Energy consumption in Yemen

The most important measure in the energy balance of Yemen is the total consumption of

3.63 billion kWh

per year. Per capita this is an average of 132 kWh.

Yemen can provide itself completely with self-produced energy. The total production of all energy producing facilities is 5 bn kWh, also 138% des Eigenbedarfs. The rest of the self-produced energy is either exportet into other countries or unused. Along with pure consumptions the production, imports and exports play an important role.

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Energy Balance

	Total	Yemen per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
Own consumption	3.63 bn kWh	131.74 kWh	5,412.25 kWh
Energy production	5.01 bn kWh	181.48 kWh	5,831.12 kWh

Carbon footprint

	Total	Yemen per capita	Compared to Europe per capita
CO2 emissions in 2014	22.70 m t	0.82 t	5.40 t

Development of CO2 emissions from 1980 to 2014 in million tons

Production capacities per energy source

The given production capacities have a theoretical value, which could only be obtainable under ideal conditions. They are measuring the generatable amount of energy, that would be reached under permanent and full use of all capacities of all power plants. In practice this isn't possible, because e.g. solar collectors are less efficient unter clouds. Also wind- and water-power plants are not always operating under full load. All these values are only useful in relation to other energy sources or countries.

Energy source	Total in Yemen	percentage in Yemen	percentage in Europe	per capita in Yemen	per capita in Europe
Fossil fuels	13.30 bn kWh	99,0 %	48,9 %	482.29 kWh	7,994.86 kWh
Nuclear power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	7,2 %	0.00 kWh	1,185.87 kWh
Water power	0.00 kWh	0,0 %	23,4 %	0.00 kWh	3,829.91 kWh
Renewable energy	268.76 m kWh	2,0 %	16,2 %	9.74 kWh	2,655.34 kWh
Total production capacity	13.44 bn kWh	100,0 %	100,0 %	487.16 kWh	16,362.15 kWh