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Per capita methane emissions in Yemen

Yemen: Per capita methane emissions was 0.2854 in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)
0.2854
Change on year
down 2.8%
World rank
191st
of 199 countries
All-time high
0.8716
in 2006
All-time low
0.2854
in 2024
Years of data
175
1850–2024

Per capita methane emissions in Yemen, 1850–2024

0.20.40.60.8185019372024

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

In 2024, per capita methane emissions in Yemen stood at 0.2854. That is the lowest value across all 175 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.8% on the previous year and down 49.7% over ten years.

Over the whole period, per capita methane emissions in Yemen peaked at 0.8716 in 2006 and was at its lowest, 0.2854, in 2024.

That places Yemen 191st out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

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

Per capita methane emissions in Yemen, year by year

Year Value Change
1850 0.7472 —
1851 0.7475 +0.0%
1852 0.7478 +0.0%
1853 0.7482 +0.0%
1854 0.7485 +0.0%
1855 0.7488 +0.0%
1856 0.7491 +0.0%
1857 0.7494 +0.0%
1858 0.7497 +0.0%
1859 0.75 +0.0%
1860 0.7503 +0.0%
1861 0.7507 +0.0%
1862 0.751 +0.0%
1863 0.7513 +0.0%
1864 0.7516 +0.0%
1865 0.7519 +0.0%
1866 0.7522 +0.0%
1867 0.7525 +0.0%
1868 0.7528 +0.0%
1869 0.7531 +0.0%
1870 0.7534 +0.0%
1871 0.7555 +0.3%
1872 0.7575 +0.3%
1873 0.7595 +0.3%
1874 0.7615 +0.3%
1875 0.7635 +0.3%
1876 0.7655 +0.3%
1877 0.7675 +0.3%
1878 0.7695 +0.3%
1879 0.7714 +0.3%
1880 0.7734 +0.3%
1881 0.7748 +0.2%
1882 0.7762 +0.2%
1883 0.7776 +0.2%
1884 0.779 +0.2%
1885 0.7803 +0.2%
1886 0.7817 +0.2%
1887 0.7831 +0.2%
1888 0.7844 +0.2%
1889 0.7858 +0.2%
1890 0.7871 +0.2%
1891 0.7885 +0.2%
1892 0.7899 +0.2%
1893 0.7914 +0.2%
1894 0.7928 +0.2%
1895 0.7941 +0.2%
1896 0.7955 +0.2%
1897 0.7969 +0.2%
1898 0.7983 +0.2%
1899 0.7985 +0.0%
1900 0.7975 -0.1%
1901 0.7995 +0.3%
1902 0.7998 +0.0%
1903 0.7984 -0.2%
1904 0.7964 -0.3%
1905 0.7938 -0.3%
1906 0.7907 -0.4%
1907 0.7871 -0.5%
1908 0.7829 -0.5%
1909 0.7781 -0.6%
1910 0.7728 -0.7%
1911 0.7697 -0.4%
1912 0.7659 -0.5%
1913 0.7616 -0.6%
1914 0.7567 -0.6%
1915 0.7513 -0.7%
1916 0.7453 -0.8%
1917 0.7387 -0.9%
1918 0.7315 -1.0%
1919 0.7236 -1.1%
1920 0.7153 -1.2%
1921 0.7069 -1.2%
1922 0.698 -1.3%
1923 0.6885 -1.4%
1924 0.6785 -1.4%
1925 0.6681 -1.5%
1926 0.6571 -1.6%
1927 0.6456 -1.7%
1928 0.6337 -1.9%
1929 0.6212 -2.0%
1930 0.6083 -2.1%
1931 0.5952 -2.2%
1932 0.5816 -2.3%
1933 0.5676 -2.4%
1934 0.553 -2.6%
1935 0.5381 -2.7%
1936 0.5291 -1.7%
1937 0.5196 -1.8%
1938 0.5096 -1.9%
1939 0.4992 -2.0%
1940 0.5047 +1.1%
1941 0.5104 +1.1%
1942 0.5161 +1.1%
1943 0.5218 +1.1%
1944 0.5274 +1.1%
1945 0.5309 +0.7%
1946 0.5344 +0.6%
1947 0.5378 +0.6%
1948 0.5411 +0.6%
1949 0.5431 +0.4%
1950 0.5555 +2.3%
1951 0.5609 +1.0%
1952 0.5657 +0.9%
1953 0.57 +0.8%
1954 0.5898 +3.5%
1955 0.5855 -0.7%
1956 0.5874 +0.3%
1957 0.5914 +0.7%
1958 0.5902 -0.2%
1959 0.5935 +0.6%
1960 0.5968 +0.6%
1961 0.5583 -6.5%
1962 0.5484 -1.8%
1963 0.5334 -2.7%
1964 0.526 -1.4%
1965 0.5191 -1.3%
1966 0.4948 -4.7%
1967 0.4853 -1.9%
1968 0.4415 -9.0%
1969 0.3886 -12.0%
1970 0.3818 -1.7%
1971 0.4009 +5.0%
1972 0.3889 -3.0%
1973 0.3654 -6.0%
1974 0.3768 +3.1%
1975 0.3741 -0.7%
1976 0.3459 -7.5%
1977 0.3432 -0.8%
1978 0.3382 -1.5%
1979 0.3315 -2.0%
1980 0.3287 -0.8%
1981 0.3252 -1.1%
1982 0.3209 -1.3%
1983 0.3171 -1.2%
1984 0.3122 -1.5%
1985 0.3073 -1.6%
1986 0.3179 +3.5%
1987 0.3316 +4.3%
1988 0.5676 +71.2%
1989 0.5863 +3.3%
1990 0.6102 +4.1%
1991 0.5939 -2.7%
1992 0.558 -6.0%
1993 0.5966 +6.9%
1994 0.6481 +8.6%
1995 0.5845 -9.8%
1996 0.5926 +1.4%
1997 0.6093 +2.8%
1998 0.5897 -3.2%
1999 0.626 +6.1%
2000 0.6847 +9.4%
2001 0.6446 -5.9%
2002 0.6269 -2.7%
2003 0.7024 +12.0%
2004 0.6705 -4.5%
2005 0.7518 +12.1%
2006 0.8716 +15.9%
2007 0.8703 -0.2%
2008 0.7718 -11.3%
2009 0.7812 +1.2%
2010 0.7861 +0.6%
2011 0.6798 -13.5%
2012 0.5912 -13.0%
2013 0.6212 +5.1%
2014 0.5675 -8.7%
2015 0.3566 -37.2%
2016 0.3169 -11.1%
2017 0.3534 +11.5%
2018 0.3698 +4.6%
2019 0.3792 +2.5%
2020 0.3618 -4.6%
2021 0.3512 -2.9%
2022 0.3323 -5.4%
2023 0.2938 -11.6%
2024 0.2854 -2.8%

