Brussels - The world's greatest powers, ranked by their absolute and per-capita greenhouse-gas emissions, measured in tons of carbon dioxide (CO2, the main greenhouse gas) per year.Absolute emissions:
RankCountry Emissions (million tons CO2)
1 China 6,027 2 United States 5,769 3 Russia1,587 4 India 1,324 5 Japan 1,236 6 Germany 798 7 Canada572 8 Britain 523 9 South Korea 488 10Mexico437 11Indonesia 377 12France369 13Brazil347 14South Africa345 15Argentina 162 16Pakistan138
Per-capita emissions:
RankCountry Emissions (tons CO2/capita)
1 United States 19.1 2 Canada17.37 3 Russia11.21 4 South Korea 10.09 5 Germany9.71 6 Japan9.68 7 Britain8.6 8 South Africa 7.27 9 France 5.81 10China4.57
World average4.38
Source: International Energy Agency, www.iea.org, figures for 2007
