Share of plastic waste exports in Yemen
Yemen: Share of plastic waste exports was 0.0% in 2018. ◆ Volatile
Share of plastic waste exports in Yemen, 2005–2018
Source: United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of plastic waste exports in Yemen is 0.0%, measured in 2018. That is the lowest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of down 90.6% on the previous year and down 82.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of plastic waste exports in Yemen peaked at 0.3% in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2018.
That places Yemen 106th out of 162 countries with data for 2018, putting it in the middle of the range.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 2 |
| 2010s | 0.2% | 0.0% | 0.3% | 7 |
Countries ranked near Yemen
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 share of plastic waste exports in Yemen?
- Share of plastic waste exports in Yemen was 0.0% in 2018, according to United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of plastic waste exports recorded in Yemen?
- The highest recorded value was 0.3% in 2011.
- What is the lowest share of plastic waste exports recorded in Yemen?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2018.
- How does Yemen rank for share of plastic waste exports?
- Yemen ranks 106th out of 162 countries with data for 2018.
- Is share of plastic waste exports rising or falling in Yemen?
- Over the last ten years it is down 82.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Yemen data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Comtrade Database (2025); United Nations Comtrade Database (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of plastic waste exports. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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The percentage of global plastic waste exports that a country accounts for.