World carbon dioxide emissions are one way of measuring a country's economic growth too.

And the latest figures - published by the respected Energy Information Administration - show CO2 emissions from energy consumption - the vast majority of Carbon Dioxide produced.

A reduction in global greenhouse gas emissions is not only the goal of environmentalists but also of pretty much every government in the world. Currently 192 countries have adopted the Kyoto protocol. One fo the aims is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 55% of the 1990 levels by 2012 collectively forcountries starred on this list.

The map, above (you can get it as a PDF file here) is produced by Guardian graphic artists Mark McCormick and Paul Scruton. It shows a world where established economies have large - but declining - carbon emissions. While the new economic giants are growing rapidly. This newly-released data is from 2009 - the latest available.

On pure emissions alone, the key points are:

• China emits more CO2 than the US and Canada put together - up by 171% since the year 2000

• The US has had declining CO2 for two years running, the last time the US had declining CO2 for 3 years running was in the 1980s

• The UK is down one place to tenth on the list, 8% on the year. The country is now behind Iran, South Korea, Japan and Germany

• India is now the world's third biggest emitter of CO2 - pushing Russia into fourth place

• The biggest decrease from 2008-2009 is Ukraine - down 28%. The biggest increase is the Cook Islands - up 66.7%

But that is only one way to look at the data - and it doesn't take account of how many people live in each country. If you look at per capita emissions, a different picture emerges where:

• Some of the world's smallest countries and islands emit the most per person - the highest being Gibraltar with 152 tonnes per person

• The US is still number one in terms of per capita emissions among the big economies - with 18 tonnes emitted per person

• China, by contrast, emits under six tonnes per person, India only 1.38

• For comparison, the whole world emits 4.49 tonnes per person

There are other sources of emissions data too, if you want to compare - albeit not as up-to-date:

• The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) gathers the data on world carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases. This is only available up to 2008.

• the International Energy Agency (IEA) has global carbon emissions data up to 2008

But what can we say about this data and how close we are to the collective targets in the Kyoto agreement?

The Kyoto protocol target emission does not include, but this EIA data does. You can't tell this from the notes on the data, but the EIA confirmed to us this was the case.

We can determine what the so called 'bunker fuels' are from the data here.

But only looking at carbon dioxide emissions doesn't give us the total for all greenhouse gases.

So we'll have to wait until the UNFCCC publishes the results of global greenhouse gasses collated data before we can draw any firm conclusions about meeting the Kyoto agreements.

The full data is below, going right back to 1980. What can you do with it?

