April 30 (Reuters) - Following is a ranking of industrialised nations according to their greenhouse gas emissions between 1990 and 2004.

Top five sources of greenhouse gases (2004 unless stated):

millions of tonnes tonnes per capita 1. United States 7,067.6 24 2. China (2000) 4,938 4 3. Russia

2,024.2 14 4. India (2000)

1,884 2 5. Japan 1,355.2 11

First column is percentage change between 2004 and 1990, the baseline for the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol on limiting global warming. The second column gives the country's actual Kyoto target, where it has one. Most countries have to cut emissions on 1990 levels by 2012, although some countries were allowed to increase emissions.

Other columns are in millions of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent:

2004-1990 Kyoto goal 2004 2003 2000 1990

(pct) (pct) (mln t) Turkey 72.6 na (not ratified) 293.8 284.1 278.9 170.2 Spain +49.0 +15 427.9 408.2 384.2 287.2 Portugal +41.0 +27 84.5 83.7 82.2 60.0 Canada +26.6 -6 758.1 753.8 725.0 598.9 Greece +26.6 +25 137.6 137.3 131.8 108.7 Australia +25.1 +8 (withdrew) 529.2 520.2 504.2 423.1 Ireland +23.1 +13 68.5 68.4 68.7 55.6 New Zealand +21.3 +0 75.1 75.6 70.3 61.9 Liechtenstein +18.5 -8 0.3 0.3 n/a 0.2 United States +15.8 -7 (withdrew) 7,067.6 6,952.6 6,975.9 6,103.3 Austria +15.7 -13 91.3 92.5 81.3 78.9 Finland +14.5 0 81.4 85.7 70.0 71.1 Italy +12.1 -6.5 582.5 577.4 554.6 519.6 Norway +10.3 +1 54.9 54.3 53.5 49.8 Japan +6.5 -6 1,355.2 1,358.3 1,345.5 1,272.1 Netherlands +2.4 -6 218.1 215.7 214.4 213.0 Belgium +1.4 -7.5 147.9 147.5 147.4 145.8 Switzerland +0.4 -8 53.0 52.5 51.7 52.8 Luxembourg +0.3 -28 12.7 11.4 9.7 12.7 European Union -0.6 (EU-25) 4,228.0 4,216.5 4,129.3 4,252.5 France -0.8 0 562.6 561.1 561.4 567.1 Slovenia -0.8 -8 20.1 19.7 18.8 20.2 Denmark -1.1 -21 69.6 75.5 69.6 70.4 Monaco -3.1 -8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Sweden -3.5 +4 69.9 70.9 68.4 72.4 Iceland -5.0 +10 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 Croatia -5.4 -5 (not ratified) 29.4 29.2 25.3 31.1 Britain -14.3 -12.5 665.3 664.5 672.2 776.1 Germany -17.2 -21 1,015.3 1,024.4 1,022.8 1,226.3 Czech Republic -25.0 -8 147.1 147.6 149.2 196.2 Slovakia -30.4 -8 51.0 51.1 49.4 73.4 Poland -31.2 -6 388.1 382.6 386.2 564.4 Hungary -31.8 -6 83.9 84.3 81.9 123.1 Russia -32.0 0 2,024.2 2,021.6 1,944.8 2,974.9 Romania -41.0 -8 154.6 148.6 131.8 262.3 Belarus -41.6 na 74.4 69.8 69.8 127.4 Bulgaria -49.0 -8 67.5 67.7 64.3 132.3 Estonia -51.0 -8 21.3 21.4 19.7 43.5 Ukraine -55.3 0 413.4 416.0 395.1 925.4 Latvia -58.5 -8 10.7 10.7 9.9 25.9 Lithuania -60.4 -8 20.2 17.2 n/a 50.9 TOTAL -3.3 17,932 17,767 17,515 18,552 of which - ex-communist -36.8 3,506 3,488 3,367 5,551 other +11 14,426 14,279 14,148 13,001 KYOTO TOTAL -15.3 10,012 9,981 9,730 11,824 All countries except the United States, Australia, Turkey and Croatia are parties to the Kyoto Protocol, under which 35 nations and the European Union have to cut emissions by about 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-12.6.5 582.5 577.4 554.6 519.6 Norway +10.3 +1 54.9 54.3 53.5 49.8 Japan +6.5 -6 1,355.2 1,358.3 1,345.5 1,272.1 Netherlands +2.4 -6 218.1 215.7 214.4 213.0 Belgium +1.4 -7.5 147.9 147.5 147.4 145.8 Switzerland +0.4 -8 53.0 52.5 51.7 52.8 Luxembourg +0.3 -28 12.7 11.4 9.7 12.7 European Union -0.6 (EU-25) 4,228.0 4,216.5 4,129.3 4,252.5 France -0.8 0 562.6 561.1 561.4 567.1 Slovenia -0.8 -8 20.1 19.7 18.8 20.2 Denmark -1.1 -21 69.6 75.5 69.6 70.4 Monaco -3.1 -8 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 Sweden -3.5 +4 69.9 70.9 68.4 72.4 Iceland -5.0 +10 3.1 3.5 3.5 3.3 Croatia -5.4 -5 (not ratified) 29.4 29.2 25.3 31.1 Britain -14.3 -12.5 665.3 664.5 672.2 776.1 Germany -17.2 -21 1,015.3 1,024.4 1,022.8 1,226.3 Czech Republic -25.0 -8 147.1 147.6 149.2 196.2 Slovakia -30.4 -8 51.0 51.1 49.4 73.4 Poland -31.2 -6 388.1 382.6 386.2 564.4 Hungary -31.8 -6 83.9 84.3 81.9 123.1 Russia -32.0 0 2,024.2 2,021.6 1,944.8 2,974.9 Romania -41.0 -8 154.6 148.6 131.8 262.3 Belarus -41.6 na 74.4 69.8 69.8 127.4 Bulgaria -49.0 -8 67.5 67.7 64.3 132.3 Estonia -51.0 -8 21.3 21.4 19.7 43.5 Ukraine -55.3 0 413.4 416.0 395.1 925.4 Latvia -58.5 -8 10.7 10.7 9.9 25.9 Lithuania -60.4 -8 20.2 17.2 n/a 50.9 TOTAL -3.3 17,932 17,767 17,515 18,552 of which - ex-communist -36.8 3,506 3,488 3,367 5,551 other +11 14,426 14,279 14,148 13,001 KYOTO TOTAL -15.3 10,012 9,981 9,730 11,824 All countries except the United States, Australia, Turkey and Croatia are parties to the Kyoto Protocol, under which 35 nations and the European Union have to cut emissions by about 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-12..1 3.5 3.5 3.3 Croatia -5.4 -5 (not ratified) 29.4 29.2 25.3 31.1 Britain -14.3 -12.5 665.3 664.5 672.2 776.1 Germany -17.2 -21 1,015.3 1,024.4 1,022.8 1,226.3 Czech Republic -25.0 -8 147.1 147.6 149.2 196.2 Slovakia -30.4 -8 51.0 51.1 49.4 73.4 Poland -31.2 -6 388.1 382.6 386.2 564.4 Hungary -31.8 -6 83.9 84.3 81.9 123.1 Russia -32.0 0 2,024.2 2,021.6 1,944.8 2,974.9 Romania -41.0 -8 154.6 148.6 131.8 262.3 Belarus -41.6 na 74.4 69.8 69.8 127.4 Bulgaria -49.0 -8 67.5 67.7 64.3 132.3 Estonia -51.0 -8 21.3 21.4 19.7 43.5 Ukraine -55.3 0 413.4 416.0 395.1 925.4 Latvia -58.5 -8 10.7 10.7 9.9 25.9 Lithuania -60.4 -8 20.2 17.2 n/a 50.9 TOTAL -3.3 17,932 17,767 17,515 18,552 of which - ex-communist -36.8 3,506 3,488 3,367 5,551 other +11 14,426 14,279 14,148 13,001 KYOTO TOTAL -15.3 10,012 9,981 9,730 11,824 All countries except the United States, Australia, Turkey and Croatia are parties to the Kyoto Protocol, under which 35 nations and the European Union have to cut emissions by about 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-12.0 395.1 925.4 Latvia -58.5 -8 10.7 10.7 9.9 25.9 Lithuania -60.4 -8 20.2 17.2 n/a 50.9 TOTAL -3.3 17,932 17,767 17,515 18,552 of which - ex-communist -36.8 3,506 3,488 3,367 5,551 other +11 14,426 14,279 14,148 13,001 KYOTO TOTAL -15.3 10,012 9,981 9,730 11,824 All countries except the United States, Australia, Turkey and Croatia are parties to the Kyoto Protocol, under which 35 nations and the European Union have to cut emissions by about 5 percent below 1990 levels by 2008-12.

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