emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Yemen

Yemen: emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate was -2.45 % change on previous year in 2022. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2022)
-2.45 % change on previous year
Change on year
down 221.6%
World rank
179th
of 219 countries
All-time high
559.48 % change on previous year
in 1954
All-time low
-51.81 % change on previous year
in 1969
Years of data
272
1751–2022

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Yemen, 1751–2022

0200400600175118862022

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in % change on previous year.

Analysis

Yemen recorded -2.45 % change on previous year for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in 2022.

That represents a change of down 221.6% on the previous year and down 126.1% over ten years.

Over the whole period, emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Yemen peaked at 559.48 % change on previous year in 1954 and was at its lowest, -51.81 % change on previous year, in 1969.

That places Yemen 179th out of 219 countries with data for 2022, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Yemen, year by year

Annual values for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Yemen, 1751 to 2022.
Year % change on previous year Change
1751 0.1604 % change on previous year —
1752 0.1602 % change on previous year -0.2%
1753 0.1599 % change on previous year -0.2%
1754 0.1597 % change on previous year -0.2%
1755 0.159 % change on previous year -0.4%
1756 0.1592 % change on previous year +0.1%
1757 0.1589 % change on previous year -0.2%
1758 0.1583 % change on previous year -0.4%
1759 0.158 % change on previous year -0.2%
1760 0.1582 % change on previous year +0.1%
1761 0.1594 % change on previous year +0.8%
1762 0.1591 % change on previous year -0.2%
1763 0.1593 % change on previous year +0.1%
1764 0.1586 % change on previous year -0.4%
1765 0.1584 % change on previous year -0.2%
1766 0.1581 % change on previous year -0.2%
1767 0.1579 % change on previous year -0.2%
1768 0.1576 % change on previous year -0.2%
1769 0.157 % change on previous year -0.4%
1770 0.1571 % change on previous year +0.1%
1771 0.1587 % change on previous year +1.0%
1772 0.1581 % change on previous year -0.4%
1773 0.1582 % change on previous year +0.1%
1774 0.1576 % change on previous year -0.4%
1775 0.1574 % change on previous year -0.2%
1776 0.1571 % change on previous year -0.2%
1777 0.1569 % change on previous year -0.2%
1778 0.1566 % change on previous year -0.2%
1779 0.1564 % change on previous year -0.2%
1780 0.1561 % change on previous year -0.2%
1781 0.1577 % change on previous year +1.0%
1782 0.1571 % change on previous year -0.4%
1783 0.1572 % change on previous year +0.1%
1784 0.1566 % change on previous year -0.4%
1785 0.1563 % change on previous year -0.2%
1786 0.1561 % change on previous year -0.2%
1787 0.1559 % change on previous year -0.2%
1788 0.1556 % change on previous year -0.2%
1789 0.1554 % change on previous year -0.2%
1790 0.1548 % change on previous year -0.4%
1791 0.1567 % change on previous year +1.2%
1792 0.1561 % change on previous year -0.4%
1793 0.1558 % change on previous year -0.2%
1794 0.1556 % change on previous year -0.2%
1795 0.155 % change on previous year -0.4%
1796 0.1551 % change on previous year +0.1%
1797 0.1549 % change on previous year -0.2%
1798 0.1543 % change on previous year -0.4%
1799 0.154 % change on previous year -0.2%
1800 0.1538 % change on previous year -0.2%
1801 0.1553 % change on previous year +1.0%
1802 0.1547 % change on previous year -0.4%
1803 0.1548 % change on previous year +0.1%
1804 0.1542 % change on previous year -0.4%
1805 0.154 % change on previous year -0.2%
1806 0.1538 % change on previous year -0.2%
1807 0.1532 % change on previous year -0.4%
1808 0.1533 % change on previous year +0.1%
1809 0.1527 % change on previous year -0.4%
1810 0.1528 % change on previous year +0.1%
1811 0.1536 % change on previous year +0.5%
1812 0.1534 % change on previous year -0.2%
1813 0.1532 % change on previous year -0.2%
1814 0.1529 % change on previous year -0.2%
1815 0.1527 % change on previous year -0.2%
1816 0.1525 % change on previous year -0.2%
1817 0.1519 % change on previous year -0.4%
1818 0.1516 % change on previous year -0.2%
1819 0.1514 % change on previous year -0.2%
1820 0.1512 % change on previous year -0.2%
1821 0.0853 % change on previous year -43.6%
