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Yemen Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
32,902,757
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+1.66%
increase
Global Share
0.06%
Per Capita
1
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Yemen were 32,902,757 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 1.66% over the previous year, representing an increase by 536,876 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 32,365,881 tons.
  • Per capita: 1 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Yemen accounts for 0.06% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 32,902,757 10,580,331 11,784,399 4,217,412 6,320,614 1 1.66% 0.062%
2023 32,365,881 10,625,380 11,723,005 4,107,460 5,910,036 1 −3.57% 0.062%
2022 33,562,911 10,984,096 12,990,982 4,089,965 5,497,868 1.06 −0.12% 0.065%
2021 33,603,292 11,219,081 13,236,778 4,058,555 5,088,878 1.09 1.67% 0.066%
2020 33,051,044 11,317,350 13,127,678 3,937,127 4,668,889 1.09 −1.94% 0.068%
2019 33,705,398 12,342,320 13,231,785 3,869,928 4,261,365 1.14 5.94% 0.066%
2018 31,816,446 11,993,287 12,378,698 3,582,553 3,861,908 1.1 12.46% 0.063%
2017 28,292,031 9,826,048 11,438,636 3,618,424 3,408,922 1 3.98% 0.057%
2016 27,208,254 10,629,555 9,931,869 3,608,038 3,038,792 0.99 −13.56% 0.056%
2015 31,475,372 14,252,326 10,868,330 3,691,178 2,663,538 1.17 −39.07% 0.065%
2014 51,661,282 28,355,800 16,959,664 3,935,526 2,410,292 1.97 −2.42% 0.11%
2013 52,941,210 28,788,120 18,041,182 3,900,654 2,211,254 2.07 18.95% 0.11%
2012 44,506,902 22,002,848 16,648,339 3,704,256 2,151,460 1.79 −6.12% 0.094%
2011 47,410,225 23,001,011 18,611,988 3,687,329 2,109,898 1.95 −10.58% 0.10%
2010 53,020,241 26,344,674 20,916,923 3,663,203 2,095,440 2.25 −0.92% 0.12%
2009 53,511,103 27,634,899 20,144,854 3,623,512 2,107,839 2.33 6.48% 0.12%
2008 50,253,029 25,246,838 19,278,805 3,688,305 2,039,081 2.25 −1.38% 0.12%
2007 50,956,931 24,323,889 21,090,002 3,582,240 1,960,801 2.34 4.57% 0.12%
2006 48,728,335 22,945,957 20,437,397 3,425,280 1,919,701 2.3 10.25% 0.12%
2005 44,197,398 22,023,185 17,021,305 3,333,490 1,819,418 2.15 10.71% 0.11%
2004 39,921,691 20,440,885 14,691,663 3,265,845 1,523,299 1.99 2.5% 0.10%
2003 38,946,305 19,536,019 14,953,127 3,179,792 1,277,367 2 15.43% 0.10%
2002 33,739,102 16,816,624 12,936,885 2,951,525 1,034,068 1.78 0.99% 0.092%
2001 33,409,808 16,770,399 12,920,245 2,897,923 821,240 1.82 3.01% 0.093%
2000 32,433,292 15,745,204 13,328,926 2,759,689 599,474 1.81 9.61% 0.091%
1999 29,591,060 14,740,544 11,803,312 2,716,942 330,261 1.7 10.82% 0.085%
1998 26,702,536 13,084,049 10,770,686 2,621,330 226,472 1.58 3.76% 0.077%
1997 25,735,954 12,288,564 10,789,955 2,491,026 166,409 1.57 6.92% 0.074%
1996 24,070,225 11,423,935 10,153,531 2,372,178 120,582 1.51 3.81% 0.070%
1995 23,187,428 11,156,383 9,681,931 2,272,248 76,865 1.51 2.63% 0.069%
1994 22,593,987 10,025,927 10,374,741 2,148,559 44,760 1.54 12.93% 0.069%
1993 20,006,555 8,678,792 9,192,558 2,116,181 19,023 1.43 0.3% 0.062%
1992 19,945,901 9,595,349 8,271,710 2,067,057 11,786 1.5 2.93% 0.062%
1991 19,377,945 8,902,397 8,481,619 1,986,478 7,451 1.53 10.69% 0.060%
1990 17,507,109 7,107,360 8,393,127 2,005,479 1,144 1.45 5.56% 0.054%
1989 16,585,734 7,087,906 7,746,360 1,751,469 0 1.44 5.05% 0.052%
1988 15,787,678 6,866,979 7,213,395 1,707,304 0 1.43 31.58% 0.050%
1987 11,998,349 6,375,207 3,996,690 1,626,452 0 1.13 8.17% 0.039%
1986 11,091,878 5,820,108 3,681,609 1,590,161 0 1.08 5.94% 0.037%
1985 10,470,362 5,512,498 3,417,138 1,540,726 0 1.06 4.6% 0.036%
1984 10,009,860 5,164,981 3,344,154 1,500,725 0 1.06 2.23% 0.035%
1983 9,791,863 5,050,036 3,271,280 1,470,546 0 1.07 6.16% 0.035%
1982 9,223,684 4,591,299 3,192,719 1,439,666 0 1.05 6.76% 0.033%
1981 8,639,485 4,116,083 3,119,552 1,403,850 0 1.02 1.45% 0.031%
1980 8,516,175 4,102,413 3,047,413 1,366,349 0 1.05 12.78% 0.030%
1979 7,551,236 3,256,372 2,974,379 1,320,485 0 0.97 3.82% 0.026%
1978 7,273,237 3,045,495 2,935,949 1,291,793 0 0.97 4.82% 0.026%
1977 6,938,517 2,776,558 2,890,666 1,271,294 0 0.95 1.78% 0.025%
1976 6,816,841 2,730,784 2,839,530 1,246,527 0 0.97 4.84% 0.026%
1975 6,502,108 2,232,357 2,968,368 1,301,383 0 0.95 0.28% 0.026%
1974 6,483,856 2,331,082 2,900,198 1,252,576 0 0.97 3.57% 0.026%
1973 6,260,240 2,342,333 2,738,822 1,179,085 0 0.96 5.12% 0.025%
1972 5,955,556 1,925,072 2,827,660 1,202,825 0 0.93 4.58% 0.025%
1971 5,694,726 1,640,760 2,845,581 1,208,384 0 0.9 5.5% 0.024%
1970 5,397,940 1,627,575 2,635,403 1,134,962 0 0.87 – 0.023%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).