Cooling Degree Days in Yemen
Yemen: Cooling Degree Days was 5,892 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Cooling Degree Days in Yemen, 1960–2024
Source: World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
Analysis
Yemen recorded 5,892 for cooling degree days in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
The figure is up 6.7% on the previous year and up 14.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cooling degree days in Yemen peaked at 5,892 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 3,799, in 1971.
Yemen ranks 39th of 192 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 4,161 | 4,013 | 4,359 | 10 |
| 1970s | 4,153 | 3,799 | 4,493 | 10 |
| 1980s | 4,554 | 4,358 | 4,763 | 10 |
| 1990s | 4,838 | 4,451 | 5,195 | 10 |
| 2000s | 5,041 | 4,875 | 5,275 | 10 |
| 2010s | 5,176 | 5,045 | 5,300 | 10 |
| 2020s | 5,317 | 5,042 | 5,892 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
- 36 Trinidad and Tobago 5,931 compare
- 37 Brunei 5,905 compare
- 38 Sri Lanka 5,897 compare
- 40 Antigua and Barbuda 5,846 compare
- 41 Central African Republic 5,842 compare
- 42 Saint Kitts and Nevis 5,830 compare
More environment data for Yemen
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF 32.9 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Total greenhouse gas emissions excluding LULUCF per capita 0.8107 t CO2e/capita (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Agriculture 5.65 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Building (Energy) 0.0196 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Fugitive Emissions (Energy) 1.3 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Industrial Combustion (Energy) 0.0025 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions (total) excluding LULUCF 11.78 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Power Industry (Energy) 0.0015 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Transport (Energy) 0.01 Mt CO2e (2024)
- Methane (CH4) emissions from Waste 4.81 Mt CO2e (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is cooling degree days in Yemen?
- Cooling degree days in Yemen was 5,892 in 2024, according to World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org.
- What is the highest cooling degree days recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 5,892 in 2024.
- What is the lowest cooling degree days recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,799 in 1971.
- How does Yemen rank for cooling degree days?
- Yemen ranks 39th out of 192 countries with data for 2024.
- Is cooling degree days rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is up 14.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from World Bank, Climate Change Knowledge Portal. https://climateknowledgeportal.worldbank.org, published as part of Cooling Degree Days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
A cooling degree day (CDD) is a measurement designed to track energy use. It is the number of degrees that a day's average temperature is above 18°C (65°F). Daily degree days are accumulated to obtain annual values.