Sierra Leone vs Yemen: CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita
Sierra Leone
0.166 tonnes per person
in 2024
Yemen
0.2494 tonnes per person
in 2024
Sierra Leone rank
199th
Yemen rank
196th
CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita over time
- Sierra Leone
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 0.2494 tonnes per person against 0.166 tonnes per person in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0834 tonnes per person.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.5 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Sierra Leone ahead.
Sierra Leone ranks 199th and Yemen ranks 196th of 213 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Sierra Leone | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.0902 tonnes per person | 0.331 tonnes per person | 0.2407 tonnes per person | Yemen |
| 1960s | 0.1739 tonnes per person | 0.696 tonnes per person | 0.522 tonnes per person | Yemen |
| 1970s | 0.2142 tonnes per person | 0.3081 tonnes per person | 0.0939 tonnes per person | Yemen |
| 1980s | 0.1629 tonnes per person | 0.6237 tonnes per person | 0.4608 tonnes per person | Yemen |
| 1990s | 0.0696 tonnes per person | 0.6649 tonnes per person | 0.5954 tonnes per person | Yemen |
| 2000s | 0.0877 tonnes per person | 0.9196 tonnes per person | 0.8319 tonnes per person | Yemen |
| 2010s | 0.139 tonnes per person | 0.6033 tonnes per person | 0.4644 tonnes per person | Yemen |
| 2020s | 0.1674 tonnes per person | 0.2725 tonnes per person | 0.1051 tonnes per person | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita, Sierra Leone or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 0.2494 tonnes per person against 0.166 tonnes per person in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita between Sierra Leone and Yemen?
- 0.0834 tonnes per person, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Sierra Leone and Yemen?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Sierra Leone and Yemen rank globally for co₂ emissions per capita vs. gdp per capita?
- Sierra Leone ranks 199th and Yemen ranks 196th of 213 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions from burning fossil fuels and industrial processes. This includes emissions from transport, electricity generation, and heating, but not land-use change.