Iraq vs Yemen
Iraq vs Yemen: CO₂ per person
CO₂ per person in 2024: 5.18 tonnes in Iraq and 0.26 tonnes in Yemen, by EDGAR estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Iraq, by 4.92 tonnes, or 20 times that in Yemen.
tonnes per person · EDGAR
What the numbers say
- Iraq has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1970.
- In 2024, Iraq ranked 49 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 | Iraq | Yemen | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5.18 | 0.26 | 4.69 |
| 2023 | 5.17 | 0.27 | 4.68 |
| 2022 | 5.04 | 0.29 | 4.67 |
| 2021 | 4.64 | 0.3 | 4.69 |
| 2020 | 4.37 | 0.31 | 4.48 |
| 2019 | 4.7 | 0.35 | 4.7 |
| 2018 | 4.49 | 0.35 | 4.74 |
| 2017 | 4.25 | 0.3 | 4.67 |
| 2016 | 4.03 | 0.33 | 4.65 |
| 2015 | 3.67 | 0.46 | 4.7 |
| 2014 | 3.78 | 0.94 | 4.78 |
| 2013 | 4.09 | 0.98 | 4.81 |
| 2012 | 3.95 | 0.77 | 4.77 |
| 2011 | 3.6 | 0.83 | 4.76 |
| 2010 | 3.59 | 0.98 | 4.67 |
| 2009 | 3.22 | 1.07 | 4.45 |
| 2008 | 3.13 | 1.01 | 4.56 |
| 2007 | 2.76 | 1 | 4.59 |
| 2006 | 2.97 | 0.97 | 4.48 |
| 2005 | 3.07 | 0.97 | 4.39 |
| 2004 | 3.28 | 0.93 | 4.28 |
| 2003 | 3.09 | 0.91 | 4.15 |
| 2002 | 3.66 | 0.81 | 4.02 |
| 2001 | 4 | 0.83 | 4.01 |
| 2000 | 3.64 | 0.8 | 4.01 |
| 1999 | 3.14 | 0.77 | 3.95 |
| 1998 | 4.12 | 0.71 | 3.98 |
| 1997 | 5.46 | 0.69 | 4.02 |
| 1996 | 4.68 | 0.66 | 4.01 |
| 1995 | 5.24 | 0.67 | 3.99 |
| 1994 | 5.46 | 0.62 | 3.94 |
| 1993 | 5.22 | 0.56 | 3.97 |
| 1992 | 4.14 | 0.64 | 4.02 |
| 1991 | 3.07 | 0.62 | 4.1 |
| 1990 | 3.95 | 0.51 | 4.15 |
| 1989 | 4.23 | 0.53 | 4.16 |
| 1988 | 3.89 | 0.53 | 4.16 |
| 1987 | 3.7 | 0.52 | 4.1 |
| 1986 | 3.82 | 0.49 | 4.04 |
| 1985 | 3.49 | 0.48 | 4.05 |
| 1984 | 3.12 | 0.47 | 4.07 |
| 1983 | 2.86 | 0.48 | 4.01 |
| 1982 | 2.67 | 0.45 | 4.05 |
| 1981 | 2.59 | 0.42 | 4.18 |
| 1980 | 3.84 | 0.43 | 4.33 |
| 1979 | 4.41 | 0.35 | 4.46 |
| 1978 | 3.68 | 0.34 | 4.42 |
| 1977 | 3.46 | 0.32 | 4.36 |
| 1976 | 3.9 | 0.33 | 4.31 |
| 1975 | 3.21 | 0.27 | 4.15 |
| 1974 | 2.9 | 0.3 | 4.23 |
| 1973 | 2.79 | 0.31 | 4.32 |
| 1972 | 2.63 | 0.26 | 4.16 |
| 1971 | 2.73 | 0.23 | 4.04 |
| 1970 | 2.42 | 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
Iraq vs Yemen
Health
- Life expectancyIraq: 72.3 years in 2023Yemen: 69.3 years in 2023
- Child mortalityIraq: 2.2 per 100 live births in 2024Yemen: 3.8 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityIraq: 19 per 1,000 live births in 2023Yemen: 32.3 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionIraq: 3.89% in 2017Yemen: 4.01% in 2017
- Suicide rateIraq: 4.1 per 100,000 people in 2017Yemen: 6 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationIraq: 45.1 million people in 2023Yemen: 39.4 million people in 2023
- Population growthIraq: 2.15% a year in 2023Yemen: 3.03% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateIraq: 3.25 births per woman in 2023Yemen: 4.59 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationIraq: 69.9% in 2025Yemen: 37% in 2025
- Median ageIraq: 20.4 years in 2023Yemen: 18.2 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overIraq: 3.4% in 2023Yemen: 2.5% in 2023
- Net migration rateIraq: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023Yemen: -0.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingIraq: 2.45% of GDP in 2025Yemen: 3.97% of GDP in 2014
- Military spending in US dollarsIraq: $6.4B in 2025Yemen: $12.3B in 2014
- Military spending per personIraq: $139 in 2025Yemen: $58 in 2014
- Military share of state spendingIraq: 5.5% of government spending in 2025Yemen: 14.3% of government spending in 2014
- Armed forces personnelIraq: 459,000 people in 2020Yemen: 40,000 people in 2020
- National powerIraq: 0.54% of world capability in 2022Yemen: 0.24% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersIraq: 4.4% of the labour force in 2020Yemen: 0.58% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsIraq: 55 million TIV in 2025Yemen: 1 million TIV in 2022
- Arms exportsIraq: 20 million TIV in 1989Yemen: 51 million TIV in 1986