Yemen compared with similar countries

  • Yemen's 0.2854 is below the median for low income countries, which is 0.7756, 37% of the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Yemen's 0.2854 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.9992, 29% of the median. (22 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Per capita methane 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
1988 +71.2% 0.3316 0.5676
2015 -37.2% 0.5675 0.3566

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1850s 0.7486 0.7472 0.75 10
1860s 0.7518 0.7503 0.7531 10
1870s 0.7625 0.7534 0.7714 10
1880s 0.7796 0.7734 0.7858 10
1890s 0.7933 0.7871 0.7985 10
1900s 0.7924 0.7781 0.7998 10
1910s 0.7517 0.7236 0.7728 10
1920s 0.6713 0.6212 0.7153 10
1930s 0.5501 0.4992 0.6083 10
1940s 0.5268 0.5047 0.5431 10
1950s 0.579 0.5555 0.5935 10
1960s 0.5092 0.3886 0.5968 10
1970s 0.3647 0.3315 0.4009 10
1980s 0.3715 0.3073 0.5863 10
1990s 0.6009 0.558 0.6481 10
2000s 0.7376 0.6269 0.8716 10
2010s 0.5022 0.3169 0.7861 10
2020s 0.3249 0.2854 0.3618 5

Countries ranked near Yemen

  1. 188 Cape Verde 0.3013 compare
  2. 189 British Virgin Islands 0.2963 compare
  3. 190 Sao Tome and Principe 0.2955 compare
  4. 192 Jamaica 0.2674 compare
  5. 193 Syria 0.2487 compare
  6. 194 Japan 0.2329 compare

See the full ranking of 199 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is per capita methane emissions in Yemen?
Per capita methane emissions in Yemen was 0.2854 in 2024, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest per capita methane emissions recorded in Yemen?
The highest recorded value was 0.8716 in 2006.
What is the lowest per capita methane emissions recorded in Yemen?
The lowest recorded value was 0.2854 in 2024.
How does Yemen rank for per capita methane emissions?
Yemen ranks 191st out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
Is per capita methane emissions rising or falling in Yemen?
Over the last ten years it is down 49.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Yemen data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Per capita methane emissions. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Per capita methane 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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