Guinea vs Yemen: Emissions of air pollutants

Guinea
56,242 tonnes
in 2022
Yemen
60,162 tonnes
in 2022
Guinea rank
122nd
Yemen rank
119th

Emissions of air pollutants over time

  • Guinea
  • Yemen
050.0k100.0k150.0k175018862022

How they compare

Yemen currently reports 60,162 tonnes against 56,242 tonnes in Guinea, a difference of 3,921 tonnes.

That makes Yemen's figure about 1.1 times Guinea's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 273 shared years of data; in 1750 it was Yemen ahead.

Guinea ranks 122nd and Yemen ranks 119th of 220 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Emissions of air pollutants
Unit
tonnes
Source
Hoesly et al. (2024) - Community Emissions Data System (CEDS) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
220 places, 60,060 data points, 1750–2022
Last refreshed

Nitrogen oxides (NOₓ) are gases that are mainly formed during the burning of fossil fuels. Exposure to NOₓ gases can have negative impacts on respiratory health. NOₓ gases can also lead to the formation of ozone – another air pollutant.