Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation in Yemen
Yemen: Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation was 0.0859 kilograms in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation in Yemen, 2013–2018
Source: OECD (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in kilograms.
Analysis
The most recent figure for per capita co₂ emissions from aviation in Yemen is 0.0859 kilograms, measured in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 6 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 78.3% on the previous year and down 98.8% over ten years.
That places Yemen 142nd out of 142 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 139 Cote d'Ivoire 2.28 kilograms compare
- 140 Malawi 2.1 kilograms compare
- 141 Democratic Republic of Congo 1.59 kilograms compare
More climate change data for Yemen
- Share of global CO₂ emissions and population 1.1% (2100)
- Population growth 2.9% (2025)
- Population, total 41.77 million (2025)
- Urban population growth 3.5% (2025)
- Urban population 15.47 million (2025)
- Urban population 37.0% (2025)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. GDP per capita 0.2494 tonnes per person (2024)
- Cumulative CO₂ emissions 708.03 million tonnes (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita 0.2494 tonnes per person (2024)
- CO₂ emissions per capita vs. share of electricity generation from renewables 0.2494 tonnes per person (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is per capita co₂ emissions from aviation in Yemen?
- Per capita co₂ emissions from aviation in Yemen was 0.0859 kilograms in 2018, according to OECD (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions from aviation recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 7.35 kilograms in 2013.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions from aviation recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0859 kilograms in 2018.
- How does Yemen rank for per capita co₂ emissions from aviation?
- Yemen ranks 142nd out of 142 countries with data for 2018.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions from aviation rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 98.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from OECD (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions from aviation. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Includes emissions from both domestic and international aviation. International aviation emissions are assigned to the country of departure. CO₂ emissions from commercial passenger flights only.