Afghanistan vs Yemen
Afghanistan vs Yemen: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 0.28 tonnes in Afghanistan and 0.26 tonnes in Yemen, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Afghanistan, by 0.02 tonnes, or 1.09 times that in Yemen.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Afghanistan has been higher since 2023, when it overtook Yemen.
- In 2024, Afghanistan ranked 175 and Yemen ranked 177 of 202 countries, counting from the highest.
- The world as a whole: 4.69 tonnes in 2024.
Every year
tonnes per person · EDGAR
| Year | Afghanistan | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.28 | 0.26 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 0.28 | 0.27 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 0.28 | 0.29 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 0.31 | 0.3 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 0.31 | 0.31 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 0.32 | 0.35 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 0.29 | 0.3 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 0.22 | 0.33 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 0.25 | 0.46 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 0.24 | 0.94 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 0.27 | 0.98 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 0.32 | 0.77 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 0.39 | 0.83 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 0.28 | 0.98 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 0.22 | 1.07 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 0.15 | 1.01 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 0.08 | 1 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 0.06 | 0.97 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 0.05 | 0.97 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 0.04 | 0.93 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 0.04 | 0.91 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 0.04 | 0.81 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 0.05 | 0.83 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 0.05 | 0.8 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 0.07 | 0.77 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 0.07 | 0.71 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 0.07 | 0.69 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 0.08 | 0.66 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 0.09 | 0.67 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 0.1 | 0.62 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 0.12 | 0.56 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 0.14 | 0.64 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 0.23 | 0.62 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 0.24 | 0.51 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 0.24 | 0.53 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 0.29 | 0.52 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 0.34 | 0.49 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 0.36 | 0.48 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 0.29 | 0.47 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 0.27 | 0.48 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 0.21 | 0.45 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 0.19 | 0.42 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 0.15 | 0.43 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 0.15 | 0.35 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 0.14 | 0.34 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 0.17 | 0.32 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 0.14 | 0.33 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 0.16 | 0.27 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 0.18 | 0.3 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 0.14 | 0.31 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 0.14 | 0.26 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 0.15 | 0.23 | 4.15 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Carbon dioxide from energy, industry, farming and waste, divided by the population; land use and forests are left out.
- Source: EDGAR (European Commission JRC) and the IEA, via the World Bank.
- Ranks count the 202 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Afghanistan vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyAfghanistan: 66 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityAfghanistan: 5.3 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityAfghanistan: 44 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionAfghanistan: 4.14% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateAfghanistan: 9.2 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationAfghanistan: 41.5 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthAfghanistan: 2.85% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateAfghanistan: 4.84 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationAfghanistan: 25.9% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageAfghanistan: 16.9 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overAfghanistan: 2.4% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateAfghanistan: -1.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingAfghanistan: 1.83% of GDP in 2021Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsAfghanistan: $8.55M in 1977Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personAfghanistan: $7 in 2021Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingAfghanistan: 5% of government spending in 2020Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelAfghanistan: 165,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerAfghanistan: 0.29% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersAfghanistan: 1.82% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsAfghanistan: 65 million TIV in 2021Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsAfghanistan: 1 million TIV in 1992Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986