Yemen

LOCATED IN THE southern region of the Arabian Peninsula, the Republic of Yemen has a land area of 203,849 sq. mi. (527,968 sq. km.), with a population of 22,389,000 (2006 est.) and a population density of 104 people per sq. mi. (40 people per sq. km.). Only 3 percent of the land in Yemen is arable, with 13 percent ofthat area being under permanent cultivation. In addition, 34 percent of the country is used as meadows or pasture, and 8 percent of the country is forested.

Yemen has a very low rate of per capita carbon dioxide emissions, being 0.8 metric tons per person in 1991, rising gradually to 1.03 metric tons in 2004. The entire electricity production in the country comes from fossil fuels, with ...