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Japan vs Malaysia: Methane emissions

Japan
28.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Malaysia
28.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
in 2024
Japan rank
55th
Malaysia rank
56th

Methane emissions over time

  • Japan
  • Malaysia
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How they compare

Japan currently reports 28.82 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents against 28.31 million tonnes of CO₂ equivalents in Malaysia, a difference of 507,400 tonnes of CO₂ equivalents.

Across all 175 years both countries report, Japan has been ahead every year.

Japan ranks 55th and Malaysia ranks 56th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Methane emissions
Unit
tonnes of CO₂ equivalents
Source
Jones et al. (2025) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 34,825 data points, 1850–2024
Last refreshed

Measured in tonnes of carbon dioxide-equivalents over a 100-year timescale.