1822 0.0849 % change on previous year -0.5%
1823 0.0848 % change on previous year -0.1%
1824 0.0847 % change on previous year -0.1%
1825 0.0847 % change on previous year -0.1%
1826 0.0843 % change on previous year -0.5%
1827 0.0845 % change on previous year +0.3%
1828 0.0845 % change on previous year -0.1%
1829 0.084 % change on previous year -0.5%
1830 0.084 % change on previous year -0.1%
1831 0.1853 % change on previous year +120.6%
1832 0.1846 % change on previous year -0.4%
1833 0.1842 % change on previous year -0.2%
1834 0.1839 % change on previous year -0.2%
1835 0.1836 % change on previous year -0.2%
1836 0.1829 % change on previous year -0.4%
1837 0.1829 % change on previous year -0.0%
1838 0.1822 % change on previous year -0.4%
1839 0.1816 % change on previous year -0.4%
1840 0.1816 % change on previous year +0.0%
1841 0.1832 % change on previous year +0.9%
1842 0.1829 % change on previous year -0.2%
1843 0.1826 % change on previous year -0.2%
1844 0.1819 % change on previous year -0.4%
1845 0.1816 % change on previous year -0.2%
1846 0.1812 % change on previous year -0.2%
1847 0.1809 % change on previous year -0.2%
1848 0.1803 % change on previous year -0.4%
1849 0.1803 % change on previous year +0.0%
1850 0.1793 % change on previous year -0.5%
1851 0.2142 % change on previous year +19.5%
1852 0.2138 % change on previous year -0.2%
1853 0.2133 % change on previous year -0.2%
1854 0.2129 % change on previous year -0.2%
1855 0.2124 % change on previous year -0.2%
1856 0.2123 % change on previous year -0.1%
1857 0.2115 % change on previous year -0.4%
1858 0.2114 % change on previous year -0.1%
1859 0.2109 % change on previous year -0.2%
1860 0.2102 % change on previous year -0.4%
1861 0.2123 % change on previous year +1.0%
1862 0.2115 % change on previous year -0.4%
1863 0.2111 % change on previous year -0.2%
1864 0.2106 % change on previous year -0.2%
1865 0.2105 % change on previous year -0.1%
1866 0.2097 % change on previous year -0.4%
1867 0.2096 % change on previous year -0.1%
1868 0.2092 % change on previous year -0.2%
1869 0.2084 % change on previous year -0.4%
1870 0.2083 % change on previous year -0.1%
1871 0.4381 % change on previous year +110.3%
1872 0.4362 % change on previous year -0.4%
1873 0.4343 % change on previous year -0.4%
1874 0.4324 % change on previous year -0.4%
1875 0.4305 % change on previous year -0.4%
1876 0.429 % change on previous year -0.4%
1877 0.4268 % change on previous year -0.5%
1878 0.4253 % change on previous year -0.4%
1879 0.4235 % change on previous year -0.4%
1880 0.4217 % change on previous year -0.4%
1881 0.3478 % change on previous year -17.5%
1882 0.3465 % change on previous year -0.3%
1883 0.3453 % change on previous year -0.3%
1884 0.3442 % change on previous year -0.3%
1885 0.343 % change on previous year -0.3%
1886 0.3418 % change on previous year -0.3%
1887 0.3409 % change on previous year -0.3%
1888 0.3395 % change on previous year -0.4%
1889 0.3383 % change on previous year -0.3%
1890 0.3375 % change on previous year -0.3%
1891 0.345 % change on previous year +2.2%
1892 0.3435 % change on previous year -0.4%
1893 0.3426 % change on previous year -0.3%
1894 0.3414 % change on previous year -0.3%
1895 0.3403 % change on previous year -0.3%
1896 0.3388 % change on previous year -0.4%
1897 0.338 % change on previous year -0.3%
1898 0.3368 % change on previous year -0.3%
1899 0.3354 % change on previous year -0.4%
1900 0.3346 % change on previous year -0.3%
1901 12.77 % change on previous year +3717.4%
1902 10.73 % change on previous year -16.0%
1903 9.14 % change on previous year -14.8%
1904 7.87 % change on previous year -13.9%
1905 6.82 % change on previous year -13.3%
1906 5.94 % change on previous year -13.0%
1907 5.17 % change on previous year -12.8%
1908 4.51 % change on previous year -12.9%
1909 3.91 % change on previous year -13.2%
1910 3.37 % change on previous year -13.7%
1911 3.25 % change on previous year -3.6%
1912 2.79 % change on previous year -14.2%
1913 2.36 % change on previous year -15.5%
1914 1.95 % change on previous year -17.4%
1915 1.55 % change on previous year -20.2%
1916 1.17 % change on previous year -24.7%
1917 0.7943 % change on previous year -32.1%
1918 0.421 % change on previous year -47.0%
1919 0.0465 % change on previous year -89.0%
1920 -0.3334 % change on previous year -816.8%
1921 -0.6667 % change on previous year +99.9%
1922 -1.07 % change on previous year +60.8%
