Appendix K

Regional Definitions
The six basic country groupings used in this report
(Figure K1) are defined as follows:
OECD (18 percent of the 2007 world population):
North AmericaUnited States, Canada, and
Mexico; OECD EuropeAustria, Belgium, Czech
Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany,
Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and
the United Kingdom. OECD AsiaJapan, South
Korea, Australia, and New Zealand.

- Non-OECD Asia (53 percent of the 2007 world

population)Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan,
Brunei, Cambodia (Kampuchea), China, Fiji,
French Polynesia, Guam, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Kiribati, Laos, Malaysia, Macau, Maldives,
Mongolia, Myanmar (Burma), Nauru, Nepal, New
Caledonia, Niue, North Korea, Pakistan, Papua
New Guinea, Philippines, Samoa, Singapore, Solomon Islands, Sri Lanka, Taiwan, Thailand, Tonga,
Vanuatu, and Vietnam.

Non-OECD (82 percent of the 2007 world population):

- Middle East (3 percent of the 2007 world population)Bahrain, Cyprus, Iran, Iraq, Israel, Jordan,
Kuwait, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia,
Syria, the United Arab Emirates, and Yemen.

- Non-OECD Europe and Eurasia (5 percent of

the 2007 world population)Albania, Armenia,
Azerbaijan, Belarus, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Bulgaria, Croatia, Estonia, Georgia, Kazakhstan,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Malta,
Moldova, Montenegro, Romania, Russia, Serbia,
Slovenia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, and
Uzbekistan.

- Africa (14 percent of the 2007 world population)Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina
Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central
African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo (Kinshasa), Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia,
Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Kenya,
Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali,

Figure K1. Map of the Six Basic Country Groupings

Key
OECD
Non-OECD Europe and Eurasia
Non-OECD Asia
Middle East
Africa
Central and South America

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Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique,

Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Reunion, Rwanda, Sao
Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra
Leone, Somalia, South Africa, St. Helena, Sudan,
Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda,
Western Sahara, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.
- Central and South America (7 percent of the 2007
world population)Antarctica, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina, Aruba, Bahama Islands, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, British Virgin Islands,
Cayman Islands, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica,
Cuba, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El
Salvador, Falkland Islands, French Guiana, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti,
Honduras, Jamaica, Martinique, Montserrat, Netherlands Antilles, Nicaragua, Panama Republic, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, St. Kitts-Nevis, St. Lucia,
St. Vincent/Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and
Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uruguay, U.S.
Virgin Islands, and Venezuela.
In addition, the following commonly used country
groupings are referenced in this report:
Countries that have ratified, accepted, acceded, or
approved the Kyoto Climate Change Protocol on
Greenhouse Gas Emissions as of April 17, 2007:
Albania, Algeria, Antigua and Barbuda, Argentina,
Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahamas, Bahrain,
Bangladesh, Barbados, Belarus, Belgium, Belize,
Benin, Bhutan, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina,
Botswana, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burkina Faso, Burundi,
Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde, Chile,
China, Colombia, Congo (Brazzaville), Congo
(Kinshasa), Cook Islands, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Djibouti, Dominica,
Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador,
Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Estonia, Ethiopia, Fiji,
Finland, France, Gabon, Gambia, Georgia, Germany,
Ghana, Greece, Grenada, Guatemala, Guinea,
Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Haiti, Honduras, Hungary,
Iceland, India, Indonesia, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy,
Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kiribati, Kuwait,
Kyrgyzstan, Laos, Latvia, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia,
Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg,
Macedonia, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Maldives, Mali, Malta, Marshall Islands, Mauritania,
Mauritius, Mexico, Micronesia, Monaco, Moldova,
Mongolia, Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar,
Namibia, Nauru, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand,
Nicaragua, Niger, Nigeria, Niue, North Korea,
Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Papua
New Guinea, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Poland,

Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Rwanda, Saint

Lucia, Samoa, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles,
Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Solomon Islands, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri
Lanka, St. Vincent/Grenadines, Sudan, Suriname,
Swaziland, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tanzania,
Thailand, Togo, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkmenistan, Tuvalu, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab
Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, Uzbekistan,
Vanuatu, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, and Zambia.
Annex I Countries participating in the Kyoto
Climate Change Protocol on Greenhouse Gas Emissions: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia,
Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, European Community, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Monaco, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal,
Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden,
Switzerland, Ukraine, and the United Kingdom.21
European Union (EU): Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland,
France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy,
Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, and the United Kingdom.
G8: Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia,
United Kingdom, and the United States.
North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA)
Member Countries: Canada, Mexico, and the United
States.
Organization for Economic Cooperation and
Development (OECD): Australia, Austria, Belgium,
Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France,
Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy,
Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, the Netherlands, New
Zealand, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, South
Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, the
United Kingdom, and the United States.
Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries
(OPEC): Algeria, Angola, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq,
Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the
United Arab Emirates, and Venezuela.
Pacific Rim Developing Countries: Hong Kong,
Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South
Korea, Taiwan, and Thailand.
Persian Gulf Countries: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait,
Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, and the United Arab
Emirates.

21 Turkey is an Annex I nation that has not ratified the Framework Convention on Climate Change and did not commit to quantifiable
emissions targets under the Kyoto Protocol. In 2001, the United States withdrew from the Protocol, and in 2002 Australia announced that it
will not ratify the Kyoto Protocol unless the United States does.

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