Per capita CO₂ emissions from gas in Yemen
Yemen: Per capita CO₂ emissions from gas was 0.001 tonnes per person in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Per capita CO₂ emissions from gas in Yemen, 2009–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in tonnes per person.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 0.001 tonnes per person for per capita co₂ emissions from gas in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
That represents a change of down 5.4% on the previous year and down 98.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, per capita co₂ emissions from gas in Yemen peaked at 0.0727 tonnes per person in 2010 and was at its lowest, 0.001 tonnes per person, in 2024.
Yemen ranks 123rd of 146 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0284 tonnes per person | 0.0284 tonnes per person | 0.0284 tonnes per person | 1 |
| 2010s | 0.0398 tonnes per person | 0.0011 tonnes per person | 0.0727 tonnes per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.001 tonnes per person | 0.001 tonnes per person | 0.0011 tonnes per person | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 120 Niger 0.0039 tonnes per person compare
- 121 Afghanistan 0.003 tonnes per person compare
- 122 Guatemala 0.002 tonnes per person compare
- 124 Senegal 0.0006 tonnes per person compare
- 125 Cyprus 0.0001 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Antigua and Barbuda 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Aruba 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Belize 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Bonaire Sint Eustatius and Saba 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Botswana 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Burkina Faso 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Burundi 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Curacao 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 East Timor 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Guinea 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Lebanon 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Malawi 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 New Caledonia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 North Korea 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 South Sudan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Sudan 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Zambia 0 tonnes per person compare
- 126 Zimbabwe 0 tonnes per person 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 gas in Yemen?
- Per capita co₂ emissions from gas in Yemen was 0.001 tonnes per person in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest per capita co₂ emissions from gas recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0727 tonnes per person in 2010.
- What is the lowest per capita co₂ emissions from gas recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.001 tonnes per person in 2024.
- How does Yemen rank for per capita co₂ emissions from gas?
- Yemen ranks 123rd out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is per capita co₂ emissions from gas rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 98.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025); Population based on various sources (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita CO₂ emissions from gas. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from gas, measured in tonnes per person.