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This is a bar chart showing how the consumption-based CO2 equivalent emissions per person per year differ between the bottom 50 per cent, middle 40 per cent and top 10 per cent income groups in various parts of the world. The results are as follows (all values in tonnes of CO2 equivalent per person per year): East Asia – bottom 50 per cent is 2.9 tonnes per year, middle 40 per cent is 7.9 tonnes per year, top 10 per cent is 40.0 tonnes per year; Europe – bottom 50 per cent is 5.1 tonnes per year, middle 40 per cent is 10.7 tonnes per year, top 10 per cent is 29.4 tonnes per year; North America – bottom 50 per cent is 10.4 tonnes per year, middle 40 per cent is 21.8 tonnes per year, top 10 per cent is 68.8 tonnes per year; South and South-East Asia – bottom 50 per cent is 1.0 tonnes per year, middle 40 per cent is 2.4 tonnes per year, top 10 per cent is 11.2 tonnes per year.