Yemen CO2 emissions data for 2008

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Yemen emit in 2008?

Yemen emitted 24.41 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2008. This represents 0.08% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Yemen in 2008?

In 2008, Yemen emitted 1.05 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 23329008.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 24.41 million tonnes emitted by Yemen in 2008 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 21.14 0.91
Gas 0.0 0.0
Coal 0.13 0.01
Cement 0.76 0.03
Flaring 2.38 0.1

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