Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita

Malaysia
562.47 tonnes per person
in 2024
Saudi Arabia
544.08 tonnes per person
in 2024
Malaysia rank
46th
Saudi Arabia rank
48th

Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita over time

  • Malaysia
  • Saudi Arabia
0200400600196019922024

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 562.47 tonnes per person against 544.08 tonnes per person in Saudi Arabia, a difference of 18.39 tonnes per person.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 46th and Saudi Arabia ranks 48th of 192 countries.

Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malaysia Saudi Arabia Difference Ahead
1960s 448.83 tonnes per person 62.81 tonnes per person 386.01 tonnes per person Malaysia
1970s 474.04 tonnes per person 154.99 tonnes per person 319.05 tonnes per person Malaysia
1980s 499.92 tonnes per person 273.66 tonnes per person 226.25 tonnes per person Malaysia
1990s 517.61 tonnes per person 345.33 tonnes per person 172.28 tonnes per person Malaysia
2000s 504.23 tonnes per person 381.17 tonnes per person 123.07 tonnes per person Malaysia
2010s 532.69 tonnes per person 454.87 tonnes per person 77.82 tonnes per person Malaysia
2020s 556.19 tonnes per person 545.51 tonnes per person 10.68 tonnes per person Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita, Malaysia or Saudi Arabia?
Malaysia, at 562.47 tonnes per person against 544.08 tonnes per person in Saudi Arabia as of 2024.
What is the difference in cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita between Malaysia and Saudi Arabia?
18.39 tonnes per person, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Saudi Arabia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Malaysia and Saudi Arabia rank globally for cumulative co₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita?
Malaysia ranks 46th and Saudi Arabia ranks 48th of 192 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Statizoid (derived), published as Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita. Statizoid, drawing on Statizoid (derived). Retrieved 22 September 2026, from https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/cumulative-co2-emissions-including-land-use-change-per-capita/malaysia/saudi-arabia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page; please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://climate.statizoid.com/compare/cumulative-co2-emissions-including-land-use-change-per-capita/malaysia/saudi-arabia/">Malaysia vs Saudi Arabia: Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change, per capita
Unit
tonnes per person
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
192 places, 12,148 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Cumulative CO₂ emissions including land-use change divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.