Iran vs Yemen
Iran vs Yemen: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 9.05 tonnes in Iran and 0.26 tonnes in Yemen, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iran, by 8.79 tonnes, or 35 times that in Yemen.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Iran has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Iran ranked 22 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 | Iran | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 9.05 | 0.26 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 9.01 | 0.27 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 8.85 | 0.29 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 8.87 | 0.3 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 8.39 | 0.31 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 8.19 | 0.35 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 7.68 | 0.35 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 7.84 | 0.3 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 7.66 | 0.33 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 7.62 | 0.46 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 7.81 | 0.94 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 7.62 | 0.98 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 7.47 | 0.77 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 7.48 | 0.83 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 7.45 | 0.98 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 7.5 | 1.07 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 7.35 | 1.01 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 7.22 | 1 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 6.9 | 0.97 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 6.53 | 0.97 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 6.19 | 0.93 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 5.9 | 0.91 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 5.65 | 0.81 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 5.46 | 0.83 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 5.33 | 0.8 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 5.13 | 0.77 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 4.76 | 0.71 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 4.83 | 0.69 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 4.68 | 0.66 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 4.56 | 0.67 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 4.51 | 0.62 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 3.96 | 0.56 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 4 | 0.64 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 3.84 | 0.62 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 3.57 | 0.51 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 3.15 | 0.53 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 3.02 | 0.53 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 3.09 | 0.52 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 3.03 | 0.49 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 3.37 | 0.48 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 3.29 | 0.47 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 3.47 | 0.48 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 3.19 | 0.45 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 2.74 | 0.42 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 2.92 | 0.43 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 3.55 | 0.35 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 3.94 | 0.34 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 4.18 | 0.32 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 4.11 | 0.33 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 3.67 | 0.27 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 3.71 | 0.3 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 3.6 | 0.31 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 3.11 | 0.26 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 2.87 | 0.23 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 2.76 | 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
Iran vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyIran: 77.7 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIran: 1.1 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIran: 9.9 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIran: 5.12% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateIran: 5.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIran: 90.6 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIran: 1.12% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIran: 1.7 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIran: 77.4% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageIran: 32.9 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIran: 7.9% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateIran: 2.9 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIran: 2.09% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsIran: $7.45B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personIran: $80 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingIran: 11.2% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelIran: 650,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerIran: 1.64% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIran: 2.35% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIran: 42 million TIV in 2024Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsIran: 80 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986