Botswana vs Yemen: Greenhouse gas emissions

Botswana
26.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Yemen
26.66 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Botswana rank
121st
Yemen rank
119th

Greenhouse gas emissions over time

  • Botswana
  • Yemen
020.0M40.0M60.0M185019372024

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 26.66 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 26.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Botswana, a difference of 464,400 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

The two have swapped places 10 times across 175 shared years of data; in 1850 it was Yemen ahead.

Botswana ranks 121st and Yemen ranks 119th of 199 countries.

Across the 18 decades both report, Botswana averaged higher in 6 and Yemen in 12.

Head to head by decade

Decade Botswana Yemen Difference Ahead
1850s 755,980 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.88 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen
1860s 981,256 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 926,017 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen
1870s 1.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.04 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 851,894 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen
1880s 1.35 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.18 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 830,698 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen
1890s 1.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.24 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 700,902 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen
1900s 1.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.32 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 400,137 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen
1910s 2.40 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 148,870 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen
1920s 3.30 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.61 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 693,863 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Botswana
1930s 4.12 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.49 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 1.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Botswana
1940s 6.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 3.91 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Botswana
1950s 8.21 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 5.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.63 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Botswana
1960s 8.56 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 8.54 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 23,779 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Botswana
1970s 9.75 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 7.09 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.66 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Botswana
1980s 11.03 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 13.73 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 2.70 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen
1990s 15.42 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 24.92 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 9.50 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen
2000s 15.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 42.41 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 27.22 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen
2010s 18.46 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 37.57 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 19.11 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen
2020s 21.48 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 27.58 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents 6.10 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents Yemen

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher greenhouse gas emissions, Botswana or Yemen?
Yemen, at 26.66 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 26.20 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Botswana as of 2024.
What is the difference in greenhouse gas emissions between Botswana and Yemen?
464,400 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents, with Yemen ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Botswana and Yemen?
175 years are reported by both, from 1850 to 2024.
How do Botswana and Yemen rank globally for greenhouse gas emissions?
Botswana ranks 121st and Yemen ranks 119th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Greenhouse gas emissions. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Greenhouse gas emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Greenhouse gas emissions are measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.