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Per capita ghg emissions in Yemen

Yemen: Per capita ghg emissions was 0.657 in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
0.657
Change on year
down 2.8%
World rank
199th
of 199 countries
All-time high
2.4
in 1968
All-time low
0.5747
in 1939
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita ghg emissions in Yemen, 1850–2024

0.511.522.5185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Yemen recorded 0.657 for per capita ghg emissions in 2024.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 58.9% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita ghg emissions in Yemen peaked at 2.4 in 1968 and was at its lowest, 0.5747, in 1939.

Yemen ranks 199th of 199 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 175 years of available data.

Per capita ghg emissions in Yemen, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.6786 —
1851 0.6794 +0.1%
1852 0.6804 +0.1%
1853 0.6813 +0.1%
1854 0.6821 +0.1%
1855 0.6829 +0.1%
1856 0.6835 +0.1%
1857 0.684 +0.1%
1858 0.6843 +0.1%
1859 0.6846 +0.0%
1860 0.6835 -0.1%
1861 0.6828 -0.1%
1862 0.6822 -0.1%
1863 0.6817 -0.1%
1864 0.6813 -0.1%
1865 0.6809 -0.1%
1866 0.6806 -0.0%
1867 0.6803 -0.0%
1868 0.68 -0.0%
1869 0.6798 -0.0%
1870 0.6866 +1.0%
1871 0.693 +0.9%
1872 0.6994 +0.9%
1873 0.7061 +1.0%
1874 0.7131 +1.0%
1875 0.7202 +1.0%
1876 0.7272 +1.0%
1877 0.7338 +0.9%
1878 0.7399 +0.8%
1879 0.7451 +0.7%
1880 0.7475 +0.3%
1881 0.7491 +0.2%
1882 0.7507 +0.2%
1883 0.7523 +0.2%
1884 0.7539 +0.2%
1885 0.7551 +0.2%
1886 0.7563 +0.2%
1887 0.7576 +0.2%
1888 0.7588 +0.2%
1889 0.7602 +0.2%
1890 0.7622 +0.3%
1891 0.7618 -0.1%
1892 0.7618 +0.0%
1893 0.762 +0.0%
1894 0.7625 +0.1%
1895 0.7631 +0.1%
1896 0.7639 +0.1%
1897 0.7647 +0.1%
1898 0.7656 +0.1%
1899 0.7654 -0.0%
1900 0.7617 -0.5%
1901 0.7617 -0.0%
1902 0.7612 -0.1%
1903 0.7585 -0.3%
1904 0.7561 -0.3%
1905 0.7531 -0.4%
1906 0.7502 -0.4%
1907 0.7465 -0.5%
1908 0.7421 -0.6%
1909 0.7375 -0.6%
1910 0.7512 +1.9%
1911 0.7588 +1.0%
1912 0.7631 +0.6%
1913 0.7641 +0.1%
1914 0.7633 -0.1%
1915 0.7619 -0.2%
1916 0.759 -0.4%
1917 0.7553 -0.5%
1918 0.7509 -0.6%
1919 0.7451 -0.8%
1920 0.7345 -1.4%
1921 0.7266 -1.1%
1922 0.7202 -0.9%
1923 0.7152 -0.7%
1924 0.7112 -0.6%
1925 0.7061 -0.7%
1926 0.7008 -0.8%
1927 0.6951 -0.8%
1928 0.6891 -0.9%
1929 0.6811 -1.2%
1930 0.6674 -2.0%
1931 0.6545 -1.9%
1932 0.6414 -2.0%
1933 0.6294 -1.9%
1934 0.6163 -2.1%
1935 0.6034 -2.1%
1936 0.5968 -1.1%
1937 0.5901 -1.1%
1938 0.5825 -1.3%
1939 0.5747 -1.3%
1940 0.577 +0.4%
1941 0.5835 +1.1%
1942 0.5948 +1.9%
1943 0.6091 +2.4%
1944 0.6246 +2.5%
1945 0.6403 +2.5%
1946 0.6545 +2.2%
1947 0.67 +2.4%
1948 0.6829 +1.9%
1949 0.6924 +1.4%
1950 0.7543 +8.9%
1951 0.7732 +2.5%
1952 0.7927 +2.5%
1953 0.8063 +1.7%
1954 1.72 +113.6%
1955 1.32 -23.5%
1956 1.28 -2.5%
1957 1.4 +9.2%
1958 1.19 -15.3%
1959 1.07 -9.9%
1960 1.32 +23.6%
1961 1.13 -14.5%
1962 1.36 +20.3%
1963 1.19 -12.6%
1964 1.31 +10.5%
1965 1.36 +3.8%
1966 1.25 -8.3%
1967 1.17 -6.3%
1968 2.4 +104.2%
1969 1.27 -46.9%
1970 0.9339 -26.5%
1971 0.8913 -4.6%
1972 0.8004 -10.2%
1973 0.9226 +15.3%
1974 0.889 -3.6%
1975 0.8642 -2.8%
1976 0.8529 -1.3%
1977 0.8833 +3.6%
1978 0.8814 -0.2%
1979 0.8727 -1.0%
1980 0.8665 -0.7%
1981 0.9406 +8.6%
1982 1.09 +15.5%
1983 1.09 +0.7%
1984 1.15 +4.7%
1985 1.24 +8.3%
1986 1.19 -3.7%
1987 1.21 +0.9%
1988 1.49 +23.5%
1989 1.64 +9.9%
1990 1.58 -3.3%
1991 1.42 -10.5%
1992 1.6 +13.0%
1993 1.47 -8.2%
1994 1.53 +4.4%
1995 1.51 -1.7%
1996 1.47 -2.7%
1997 1.5 +2.0%
1998 1.49 -0.6%
1999 1.61 +7.9%
2000 1.66 +3.7%
2001 1.72 +3.4%
2002 1.6 -7.2%
2003 1.8 +12.9%
2004 1.82 +1.1%
2005 1.97 +8.1%
2006 2.12 +7.7%
2007 2.02 -5.0%
2008 1.91 -5.2%
2009 2.03 +6.5%
2010 1.92 -5.4%
2011 1.68 -12.5%
2012 1.48 -12.1%
2013 1.71 +15.5%
2014 1.6 -6.5%
2015 0.9327 -41.6%
2016 0.7774 -16.7%
2017 0.7706 -0.9%
2018 0.8315 +7.9%
2019 0.8443 +1.5%
2020 0.7854 -7.0%
2021 0.7628 -2.9%
2022 0.7297 -4.3%
2023 0.6761 -7.3%
2024 0.657 -2.8%