1923 -1.5 % change on previous year +39.6%
1924 -1.95 % change on previous year +30.1%
1925 -2.43 % change on previous year +24.8%
1926 -2.95 % change on previous year +21.6%
1927 -3.53 % change on previous year +19.5%
1928 -4.17 % change on previous year +18.2%
1929 -4.9 % change on previous year +17.4%
1930 -5.73 % change on previous year +17.1%
1931 -6.67 % change on previous year +16.4%
1932 -7.84 % change on previous year +17.5%
1933 -9.27 % change on previous year +18.3%
1934 -11.08 % change on previous year +19.5%
1935 -13.44 % change on previous year +21.3%
1936 -16.67 % change on previous year +24.1%
1937 -21.41 % change on previous year +28.4%
1938 -29.05 % change on previous year +35.7%
1939 -43.53 % change on previous year +49.9%
1940 2.74 % change on previous year -106.3%
1941 2.73 % change on previous year -0.1%
1942 2.69 % change on previous year -1.6%
1943 2.64 % change on previous year -1.7%
1944 2.6 % change on previous year -1.6%
1945 2.56 % change on previous year -1.6%
1946 2.52 % change on previous year -1.5%
1947 2.48 % change on previous year -1.6%
1948 2.44 % change on previous year -1.5%
1949 2.41 % change on previous year -1.5%
1950 12.47 % change on previous year +418.1%
1951 0.4928 % change on previous year -96.0%
1952 5.93 % change on previous year +1104.0%
1953 4.55 % change on previous year -23.3%
1954 559.48 % change on previous year +12196.1%
1955 -34.74 % change on previous year -106.2%
1956 -6.5 % change on previous year -81.3%
1957 16.98 % change on previous year -361.2%
1958 -25.18 % change on previous year -248.3%
1959 22.31 % change on previous year -188.6%
1960 25.28 % change on previous year +13.3%
1961 -19.96 % change on previous year -179.0%
1962 28.68 % change on previous year -243.7%
1963 -17.99 % change on previous year -162.7%
1964 15.14 % change on previous year -184.2%
1965 3.63 % change on previous year -76.0%
1966 -8.21 % change on previous year -326.3%
1967 -11.86 % change on previous year +44.5%
1968 169.29 % change on previous year -1526.8%
1969 -51.81 % change on previous year -130.6%
1970 -32.96 % change on previous year -36.4%
1971 -8.71 % change on previous year -73.6%
1972 -8.51 % change on previous year -2.3%
1973 22.93 % change on previous year -369.3%
1974 -5.75 % change on previous year -125.1%
1975 -0.379 % change on previous year -93.4%
1976 12.86 % change on previous year -3494.2%
1977 9.99 % change on previous year -22.3%
1978 3.74 % change on previous year -62.5%
1979 4.42 % change on previous year +18.0%
1980 3.33 % change on previous year -24.7%
1981 2.16 % change on previous year -35.1%
1982 6.08 % change on previous year +181.8%
1983 6.8 % change on previous year +11.9%
1984 3.36 % change on previous year -50.6%
1985 6.5 % change on previous year +93.6%
1986 15.17 % change on previous year +133.5%
1987 11.8 % change on previous year -22.2%
1988 12.27 % change on previous year +4.0%
1989 3.45 % change on previous year -71.9%
1990 32.18 % change on previous year +832.5%
1991 1.07 % change on previous year -96.7%
1992 0.6075 % change on previous year -43.3%
1993 -10.21 % change on previous year -1780.2%
1994 7.05 % change on previous year -169.1%
1995 12.08 % change on previous year +71.3%
1996 0.0808 % change on previous year -99.3%
1997 5.47 % change on previous year +6670.7%
1998 2.39 % change on previous year -56.3%
1999 -13.06 % change on previous year -645.9%
2000 -0.8724 % change on previous year -93.3%
2001 8.62 % change on previous year -1088.4%
2002 1.46 % change on previous year -83.0%
2003 2.43 % change on previous year +66.0%
2004 3.77 % change on previous year +55.4%
2005 -4.14 % change on previous year -209.7%
2006 -3.14 % change on previous year -24.2%
2007 -2.31 % change on previous year -26.4%
2008 -1.79 % change on previous year -22.6%
2009 6.37 % change on previous year -456.7%
2010 -8.46 % change on previous year -232.8%
2011 -5.23 % change on previous year -38.2%
2012 9.37 % change on previous year -279.3%
2013 9.8 % change on previous year +4.5%
2014 -0.5551 % change on previous year -105.7%
2015 -28.96 % change on previous year +5117.5%
2016 -9.14 % change on previous year -68.4%
2017 -0.3956 % change on previous year -95.7%
2018 3.39 % change on previous year -956.2%
2019 5.75 % change on previous year +69.7%
2020 2.22 % change on previous year -61.4%
2021 2.01 % change on previous year -9.3%
2022 -2.45 % change on previous year -221.6%