Data summary

Carbon Dioxide emissions by country Click heading to sort. Download this data Table id Rank, 2009 Country or region 2008, mil tonnes 2009, TOTAL, mil tonnes 2009, per capita, tonnes % change, 2008 to 2009 225 World 30,493.23 30,398.42 4.49 -0.3 179 Asia & Oceania 12,338.41 13,264.09 3.53 7.5 188 1 China 6,803.92 7,710.50 5.83 13.3 1 North America 6,885.07 6,410.54 14.19 -6.9 7 2 United States 5,833.13 5,424.53 17.67 -7 54 Europe 4,628.98 4,310.30 7.14 -6.9 91 Eurasia 2,595.86 2,358.03 8.32 -9.2 107 Middle East 1,658.55 1,714.09 8.22 3.3 194 3 India 1,473.73 1,602.12 1.38 8.7 102 4 Russia 1,698.38 1,572.07 11.23 -7.4 8 Central & South America 1,228.65 1,219.78 2.57 0.7 122 Africa 1,157.71 1,121.59 1.13 -3.1 196 5 Japan 1,215.48 1,097.96 8.64 -9.7 67 6 Germany 823.07 765.56 9.30 -7 3 7 Canada 598.46 540.97 16.15 -9.6 199 8 Korea, South 521.77 528.13 10.89 1.2 109 9 Iran 510.61 527.18 6.94 3.2 90 10 United Kingdom 563.88 519.94 8.35 -7.8 118 11 Saudi Arabia 455.62 470.00 18.56 3.2 169 12 South Africa 482.88 450.44 9.18 -6.7 5 13 Mexico 452.05 443.61 3.99 -1.9 17 14 Brazil 421.60 420.16 2.11 -0.3 182 15 Australia 425.34 417.68 19.64 -1.8 195 16 Indonesia 403.74 413.29 1.72 2.4 73 17 Italy 449.75 407.87 7.01 -9.3 66 18 France 428.54 396.65 6.30 -7.4 86 19 Spain 360.13 329.86 7.13 -8.4 217 20 Taiwan 301.94 290.88 12.66 -3.7 80 21 Poland 294.78 285.79 7.43 -3 105 22 Ukraine 355.48 255.07 5.58 -28.2 218 23 Thailand 253.55 253.38 3.80 -0.1 89 24 Turkey 272.90 253.06 3.29 -7.3 78 25 Netherlands 249.50 248.91 14.89 -0.2 120 26 United Arab Emirates 195.85 193.43 40.31 -1.2 138 27 Egypt 185.85 192.38 2.44 3.5 97 28 Kazakhstan 168.48 185.06 12.02 9.8 11 29 Argentina 172.47 166.92 4.08 -3.2 51 30 Venezuela 164.31 161.96 6.04 -1.4 214 31 Singapore 161.23 161.12 34.59 -0.1 202 32 Malaysia 148.30 148.01 5.32 -0.2 210 33 Pakistan 139.71 140.29 0.77 0.4 57 34 Belgium 154.76 137.36 13.19 -11.2 106 35 Uzbekistan 127.10 115.16 4.17 -9.4 123 36 Algeria 107.28 113.92 3.33 6.2 110 37 Iraq 100.00 103.70 3.58 3.7 69 38 Greece 106.04 100.37 9.35 -5.3 223 39 Vietnam 103.86 98.76 1.12 -4.9 62 40 Czech Republic 99.10 95.32 9.33 -3.8 193 41 Hong Kong 77.92 85.98 12.19 10.3 113 42 Kuwait 79.83 84.87 31.52 6.3 82 43 Romania 96.56 80.52 3.66 -16.6 198 44 Korea, North 69.57 79.55 3.51 14.3 160 45 Nigeria 100.16 77.75 0.52 -22.4 212 46 Philippines 74.57 72.39 0.74 -2.9 111 47 Israel 67.26 70.48 9.74 4.8 20 48 Colombia 64.99 70.15 1.61 7.9 56 49 Austria 71.01 69.24 8.43 -2.5 117 50 Qatar 63.45 66.52 79.82 4.8 19 51 Chile 68.30 65.70 3.96 -3.81 94 52 Belarus 66.93 60.57 6.28 -9.5 119 53 Syria 53.60 56.88 2.61 6.1 104 54 Turkmenistan 57.48 56.78 11.62 -1.2 81 55 Portugal 55.74 56.55 5.28 1.5 183 56 Bangladesh 50.39 55.13 0.36 9.4 150 57 Libya 57.24 55.03 8.70 -3.9 83 58 Serbia 54.08 52.33 5.70 -3.2 65 59 Finland 54.86 52.15 9.93 -4.9 87 60 Sweden 54.77 50.56 5.58 -7.7 70 61 Hungary 56.05 50.03 5.00 -10.7 63 62 Denmark 54.22 49.56 9.01 -8.6 115 63 