Yemen Energy - 2023

GEOGRAPHICAL NAMES 

Electricity access

population without electricity: 16 million (2019)

electrification - total population: 47% (2019)

electrification - urban areas: 72% (2019)

electrification - rural areas: 31% (2019)

Electricity

installed generating capacity: 1.772 million kW (2020 est.)

consumption: 2,677,920,000 kWh (2019 est.)

exports: 0 kWh (2020 est.)

imports: 0 kWh (2020 est.)

transmission/distribution losses: 753 million kWh (2019 est.)

comparison rankings: installed generating capacity 123; consumption 143; exports 198; imports 199; transmission/distribution losses 122

Electricity generation sources

fossil fuels: 84.6% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

nuclear: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

solar: 15.4% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

wind: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

hydroelectricity: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

tide and wave: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

geothermal: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

biomass and waste: 0% of total installed capacity (2020 est.)

Coal

production: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)

consumption: 22,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

exports: 0 metric tons (2020 est.)

imports: 22,000 metric tons (2020 est.)

proven reserves: 0 metric tons (2019 est.)

Petroleum

total petroleum production: 70,100 bbl/day (2021 est.)

refined petroleum consumption: 75,700 bbl/day (2019 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate exports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil and lease condensate imports: 0 bbl/day (2018 est.)

crude oil estimated reserves: 3 billion barrels (2021 est.)

Refined petroleum products - production

20,180 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - exports

12,670 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Refined petroleum products - imports

75,940 bbl/day (2015 est.)

Natural gas

production: 89.906 million cubic meters (2019 est.)

consumption: 89.906 million cubic meters (2019 est.)

exports: 0 cubic meters (2020 est.)

imports: 0 cubic meters (2021 est.)

proven reserves: 478.554 billion cubic meters (2021 est.)

Carbon dioxide emissions

10.158 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from coal and metallurgical coke: 79,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from petroleum and other liquids: 9.896 million metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

from consumed natural gas: 183,000 metric tonnes of CO2 (2019 est.)

Energy consumption per capita

5.453 million Btu/person (2019 est.)

NOTE: The information regarding Yemen on this page is re-published from the 2023 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Yemen 2023 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Yemen 2023 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.