Yemen - Environment
As far as the environment of Yemen is concerned, there have been . As for nvironment - international agreements, we have; .
About the environment of Yemen
| Climate | We have mostly desert; hot and humid along west coast; temperate in western mountains affected by seasonal monsoon; extraordinarily hot, dry, harsh desert in east |
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| Revenue from forest resources | |
| Revenue from coal | |
| Waste and recycling | Municipal solid waste generated annually: 4.837 million tons (2024 est.) |
| Total renewable water resources | 2.1 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| Major rivers (by length in km) | |
| Total water withdrawal | |
| Municipal | 265 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| Industrial | 65 million cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural | 3.235 billion cubic meters (2022 est.) |
| Land Use | |
| Agricultural land | 44.4% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 2.2% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 0.6% (2022 est.) |
| Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 41.7% (2022 est.) |
| Forest | 1% (2022 est.) |
| Other | 54.5% (2022 est.) |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 39.8% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 3.71% annual rate of change (2015-20 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 3.292 million SANAA (capital), 1.080 million Aden, 941,000 Taiz, 772,000 Ibb (2023). |
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