Yemen Energy - 2024

Electricity access

population without electricity: 16 million (2020) 17 million

electrification - total population: 74.8% (2021)

electrification - urban areas: 93.1% (2021)

electrification - rural areas: 63.4% (2021)

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.)

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.)