Delegate share by year and income group
| Proportion of delegates from each income group* | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year (location) of COP session | Total delegates at meeting | Low | Lower middle | Upper middle | High | ||||
| COP1: 2006 (Switzerland) | 474 | 8.1% | 18.1% | 28.8% | 45.0% | ||||
| COP2: 2007 (Thailand) | 396 | 8.7% | (9.7%) | 15.6% | (17.5%) | 39.3% | (31.8%) | 36.5% | (41.0%) |
| COP3: 2008 (South Africa) | 412 | 9.6% | (11.0%) | 18.1% | (20.8%) | 40.9% | (32.1%) | 31.4% | (36.1%) |
| COP4: 2010 (Uruguay) | 457 | 12.0% | (12.8%) | 20.7% | (21.9%) | 39.1% | (35.4%) | 28.2% | (29.9%) |
| Average across COP1–COP4 | 435 | 9.6% | (10.4%) | 18.1% | (19.6%) | 37.0% | (32.0%) | 35.3% | (38.0%) |
*Figures in parentheses give proportions for each meeting after excluding the host country. (Since Switzerland is not a Party to the Framework Convention on Tobacco Control, all excluded host countries—Thailand, South Africa and Uruguay—are in the upper middle income group.)
COP, Conference of the Parties.