Yemen compared with similar countries

  • Yemen's 0.657 is below the median for low income countries, which is 1.93, 34% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Yemen's 0.657 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 4.73, 14% of the median. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Per capita ghg emissions 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 +113.6% 0.8063 1.72
1968 +104.2% 1.17 2.4
1969 -46.9% 2.4 1.27
2015 -41.6% 1.6 0.9327
1970 -26.5% 1.27 0.9339

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.6821 0.6786 0.6846 10
1860s 0.6813 0.6798 0.6835 10
1870s 0.7164 0.6866 0.7451 10
1880s 0.7541 0.7475 0.7602 10
1890s 0.7633 0.7618 0.7656 10
1900s 0.7529 0.7375 0.7617 10
1910s 0.7573 0.7451 0.7641 10
1920s 0.708 0.6811 0.7345 10
1930s 0.6157 0.5747 0.6674 10
1940s 0.6329 0.577 0.6924 10
1950s 1.11 0.7543 1.72 10
1960s 1.38 1.13 2.4 10
1970s 0.8792 0.8004 0.9339 10
1980s 1.19 0.8665 1.64 10
1990s 1.52 1.42 1.61 10
2000s 1.87 1.6 2.12 10
2010s 1.25 0.7706 1.92 10
2020s 0.7222 0.657 0.7854 5

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 196 Samoa 0.7139 compare
  2. 197 Burundi 0.6906 compare
  3. 198 Rwanda 0.6815 compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita ghg emissions in Yemen?
Per capita ghg emissions in Yemen was 0.657 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita ghg emissions recorded in Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 2.4 in 1968.
What is the lowest per capita ghg emissions recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was 0.5747 in 1939.
How does Yemen rank for per capita ghg emissions?
Yemen ranks 199th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita ghg emissions rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is down 58.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Yemen data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita ghg emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita ghg emissions
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,079 data points, 1850–2024
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