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Malaysia Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Total GHG Emissions (2024)
332,166,828
tons CO₂eq
Year-over-Year
+4.33%
increase
Global Share
0.62%
Per Capita
9.62
tons per person

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Gas

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Sector


  • GHG emissions in Malaysia were 332,166,828 tons CO₂eq in 2024.
  • Emissions increased by 4.33% over the previous year, representing an increase by 13,794,285 tons over 2023, when GHG emissions were 318,372,543 tons.
  • Per capita: 9.62 tons CO₂eq (vs global avg 6.566.3 t).
  • Malaysia accounts for 0.62% of global GHG emissions.

Greenhouse Gas Emissions by Year

Year GHG Total (tons) CO₂ CH₄ N₂O F-gases Per Capita Change Global Share
2024 332,166,828 295,954,220 26,258,817 7,447,214 2,506,577 9.62 4.33% 0.62%
2023 318,372,543 282,378,624 26,142,195 7,471,217 2,380,508 9.33 1.8% 0.61%
2022 312,747,200 276,984,527 25,962,888 7,542,760 2,257,025 9.28 6.63% 0.60%
2021 293,311,611 257,915,545 25,525,776 7,741,919 2,128,371 8.81 1.54% 0.57%
2020 288,858,384 253,079,999 25,744,676 8,016,777 2,016,932 8.79 −1.12% 0.59%
2019 292,133,430 255,165,130 26,608,831 8,472,893 1,886,575 9 0.38% 0.57%
2018 291,021,570 254,284,791 26,671,371 8,322,998 1,742,410 9.08 5.96% 0.58%
2017 274,647,296 237,832,415 26,599,049 8,533,218 1,682,614 8.68 −4.14% 0.56%
2016 286,502,389 247,484,089 26,478,678 8,488,081 4,051,542 9.19 −1.26% 0.59%
2015 290,148,077 252,859,503 25,659,906 8,260,353 3,368,315 9.44 0.95% 0.60%
2014 287,411,563 251,389,728 24,842,084 8,494,663 2,685,088 9.51 5.38% 0.59%
2013 272,748,503 237,155,437 24,534,522 8,705,314 2,353,232 9.18 7.13% 0.57%
2012 254,605,071 219,796,936 24,762,307 7,817,284 2,228,544 8.73 0.66% 0.54%
2011 252,934,660 218,272,697 24,436,155 8,103,585 2,122,222 8.83 0.86% 0.54%
2010 250,790,280 215,501,422 25,246,412 7,981,930 2,060,517 8.92 6.34% 0.55%
2009 235,842,630 197,912,265 28,025,319 7,977,402 1,927,643 8.54 −6.74% 0.55%
2008 252,885,259 216,127,966 27,557,202 7,399,092 1,800,999 9.33 5.1% 0.58%
2007 240,602,574 204,880,504 26,717,324 7,366,683 1,638,064 9.04 7.88% 0.56%
2006 223,027,474 187,727,014 26,786,197 7,018,555 1,495,708 8.53 3.63% 0.53%
2005 215,212,625 181,117,149 25,890,181 6,781,596 1,423,699 8.39 5.93% 0.53%
2004 203,159,713 169,590,813 25,241,603 7,069,813 1,257,484 8.07 7.87% 0.51%
2003 188,341,606 156,546,926 24,766,153 5,973,454 1,055,073 7.63 7.51% 0.49%
2002 175,184,873 146,550,532 21,837,462 5,665,796 1,131,083 7.24 5.53% 0.48%
2001 166,003,834 138,407,600 21,285,827 5,361,780 948,627 7 5.16% 0.46%
2000 157,856,451 130,761,199 20,870,073 5,563,670 661,508 6.81 8.59% 0.44%
1999 145,369,272 119,676,871 20,049,725 5,465,706 176,970 6.42 6.85% 0.42%
1998 136,053,425 110,652,145 19,819,939 5,451,068 130,273 6.15 −3.69% 0.39%
1997 141,267,832 113,247,684 22,998,776 5,020,568 804 6.55 10.13% 0.41%
1996 128,277,046 103,429,891 20,521,335 4,325,305 515 6.1 12.92% 0.38%
1995 113,602,904 90,938,463 18,303,680 4,360,524 237 5.54 2.16% 0.34%
1994 111,205,953 87,566,606 19,308,939 4,330,171 237 5.56 8.52% 0.34%
1993 102,477,604 79,501,135 18,587,122 4,389,110 237 5.26 0.86% 0.32%
1992 101,607,994 79,286,719 18,110,764 4,210,274 237 5.34 4.85% 0.31%
1991 96,911,333 75,306,052 17,708,214 3,896,830 237 5.23 13.02% 0.30%
1990 85,745,385 64,424,191 17,380,416 3,940,541 237 4.75 11.15% 0.27%
1989 77,146,786 56,630,179 16,640,763 3,875,797 47 4.4 14.6% 0.24%
1988 67,320,533 47,911,573 15,783,735 3,625,179 47 3.95 6.35% 0.21%
1987 63,303,844 44,797,006 15,076,538 3,430,253 47 3.83 1.81% 0.21%
1986 62,180,299 43,961,643 14,887,502 3,331,108 47 3.88 3.53% 0.21%
1985 60,058,986 42,716,128 13,985,706 3,357,105 47 3.85 −0.27% 0.21%
1984 60,219,064 43,163,105 13,575,440 3,480,471 47 3.96 6.24% 0.21%
1983 56,680,852 41,027,007 12,482,130 3,171,668 47 3.82 11.92% 0.20%
1982 50,643,762 36,169,190 11,569,541 2,904,984 47 3.5 7.06% 0.18%
1981 47,304,511 33,466,482 11,043,920 2,794,063 47 3.35 1.08% 0.17%
1980 46,798,271 32,768,993 11,185,332 2,843,899 47 3.39 2.77% 0.16%
1979 45,536,945 31,583,211 11,190,511 2,763,176 47 3.38 14.57% 0.16%
1978 39,746,819 27,564,914 9,626,396 2,555,461 47 3.03 19.21% 0.14%
1977 33,341,631 21,483,151 9,439,007 2,419,426 47 2.61 0.02% 0.12%
1976 33,334,759 21,842,446 9,149,523 2,342,744 47 2.67 10.09% 0.13%
1975 30,279,755 19,843,463 8,152,371 2,283,874 47 2.49 6.82% 0.12%
1974 28,347,290 18,452,362 7,700,496 2,194,385 47 2.39 11.31% 0.11%
1973 25,468,107 15,410,089 7,679,409 2,378,561 47 2.2 2.27% 0.10%
1972 24,902,221 14,921,561 7,627,163 2,353,450 47 2.2 −33.73% 0.10%
1971 37,574,460 27,877,603 7,196,789 2,500,021 47 3.4 1.72% 0.16%
1970 36,937,939 27,482,793 6,961,941 2,493,159 47 3.42 – 0.16%

See also


Sources

  • Crippa M., Guizzardi D., Pagani F., Banja M., Muntean M., et al., GHG emissions of all world countries – JRC/IEA 2025 Report, European Commission, 2025. DOI. Data: EDGAR_2025_GHG.
  • CO2 emissions from fuel combustion based on IEA (2024) Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Energy, as modified by the Joint Research Centre (IEA-EDGAR CO2, v4).