329 161 N.A -51
34 Colombia 130 160 N.A +23
35 Belgium 134 148 148 +11
36 Czech R 182 143 147 -21
37 Vietnam 82 134 N.A +64
38 Philippines 91 133 N.A +46
39 Algeria 104 126 N.A +22
40 Romania 244 125 155 -49
41 Bangladesh 91 122 N.A +35
42 Greece 100 120 138 +20
43 UAE 67 117 N.A +75
44 Nth Korea 169 112 N.A -34
45 Iraq 88 101 N.A +14
46 Sudan 85 96 N.A +14
47 Myanmar 63 83 N.A +31
48 Austria 77 80 91 +4
49 Portugal 57 79 85 +38
50 Belarus 144 79 75 -45
Sources -- 2004 data - UNFCCC
1990 and 2000 data - WRI
