Yemen CO2 emissions data for 2012

Key questions

How much total CO₂ did Yemen emit in 2012?

Yemen emitted 20.36 million tonnes of CO₂ in 2012. This represents 0.06% of the world's entire CO₂ emissions that year.

What was the CO₂ per capita of Yemen in 2012?

In 2012, Yemen emitted 0.78 tonnes of carbon dioxide per person. This is on a total population of 26223390.

Breakdown

The total CO₂ emissions of 20.36 million tonnes emitted by Yemen in 2012 come from the following sources:

Source CO₂ emissions (million tonnes) CO₂ emissions per capita (tonnes)
Oil 15.32 0.58
Gas 1.52 0.06
Coal 0.47 0.02
Cement 0.96 0.04
Flaring 2.09 0.08

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