Oman 44.56 48.96 16.83 9.9 48 64 Trinidad and Tobago 49.89 47.82 38.88 -4.1 88 65 Switzerland 45.34 45.81 6.00 1 59 66 Bulgaria 50.46 44.46 6.17 -11.9 72 67 Ireland 45.37 40.27 8.79 -11.2 79 68 Norway 39.69 39.58 8.49 -0.3 208 69 New Zealand 39.51 39.07 9.28 -1.1 42 70 Peru 36.71 38.19 1.29 4 156 71 Morocco 37.30 36.49 1.17 -2.2 93 72 Azerbaijan 39.69 36.16 4.39 -8.9 84 73 Slovakia 37.42 35.75 6.54 -4.5 43 74 Puerto Rico 34.37 33.26 8.38 -3.2 108 75 Bahrain 30.63 31.10 42.68 1.6 22 76 Cuba 29.01 30.37 2.65 4.7 25 77 Ecuador 28.24 28.71 1.97 1.7 124 78 Angola 23.57 24.00 1.88 1.8 121 79 Yemen 20.19 22.92 1.00 13.5 174 80 Tunisia 21.67 22.90 2.18 5.7 60 81 Croatia 22.60 21.54 4.80 -4.7 112 82 Jordan 19.54 20.02 3.19 2.4 24 83 Dominican Republic 19.45 19.86 2.05 2.1 58 84 Bosnia and Herzegovina 21.81 18.35 3.98 -15.9 95 85 Estonia 19.83 17.49 13.46 -11.8 85 86 Slovenia 17.28 17.37 8.66 0.5 100 87 Lithuania 18.07 15.75 4.43 -12.8 40 88 Panama 15.20 15.46 4.60 1.7 114 89 Lebanon 14.32 14.84 3.62 3.6 16 90 Bolivia 14.27 13.89 1.42 -2.7 170 91 Sudan 12.19 13.04 0.30 7 216 92 Sri Lanka 12.54 12.76 0.60 1.7 186 93 Burma 13.87 12.54 0.24 -9.5 52 94 Virgin Islands, U.S. 12.93 12.49 113.71 -3.5 35 95 Jamaica 12.70 12.11 4.29 -4.6 38 96 Netherlands Antilles 12.13 11.64 51.26 -4.1 147 97 Kenya 11.23 11.50 0.29 2.4 31 98 Guatemala 11.46 11.30 0.85 -1.4 92 99 Armenia 11.06 11.23 3.79 1.5 178 100 Zimbabwe 8.95 10.61 0.93 18.6 74 101 Luxembourg 11.92 10.58 21.51 -11.2 61 102 Cyprus 9.77 9.42 8.68 -3.5 99 103 Latvia 7.89 8.53 3.82 8.1 144 104 Ghana 7.40 8.11 0.34 9.6 34 105 Honduras 8.13 7.94 1.01 -2.4 185 106 Brunei 10.40 7.58 19.53 -27.1 129 107 Cameroon 7.63 7.48 0.40 -1.9 204 108 Mongolia 7.65 7.36 2.42 -3.8 75 109 Macedonia 9.18 7.34 3.55 -20.1 50 110 Uruguay 8.06 7.24 2.07 -10.2 101 111 Moldova 7.36 7.05 1.63 -4.1 141 112 Ethiopia 6.42 6.88 0.08 7.1 21 113 Costa Rica 7.14 6.83 1.53 -4.4 172 114 Tanzania 6.25 6.69 0.16 7.1 136 115 Cote dIvoire (IvoryCoast) 6.49 6.63 0.32 2.2 134 116 Congo 6.09 6.32 1.57 3.8 165 117 Senegal 6.14 6.25 0.52 1.8 103 118 Tajikistan 6.84 6.13 0.83 -10.4 26 119 El Salvador 5.91 5.91 0.98 0 98 120 Kyrgyzstan 5.67 5.65 1.04 -0.4 96 121 Georgia 5.60 5.32 1.15 -4.9 13 122 Bahamas 5.09 5.25 3.1 211 123 Papua New Guinea 4.50 4.81 0.81 6.7 55 124 Albania 4.45 4.62 1.55 3.8 139 125 Equatorial Guinea 4.71 4.61 7.28 -2.1 142 126 Gabon 4.72 4.57 3.02 -3.2 155 127 Mauritius 4.60 4.55 3.55 -1 126 128 Botswana 4.20 4.52 2.27 7.7 39 129 Nicaragua 4.60 4.47 0.76 -2.9 68 130 Gibraltar 4.55 4.38 151.96 -3.8 158 131 Namibia 3.92 4.06 1.93 3.7 41 132 Paraguay 3.83 3.97 0.63 3.7 187 133 Cambodia 4.11 3.86 0.27 -6.1 125 134 Benin 3.33 3.47 0.39 4.3 206 135 Nepal 3.31 3.44 0.12 3.8 71 136 Iceland 3.68 3.41 11.12 -7.4 116 137 Palestine 3.08 3.21 0.80 4.3 151 138 Madagascar 2.77 3.15 0.15 13.4 76 139 Malta 3.20 3.12 7.71 -2.5 207 140 New Caledonia 3.04 3.04 12.23 0 173 141 Togo 2.70 2.85 0.44 5.6 161 142 Reunion 2.82 2.82 3.68 0 154 