Kenya vs Yemen: Share of global CO₂ emissions and population

Kenya

1.0%

in 2100

Yemen

1.1%

in 2100

Kenya rank

22nd

Yemen rank

20th

Share of global CO₂ emissions and population over time

Yemen currently reports 1.1% against 1.0% in Kenya, a difference of 0.1%.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Yemen ahead.

Kenya ranks 22nd and Yemen ranks 20th of 234 countries.

Indicator: Share of global CO₂ emissions and population
Unit: %
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,170 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Share of the world's population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.