Kuwait vs Malaysia: Annual CO₂ emissions from oil

Kuwait

72.46 million tonnes

in 2024

Malaysia

79.10 million tonnes

in 2024

Kuwait rank

27th

Malaysia rank

25th

Annual CO₂ emissions from oil over time

Malaysia currently reports 79.10 million tonnes against 72.46 million tonnes in Kuwait, a difference of 6.64 million tonnes.

That makes Malaysia's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 79 shared years of data; in 1946 it was Kuwait ahead.

Kuwait ranks 27th and Malaysia ranks 25th of 215 countries.

Indicator: Annual CO₂ emissions from oil
Unit: tonnes
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 215 places, 21,740 data points, 1750–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Annual emissions of carbon dioxide (CO₂) from oil, measured in tonnes.