Yemen compared with similar countries

  • Yemen's -2.45 % change on previous year is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.8496 % change on previous year. (25 countries reporting)
  • Yemen's -2.45 % change on previous year is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 1.6 % change on previous year. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Yemen changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1954 +12196.1% 4.55 % change on previous year 559.48 % change on previous year
1997 +6670.7% 0.0808 % change on previous year 5.47 % change on previous year
2015 -5117.5% -0.5551 % change on previous year -28.96 % change on previous year
1901 +3717.4% 0.3346 % change on previous year 12.77 % change on previous year
1976 +3494.2% -0.379 % change on previous year 12.86 % change on previous year
1993 -1780.2% 0.6075 % change on previous year -10.21 % change on previous year

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1750s 0.1593 % change on previous year 0.158 % change on previous year 0.1604 % change on previous year 9
1760s 0.1584 % change on previous year 0.157 % change on previous year 0.1594 % change on previous year 10
1770s 0.1574 % change on previous year 0.1564 % change on previous year 0.1587 % change on previous year 10
1780s 0.1564 % change on previous year 0.1554 % change on previous year 0.1577 % change on previous year 10
1790s 0.1552 % change on previous year 0.154 % change on previous year 0.1567 % change on previous year 10
1800s 0.154 % change on previous year 0.1527 % change on previous year 0.1553 % change on previous year 10
1810s 0.1526 % change on previous year 0.1514 % change on previous year 0.1536 % change on previous year 10
1820s 0.0913 % change on previous year 0.084 % change on previous year 0.1512 % change on previous year 10
1830s 0.1735 % change on previous year 0.084 % change on previous year 0.1853 % change on previous year 10
1840s 0.1816 % change on previous year 0.1803 % change on previous year 0.1832 % change on previous year 10
1850s 0.2092 % change on previous year 0.1793 % change on previous year 0.2142 % change on previous year 10
1860s 0.2103 % change on previous year 0.2084 % change on previous year 0.2123 % change on previous year 10
1870s 0.4084 % change on previous year 0.2083 % change on previous year 0.4381 % change on previous year 10
1880s 0.3509 % change on previous year 0.3383 % change on previous year 0.4217 % change on previous year 10
1890s 0.3399 % change on previous year 0.3354 % change on previous year 0.345 % change on previous year 10
1900s 6.72 % change on previous year 0.3346 % change on previous year 12.77 % change on previous year 10
1910s 1.77 % change on previous year 0.0465 % change on previous year 3.37 % change on previous year 10
1920s -2.35 % change on previous year -4.9 % change on previous year -0.3334 % change on previous year 10
1930s -16.47 % change on previous year -43.53 % change on previous year -5.73 % change on previous year 10
1940s 2.58 % change on previous year 2.41 % change on previous year 2.74 % change on previous year 10
1950s 55.58 % change on previous year -34.74 % change on previous year 559.48 % change on previous year 10
1960s 13.22 % change on previous year -51.81 % change on previous year 169.29 % change on previous year 10
1970s -0.2372 % change on previous year -32.96 % change on previous year 22.93 % change on previous year 10
1980s 7.09 % change on previous year 2.16 % change on previous year 15.17 % change on previous year 10
1990s 3.77 % change on previous year -13.06 % change on previous year 32.18 % change on previous year 10
2000s 1.04 % change on previous year -4.14 % change on previous year 8.62 % change on previous year 10
2010s -2.44 % change on previous year -28.96 % change on previous year 9.8 % change on previous year 10
2020s 0.5944 % change on previous year -2.45 % change on previous year 2.22 % change on previous year 3

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  3. 178 Austria -2.36 % change on previous year compare
  4. 180 Lithuania -2.48 % change on previous year compare
  5. 181 Cook Islands -2.5 % change on previous year compare
  6. 182 Afghanistan -2.52 % change on previous year compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Yemen?
Emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate in Yemen was -2.45 % change on previous year in 2022, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 559.48 % change on previous year in 1954.
What is the lowest emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was -51.81 % change on previous year in 1969.
How does Yemen rank for emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate?
Yemen ranks 179th out of 219 countries with data for 2022.
Is emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is down 126.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Yemen data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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emissions of air pollutants, annual growth rate
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% change on previous year
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Statizoid (derived)
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Coverage
219 places, 59,468 data points, 1751–2022
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The year-on-year percentage change in emissions of air pollutants. Computed from consecutive annual observations; years either side of a gap are skipped rather than bridged.