143 Mauritania 2.61 2.75 0.88 5.3 177 144 Zambia 2.25 2.67 0.20 18.8 135 145 Congo, Dem Rep 2.72 2.65 0.04 -2.6 36 146 Martinique 2.46 2.61 6.13 6.3 201 147 Macau 2.41 2.44 4.36 1.3 157 148 Mozambique 2.24 2.35 0.11 4.6 30 149 Guadeloupe 2.30 2.18 4.91 -5.1 33 150 Haiti 2.00 2.06 0.21 2.9 47 151 Suriname 1.96 2.04 4.24 4 190 153 Fiji 2.06 1.93 2.22 -6.2 175 152 Uganda 1.99 1.93 0.06 -3 77 154 Montenegro 1.81 1.88 2.80 4.3 137 155 Djibouti 1.70 1.76 2.43 3.4 192 156 Guam 1.77 1.71 9.60 -3.5 32 157 Guyana 1.51 1.51 2.01 0 127 158 Burkina Faso 1.40 1.43 0.09 2.1 166 159 Seychelles 1.34 1.42 16.21 6.1 14 160 Barbados 1.44 1.39 4.87 -4 171 161 Swaziland 1.18 1.38 1.03 17 159 162 Niger 1.29 1.34 0.09 3.5 145 163 Guinea 1.35 1.33 0.13 -1.2 152 165 Malawi 1.26 1.31 0.09 4.6 167 164 Sierra Leone 1.24 1.31 0.26 5.9 200 166 Laos 1.23 1.24 0.20 1.1 224 167 Wake Island 1.28 1.23 NA -4.3 28 168 French Guiana 1.06 1.12 5.87 6.1 12 169 Aruba 1.05 1.09 10.62 4.2 191 170 French Polynesia 0.99 1.07 3.73 7.7 15 171 Belize 0.99 0.94 3.06 -5.4 203 172 Maldives 0.89 0.92 2.31 3.4 168 173 Somalia 0.87 0.90 0.09 3.4 180 174 Afghanistan 0.85 0.83 0.03 -2.9 64 175 Faroe Islands 0.75 0.80 16.36 6.4 140 176 Eritrea 0.72 0.77 0.14 6.4 162 178 Rwanda 0.74 0.74 0.07 0 153 177 Mali 0.70 0.74 0.06 6.4 2 179 Bermuda 0.69 0.71 10.53 4.2 10 181 Antigua and Barbuda 0.66 0.69 8.04 4.4 149 180 Liberia 0.68 0.69 0.19 2.2 181 182 American Samoa 0.65 0.67 10.20 2.2 219 183 Timor-Leste (East Timor) 0.58 0.63 0.56 8.7 4 184 Greenland 0.64 0.61 10.62 -4.8 146 185 Guinea-Bissau 0.46 0.46 0.30 0 143 186 Gambia 0.38 0.44 0.25 15.4 18 187 Cayman Islands 0.49 0.43 8.86 -11.8 45 188 Saint Lucia 0.41 0.41 2.57 0 128 189 Burundi 0.35 0.37 0.04 4 130 190 Cape Verde 0.32 0.34 0.68 4.5 184 191 Bhutan 0.37 0.33 0.48 -11.1 176 192 Western Sahara 0.32 0.32 0.67 0 9 193 Antarctica 0.26 0.31 17.6 29 195 Grenada 0.28 0.30 2.78 4.8 44 194 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.27 0.30 6.09 11.1 132 199 Chad 0.26 0.29 0.03 11.1 221 198 U.S. Pacific Islands 0.29 0.29 1.20 0 215 197 Solomon Islands 0.23 0.29 0.54 25 131 196 Central African Republic 0.34 0.29 0.06 -13 46 201 Saint Vincent/Grenadines 0.23 0.27 2.53 17.6 148 200 Lesotho 0.26 0.27 0.14 5.9 205 202 Nauru 0.19 0.20 21.96 9.1 37 210 Montserrat 0.09 0.15 28.73 58.7 213 209 Samoa 0.18 0.15 0.77 -16.7 53 208 Virgin Islands, British 0.12 0.15 6.00 25 222 207 Vanuatu 0.12 0.15 0.68 25 164 206 Sao Tome and Principe 0.13 0.15 0.86 11.1 133 205 Comoros 0.12 0.15 0.20 25 189 204 Cook Islands 0.09 0.15 12.71 66.7 220 203 Tonga 0.20 0.15 1.28 -23.1 23 211 Dominica 0.13 0.14 1.93 11.1 6 212 Saint Pierre and Miquelon 0.09 0.11 17.78 16.7 49 213 Turks and Caicos Islands 0.08 0.08 3.37 0 27 214 Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) 0.05 0.05 14.57 0 197 215 Kiribati 0.04 0.04 0.45 0 209 217 Niue 0.01 0.01 2.59 2.9 163 216 Saint Helena 0.01 0.01 1.93 11.2

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