Country Details
Yemen
Middle East, bordering the Arabian Sea, Gulf of Aden, and Red Sea, between Oman and Saudi Arabia
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Environment
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Environmental issues
limited natural freshwater resources; inadequate supplies of potable water; overgrazing; soil erosion; desertification
International environmental agreements
Party to
Biodiversity, Climate Change, Climate Change-Kyoto Protocol, Desertification, Endangered Species, Environmental Modification, Hazardous Wastes, Law of the Sea, Marine Dumping-London Protocol, Nuclear Test Ban, Ozone Layer Protection, Wetlands
Signed, but not ratified
Climate Change-Paris Agreement, Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban
Climate
mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east
Land use
Agricultural land
44.4% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: arable land
arable land: 2.2% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent crops
permanent crops: 0.6% (2023 est.)
Agricultural land: permanent pasture
permanent pasture: 41.7% (2023 est.)
Forest
1% (2023 est.)
Other
54.5% (2023 est.)
Urbanization
Urban population
39.8% of total population (2023)
Rate of urbanization
3.71% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.)
Carbon dioxide emissions
Total emissions
8.193 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
From coal and metallurgical coke
93,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
From petroleum and other liquids
8.08 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
From consumed natural gas
21,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2023 est.)
Particulate matter emissions
43.9 micrograms per cubic meter (2019 est.)
Methane emissions
Energy
190.5 kt (2022-2024 est.)
Agriculture
192.2 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste
135.9 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Other
0.4 kt (2019-2021 est.)
Waste and recycling
Municipal solid waste generated annually
4.837 million tons (2024 est.)
Percent of municipal solid waste recycled
8% (2016 est.)
Total water withdrawal
Municipal
265 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Industrial
65 million cubic meters (2022 est.)
Agricultural
3.235 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)
Total renewable water resources
2.1 billion cubic meters (2022 est.)