Methane emissions, per capita in Yemen
Yemen: Methane emissions, per capita was 0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
Change on year
down 2.8%
World rank
187th
of 195 countries
All-time high
0.8716 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2006
All-time low
0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person
in 2024
Years of data
65
1960–2024
Methane emissions, per capita in Yemen, 1960–2024
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person for methane emissions, per capita in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 2.8% on the previous year and down 49.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, methane emissions, per capita in Yemen peaked at 0.8716 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, in 2024.
Yemen ranks 187th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Methane emissions, per capita in Yemen, year by year
| Year | tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.5968 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.5583 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.5% |
| 1962 | 0.5484 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.8% |
| 1963 | 0.5334 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.7% |
| 1964 | 0.526 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.4% |
| 1965 | 0.5191 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.3% |
| 1966 | 0.4948 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -4.7% |
| 1967 | 0.4853 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.9% |
| 1968 | 0.4415 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -9.0% |
| 1969 | 0.3886 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -12.0% |
| 1970 | 0.3818 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.7% |
| 1971 | 0.4009 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.0% |
| 1972 | 0.3889 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.0% |
| 1973 | 0.3654 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.0% |
| 1974 | 0.3768 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.1% |
| 1975 | 0.3741 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.7% |
| 1976 | 0.3459 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -7.5% |
| 1977 | 0.3432 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.8% |
| 1978 | 0.3382 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.5% |
| 1979 | 0.3315 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.0% |
| 1980 | 0.3287 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.8% |
| 1981 | 0.3252 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.1% |
| 1982 | 0.3209 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.3% |
| 1983 | 0.3171 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.2% |
| 1984 | 0.3122 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.5% |
| 1985 | 0.3073 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -1.6% |
| 1986 | 0.3179 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.5% |
| 1987 | 0.3316 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +4.3% |
| 1988 | 0.5676 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +71.2% |
| 1989 | 0.5863 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +3.3% |
| 1990 | 0.6102 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +4.1% |
| 1991 | 0.5939 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.7% |
| 1992 | 0.558 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -6.0% |
| 1993 | 0.5966 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +6.9% |
| 1994 | 0.6481 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +8.6% |
| 1995 | 0.5845 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -9.8% |
| 1996 | 0.5926 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.4% |
| 1997 | 0.6093 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.8% |
| 1998 | 0.5897 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -3.2% |
| 1999 | 0.626 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +6.1% |
| 2000 | 0.6847 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +9.4% |
| 2001 | 0.6446 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.9% |
| 2002 | 0.6269 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.7% |
| 2003 | 0.7024 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +12.0% |
| 2004 | 0.6705 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 0.7518 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +12.1% |
| 2006 | 0.8716 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +15.9% |
| 2007 | 0.8703 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -0.2% |
| 2008 | 0.7718 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -11.3% |
| 2009 | 0.7812 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +1.2% |
| 2010 | 0.7861 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +0.6% |
| 2011 | 0.6798 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -13.5% |
| 2012 | 0.5912 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -13.0% |
| 2013 | 0.6212 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +5.1% |
| 2014 | 0.5675 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -8.7% |
| 2015 | 0.3566 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -37.2% |
| 2016 | 0.3169 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -11.1% |
| 2017 | 0.3534 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +11.5% |
| 2018 | 0.3698 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +4.6% |
| 2019 | 0.3792 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 0.3618 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -4.6% |
| 2021 | 0.3512 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.9% |
| 2022 | 0.3323 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -5.4% |
| 2023 | 0.2938 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -11.6% |
| 2024 | 0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | -2.8% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.7756 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 37% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9767 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person, 29% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Methane emissions, per capita 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.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1988 | +71.2% | 0.3316 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5676 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.5092 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3886 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5968 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.3647 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3315 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.4009 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.3715 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3073 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.5863 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6009 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.558 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6481 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7376 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.6269 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.8716 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.5022 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3169 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.7861 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.3249 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 0.3618 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 184 British Virgin Islands 0.2965 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 185 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2955 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 186 Malta 0.2901 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 188 Jamaica 0.2674 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 189 Syria 0.2487 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
- 190 Japan 0.2325 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person compare
More climate change data for Yemen
- Nutrient nitrogen N (total) — Synthetic fertilizers (Agricultural) 64.14 million kg (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) 11,632 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 4,282 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 7,350 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 16.16 kt (2050)
- Emissions from livestock — Emissions 262.5 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) 485.83 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O 474.06 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 11.77 kt (2050)
- Emissions from crops — Emissions 1.79 kt (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is methane emissions, per capita in Yemen?
- Methane emissions, per capita in Yemen was 0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest methane emissions, per capita recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8716 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2006.
- What is the lowest methane emissions, per capita recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.2854 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents per person in 2024.
- How does Yemen rank for methane emissions, per capita?
- Yemen ranks 187th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is methane emissions, per capita rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 49.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Methane emissions, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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How this figure is calculated
Methane emissions divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Methane emissions ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Methane emissions Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Statizoid computes this series; the underlying measurements belong to the publishers named above. The arithmetic is applied to every country and year where both inputs report, and nothing is estimated unless the page says so.
About this data
Methane emissions divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.