Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal in Yemen
Yemen: Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal was 0.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal in Yemen, 2008–2024
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from coal in Yemen is 0.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.9% on the previous year and up 85.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from coal in Yemen peaked at 0.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2008.
That places Yemen 121st out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal in Yemen, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 0.0% | — |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +179.8% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | +118.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +46.4% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +30.9% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +23.9% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +18.4% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +10.2% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +8.0% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +6.6% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +5.9% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +4.5% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +4.1% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 0.0% | +7.1% |
| 2024 | 0.0% | +7.9% |
Yemen compared with similar countries
- Yemen's 0.0% is above the median for low income countries, which is 0.0%, 3.4× the median. (19 countries reporting)
- Yemen's 0.0% is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 0.0%, 50% of the median. (21 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +179.8% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2010 | +118.2% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
| 2011 | +46.4% | 0.0% | 0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
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 share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from coal in Yemen?
- Share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from coal in Yemen was 0.0% in 2024, according to Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from coal recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2008.
- How does Yemen rank for share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from coal?
- Yemen ranks 121st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of global cumulative co₂ emissions from coal rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 85.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of global cumulative CO₂ emissions from coal. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Cumulative emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from coal since the first year of available data, measured as a percentage of global cumulative emissions of CO₂ from coal.