Malawi vs Malaysia: Carbon intensity of energy

Malawi

217.64 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Malaysia

219.13 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour

in 2024

Malawi rank

87th

Malaysia rank

84th

Carbon intensity of energy over time

Malawi
Malaysia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 219.13 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour against 217.64 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour in Malawi, a difference of 1.49 grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.

The two have swapped places 11 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 87th and Malaysia ranks 84th of 204 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Carbon intensity of energy
Unit: grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour
Source: Global Carbon Budget (2025) and other sources – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 204 places, 9,804 data points, 1965–2024
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Fossil carbon dioxide (CO₂) emissions per unit of total energy supply, measured in grams of CO₂ per kilowatt-hour.