Namibia vs Yemen: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal

Namibia

3.66 million tonnes

in 2024

Yemen

5.63 million tonnes

in 2024

Namibia rank

123rd

Yemen rank

120th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal over time

Yemen currently reports 5.63 million tonnes against 3.66 million tonnes in Namibia, a difference of 1.97 million tonnes.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.5 times Namibia's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 17 shared years of data; in 2008 it was Namibia ahead.

Namibia ranks 123rd and Yemen ranks 120th of 179 countries.

Indicator: Cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 179 places, 18,115 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured in tonnes.